Lars Platou

Lars Hannibal Sommerfeldt Stoud Platou (2 September 1848 – 12 November 1923) was a Norwegian psychiatrist.

He was born in Bergen as a son of burgomaster Carl Nicolai Stoud Platou (1809–1888) and his wife Christence Dorothea Plade Nielsen (1817–1889).

He was acting district physician in Inner Romsdal and worked some time as Rikshospitalet before becoming manager of Rosenborg "insane asylum" in 1786.

Eg was the third state-run asylum in Norway, and with 38 years as director he made his mark there.

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