Peter Fredrik Holst Hjort (23 March 1924 – 1 January 2011) was a Norwegian professor of medicine and politician for the Labour Party.
He was born in Kristiania as a son of barrister and right-wing political figure Johan Bernhard Hjort (1895–1969) and Anna Cathrine Holst (1895–1992).
[1] His grandfathers were fisheries director Johan Hjort and professor of medicine Peter Fredrik Holst.
He spent the years 1998 to 2001 nursing his wife, who had sustained critical brain damage during an operation.
When the University of Tromsø was finally opened in 1972, Hjort was elected and served as the first rector.