# Alex Brinchmann > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alex_Brinchmann > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alex_Brinchmann.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Brinchmann > Source revision: 1341037871 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Norwegian pediatrician and writer (1888–1978)}} {{Use dmy dates |date=July 2023}} thumb|250 px|Dr. Alexander Brinchmann (1962) '''Alexander Brinchmann''' (15 June 1888 – 18 April 1978) was a Norwegian pediatrician. He was also a songwriter, novelist, playwright and crime fiction writer. He chaired the Norwegian Pediatric Society from 1933 to 1934 and the [Norwegian Authors' Union](/source/Norwegian_Authors'_Union) from 1941 to 1945.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Alex Brinchmann |first=Edvard|last=Beyer|authorlink=Edvard Beyer |first2=Morten |last2=Moi |encyclopedia=[Store norske leksikon](/source/Store_norske_leksikon) |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Alex_Brinchmann |language=Norwegian |accessdate=7 March 2010}} ==Personal life== Brinchmann was born in [Kristiania](/source/Oslo) (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of rector Jacob Ludvig Hoffmann Brinchmann and Henny Leth. He was married in 1914 to Nina Grønvold (1891–1924), to Johanne Ringberg from 1925, and to Gunvor Næss (1897–1974) from 1944. He was the father of film producer and theatre director [Arild Brinchmann](/source/Arild_Brinchmann).{{cite encyclopedia |title=Alex Brinchmann |encyclopedia=[Norsk biografisk leksikon](/source/Norsk_biografisk_leksikon)|first=Willy |last=Dahl |authorlink=Willy Dahl |editor=Helle, Knut |editor-link=Knut Helle |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Alex_Brinchmann/utdypning |language=Norwegian |accessdate=7 March 2010}}{{cite web|url = https://lokalhistoriewiki.no/wiki/Arild_Brinchmann |title= Arild Brinchmann|publisher = lokalhistoriewiki.no |accessdate= March 1, 2018}} ==Medical career== Brinchmann [finished](/source/examen_artium) his secondary education in 1906. He then studied medicine, graduating as [cand.med.](/source/cand.med.) in 1912. From 1913 to 1914 he specialized in [pediatrics](/source/pediatrics) at the [Charité](/source/Charit%C3%A9) Hospital in [Berlin](/source/Berlin). From 1918 until 1971, he worked at [Rikshospitalet](/source/Oslo_University_Hospital%2C_Rikshospitalet) in Kristiania. He was authorized as a specialist in pediatrics in 1921, and became a medical doctor in 1922. Among his medical writings were articles on children's [tuberculosis](/source/tuberculosis), and later [mental hygiene](/source/mental_hygiene) for children. He was the chairman of the Norwegian Pediatric Society (''Barnelegeforeningen'') from 1933 to 1934. He received the [King's Medal of Merit](/source/King's_Medal_of_Merit) (''Kongens fortjenstmedalje'') in gold in 1952.{{cite web|url = https://lokalhistoriewiki.no/wiki/Alexander_Brinchmann_(1888%E2%80%931978)|title= Alexander Brinchmann (1888–1978)|publisher = lokalhistoriewiki.no |accessdate= March 1, 2018}}{{cite web|url = https://lokalhistoriewiki.no/wiki/Kongens_fortjenstmedalje |title= Kongens fortjenstmedalje |publisher = lokalhistoriewiki.no |accessdate= March 1, 2018}} ==Literary career== Brinchmann made his literary debut in 1927 with the crime novel ''Mysteriet Steegener'', published under the pseudonym "Roy Roberts". Among his other novels are ''Deilig er jorden'' from 1931 and ''Den rike mann'' from 1937. His comedy ''Karusell'' was staged at [Nationaltheatret](/source/Nationaltheatret) in 1940, directed by [Gerda Ring](/source/Gerda_Ring), with [Aase Bye](/source/Aase_Bye) and [Per Aabel](/source/Per_Aabel) playing the main characters.{{cite book |title=Nationaltheatret gjennom femti år |first=Anton |last=Rønneberg |author-link=Anton Rønneberg |year=1949 |pages=376–377 |publisher=Gyldendal |location=Oslo |language=Norwegian }} The comedy was made into films in both Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Brinchmann chaired the [Writers' Guild of Norway](/source/Writers'_Guild_of_Norway) from 1938 to 1956. He published the book ''Norske forfattere i krig og fred. Den Norske forfatterforening 1940–1968'' in 1968, in cooperation with [Sigurd Evensmo](/source/Sigurd_Evensmo). He chaired the [Norwegian Authors' Union](/source/Norwegian_Authors'_Union) during [World War II](/source/World_War_II) from 1941 to 1945 . He was a member of the [Norwegian Resistance Movement](/source/Norwegian_Resistance_Movement)'s cultural council from 1943. He was arrested in January 1945 and held at [Møllergata 19](/source/M%C3%B8llergata_19) and at the [Grini concentration camp](/source/Grini_concentration_camp) until 30 April 1945.{{cite encyclopedia |title=17671. Brinchmann, Alex |encyclopedia=[Norsk fangeleksikon. Grinifangene](/source/Norsk_fangeleksikon._Grinifangene) |language=Norwegian |editor=Giertsen, Børre R. | page=618 |year=1946 |publisher=Cappelen |location=Oslo}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Brinchmann, Alex}} Category:1888 births Category:1978 deaths Category:Medical doctors from Oslo Category:20th-century Norwegian medical doctors Category:Norwegian pediatricians Category:Norwegian crime fiction writers Category:20th-century Norwegian novelists Category:20th-century Norwegian dramatists and playwrights Category:Norwegian resistance members Category:Grini concentration camp survivors Category:Burials at Vestre gravlund Category:Norwegian male dramatists and playwrights Category:Norwegian male novelists Category:Writers from Oslo --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Alex Brinchmann](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Brinchmann) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Brinchmann?action=history)). 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