Kristian Feyer Andvord (17 May 185519 May 1934) was a Norwegian physician and medical researcher. He was a pioneer in the study and treatment of tuberculosis.[1]
He was born at Lyngdal in Vest-Agder as a son of parish priest Thorstein Rolfsen Andvord and Sofie Barbara Margrethe Feyer. He was the father of jurist and diplomat Rolf Andvord. He graduated with a degree in medicine in 1882. From 1887 to 1896, he was associated with the Tonsåsen Sanatorium (now Tonsåsen Rehabilitation Centre) at Valdres in Oppland. Andvord conducted a study of the treatment of tuberculosis while at Tonsåsen and published a number of studies starting in 1889. He later moved to Kristiania (now Oslo) and returned to general practition and to work at the Gausdal Sanatorium.[2]
He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1925, and Knight of the Swedish Order of the Polar Star.[3] [4]