Birgitta Langhammer

Background

Langhammer, Birgitta was born on July 28, 1952 in Stockholm. Daughter of Norma and Bjørn Magnus Langhammer.

Education

Normalskole eksamen, Jønkøpings kommunala flickskola, Jønkøping, 1970. Gymnasiet, Per Brahe Gymnasiet, Jønkøping, Sweden, 1973. University course in Health and Medical Care, Linkøpings University, Sweden, 1982.

Practical teachers education, University Oslo, 1988. Bachelor of Science in physiotherapy, Lunds University, Sweden, 1992. Master of Science in Health Sciences, Faculty medicine, University Oslo, 1998.

Doctor of Philosophy, Faculty medicine, University Oslo, 2007.

Career

Registered physiotherapist Community Service Social Care, Malmø, Sweden, 1975—1976, Læhmungs Institute, Leukerbad, Switzerland, 1976—1977. Registered pt Jønkøpings Centrallasarätt, Sweden, 1978, Malmø University Hospital, 1979, Kaiser permanente, Vallejo, California, 1979—1980. Head, physical therapy department Eksjö Nässjö kliniken, Sweden, 1980—1983.

Head, physiotherapy education Evelyn Hone College, Lusaka, Zambia, 1983—1985. Senior physiotherapist Asker and Bærum Sykehus, Sandvika, Norway, 1985—2001. Assistant professor Oslo University college, 2001—2007, associate professor, since 2008.

Achievements

• Birgitta Langhammer has been listed as a noteworthy physical therapist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Erik Mathiesen, September 14, 1984. Children: Anna Karolin, Jarle Mathiesen, Ellen Bera Mathiesen, Bjørn Mathiesen, Magnus Mathiesen, Frode Mathiesen.