Background
He was born in Modum. He was a great-grandson of Niels Andreas Vibe, was the father of children"s writer Aimée Sommerfelt, and an uncle of Hans Heiberg.
He was born in Modum. He was a great-grandson of Niels Andreas Vibe, was the father of children"s writer Aimée Sommerfelt, and an uncle of Hans Heiberg.
He established a private psychiatric hospital at Trosterud in Østre Aker in 1911, which he managed until 1933. He started and edited the journal Tidsskrift for nordisk retsmedicin og psykiatri from 1901 to 1911, and wrote several books on psychiatric subjects.
