Background
He was born in Bærum as a son of physician Herman Fleischer Høst.
He was born in Bærum as a son of physician Herman Fleischer Høst.
He graduated with the candidate.med.
Degree in 1951 and took the dr.med. degree in 1966. He was a chief physician at the Norwegian Radium Hospital from 1974 and a professor at of radiological cancer therapy at the University of Oslo from 1975. From 1980 to 1985 he was the dean of the Faculty of Medicine.
He retired in 1996.
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters]
He was also a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.