Background
Sommerfelt-Pettersen, Jan was born on April 12, 1958 in Oslo. Son of Thorleif Pettersen and Lulli Sommerfelt-Knudtzon.
Sommerfelt-Pettersen, Jan was born on April 12, 1958 in Oslo. Son of Thorleif Pettersen and Lulli Sommerfelt-Knudtzon.
Doctor of Medicine, University Bergen, Norway, 1984.
General practitioner Volvat Medical Center, since 1987. Chief medical instructor Royal Norwegian Navy, Bergen, 1993—2000, surgeon captain and director Nowegian naval medicine, since 2000. Editor Ideer om Frihet, Bergen, Norway, 1982—1983, Stetoscopet, 1993—1997, Documentum Navale, since 1996, Navalmedisinsk Bodstikka, since 1999.
Chairman board Norwegian Institute Maritime Medicine Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, since 2005.
Chairman board Norwegian Institute Martime Medicine, Haukeland Medicine, Bergen, since 2005. Member of Norwegian Military Medical Association (president 2007), Norwegian Association Maritime Medicine since 1997.
Married Sigrund Grindheim, November 2, 1985. Children: Hella, Oda, Nina.