Gunnar Karsten Ulland ^{1 2 3}

  General Notes:

Fikk medisinsk embedseksamen i 1926 og er nu ansatt som reservalæge ved Tromsø fylkessykehus.

Gunnar married Ragnhild Sæland in 1932. (Ragnhild Sæland was born on 18 Mar 1905 in Oslo, Norway and died in 1934.) The cause of her death was pneumonia.

Gunnar next married Martha Elin Bjørnsson, daughter of Jon Bjørnsson and Ragnhild Johannessen, in 1941. (Martha Elin Bjørnsson was born on 23 May 1912 in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway, christened on 16 Jun 1912 in St. Petri church, Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway and died in 2003.)

  Marriage Notes:

At the time of their marriage, Gunnar and Nini lived in Bergen. He was a doctor in Haukeland sykehus, and she was laboratory assistant to prof.gyn. Løvseth. At that time married and well supported women were supposed not to occupy jobs, so she quit her position, and for the rest of Gunnar's life her skills and affection were used to serve him, their children and grandchildren. During her last ten years she could enjoy the arrival of grand grandchildren free from any tasks!

In 1943 Gunnar was employed as chief surgeon at the hospital in Sandnes in Rogaland, near Stavanger. This was a hospital covering every medical need for the population, but during the years to come, Gunnar focused on orthopaedic surgery. He did "fieldwork" in several hospitals in European cities. (He used to call himself an autodidact). A great number of the hard working rural population in the surroundings of Sandnes (Jæren) suffered from worn out backs, knees and hipsters, and at that time there was no orthopaedic surgery but in Oslo, so his skills were highly appreciated.