Nic Waal
| Nic Waal | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Caroline Schweigaard Nicolaysen 1 January 1905 Kristiania |
| Died | 28 May 1960 (aged 55) |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Other names | Nic Hoel |
| Education | Cand.med. |
| Alma mater | University of Oslo |
| Occupation | Psychiatrist |
| Years active | 1939-1960 |
| Employer | Nic Waal Institutt |
| Known for | Pediatric and adolescent psychiatry, psychoanalysis, Righteous Among the Nations |
| Spouse(s) |
Sigurd Hoel Wessel Waal Alex Helju |
| Children | Helge Waal Berit Waal |
| Parent(s) | Vilhelm Bernhoft Nicolaysen Anna Horn |
Nic Waal, born Caroline Schweigaard Nicolaysen in Kristiania, Norway (1 January 1905 - 28 May 1960) was a Norwegian psychiatrist, noted for her work among children and adolescents in Norway where she is known as "the mother of Norwegian pediatric and adolescent psychiatry." She was also active in the Norwegian resistance during World War II, and was named as one of the Righteous among the Nations by Yad Vashem.
Caroline Schweigaard Nicolaysen (known in her childhood as Bitteba) was the youngest of four children born to Vilhelm Bernhoft Nicolaysen, an Army officer, and Anna Horn. She grew up in the section of Oslo known as Homansbyen, apparently an active and curious child, but also unusually sensitive. According to her son Helge Waal, she was prone to psychosomatic illnesses as a young child; and indeed she completed her first year of gymnasium at home, due to illness. She attended Oslo Katedralskole starting in the fall of 1921, where her schoolmates included Trygve Bull, Karl Evang, and Trygve Braatøy.
She attended the University of Oslo, became politically active as a radical socialist, and finished her medical studies in 1930. She was associated with the Mot Dag movement and worked as an editor in the periodical Æsculap. The political convictions she developed as a student set the foundation for a lifelong engagement in social causes, especially related to the needs of children, adolescents, and women.
Plagued with her own emotional problems all her life, she first underwent psychoanalysis with Harald Schjelderup in Norway while she was a student. In 1927 she married the writer Sigurd Hoel. She continued her psychoanalysis in Berlin as a student under Salomea Kempner, and in 1933 and 1934 she was accepted in the German and Danish-Norwegian Psychoanalytic associations, respectively. In 1936, Sigurd Hoel and she divorced, and in 1937 she married Wessel Waal and took the last name Waal for good.
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