WI BIO - Dane Co - IVERSON, M.
Biographical Review of Dane County, WI. Chicago: Biographical Review Pub. Co. 
1893, Vol II, pp 432-433

Michael IVERSON, a physician and surgeon of Stoughton, Dane County, WI, was 
born in Bergen [Hordaland fylke], Norway, 30 Nov 1861, a son of Iver and 
Maria (HOEGH) IVERSON. Iver IVERSON was a leading watchmaker by profession 
and still resides in Norway as a well-to-do man, on his villa in the charming 
"Kalverdale" near Bergen.

Michael IVERSON was educated in the Latin school of Bergen, also in the 
University of Christiania [Christiania renamed Oslo], where he graduated in 
1882 with Examen artium (A. M.), then the next year passed examen 
philosophicum. He then studied medicine for seven years and graduated at the 
regular medical college of Christiania, Norway, in 1890. He was also for one 
year, 1885-1886, a student under the well known Professor WIDERSHEIM, at 
Freyburg, Germany, and was his assistant in anatomy and dissection for six 
months. Michael IVERSON came to America in 1891, locating in Stoughton, WI, 
where he is engaged as a physician and surgeon, giving special attention to 
the treatment of the eye and ear. He speaks with facility the English and 
German languages.

Michael IVERSON was married in Aug 1891 to Helga EIDE, daughter of EIDE, the 
stateagronum of Sondpyord [Sunnfjord? Sor Fjorden?], Norway. Mr. IVERSON is 
one of [p 433] the most prosperous physicians of the city, and his fine 
qualifications entitle him to the confidence and patronage of the public in 
general. Notwithstanding he has been here less than two years, he has built 
up a practice far beyond his most sanguine expectations and is a rival to 
those of lifelong residence.

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