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A member of the Norwegian Psychoanalytical Society, Thoralv Scheie Nødland, died on 16 September 1997, in his home in Asker.
Thoralv was born in Stavanger, 30 January 1928. Having finished his school years, he went to sea for a while. Then he studied psychology in Oslo, and took his degree in 1954. He became a specialist in clinical psychology in 1969.
He made his debut as a psychologist as a research assistant to Professor Åse Gruda Skard. They investigated the development of a group of Norwegian children in their own natural surroundings.
After 3 years of scientific research, from 1957, he worked with children and adolescents at the child guidance clinics in Tønsberg and Lørenskog. For 4 years, he was trained at the Nic Waals Institutt. Subsequently he was at Larkollen and at the Child Psychiatric Clinic at Rikshospitalet. He also served as a school psychologist.
In 1970, he started to work with adults at Lovisenberg Sykehus. Later, he worked part-time at Dikemark Hospital, where, for many years, he was the leader of the Psychological Laboratory, at the same time as running his private practice as a psychoanalyst.
Throughout his whole career as a psychoanalyst, he was an active and determined participant in activities within the Psychoanalytic Society. Besides teaching and working in committees, he was a member of the Board of the Society and chairman of the Training Committee. It was important for him to be up to date in his field and he participated in courses, seminars and congresses in both Norway and abroad.