Tønnes Frøyland
Tønnes Frøyland (* 1879 in Sogndal i Dalane ; † March 8, 1914 in Laohekou , Hubei in China ) was a missionary of the Norwegian Lutheran China Mission . He studied medicine in the USA, Vienna and London . From 1909 he worked as a doctor in China and built a hospital in Laohekou. In 1914 he was killed in a robbery on the city.
The new hospital in Laohekou, which was built in 1927 and has 70 beds, is named after him.
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| SURNAME | Frøyland, Tønnes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian missionary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sogndal i Dalane |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 8, 1914 |
| Place of death | Laohekou , Hubei, China |