[Health status during the occupation years--morbidity]

We refer to several studies on different aspects of the health status of the Norwegian population during World War II. The failure of the food supply led to various symptoms caused by deficient diet which reduced the resistance to infection. Hygienic problems increased, access to medical services deteriorated, and resources in terms of hospital beds, economic appropriations and number of health personnel were reduced, in particular during the final years. A network of factors contributed to deterioration in the health of the population. After the occupation the health status improved very quickly, evidently due to rapid access to the medical resources organized by the Norwegian public authorities in exile.