Helgi Tómasson (physician)
Helgi Tómasson was an Icelandic physician.Helgi was born on 25 September 25 1896 in Vatnseyri, Patreksfjörður, Iceland to Dr. Tómas Helgason and Sigrid Lydia Thejle.Career
He was a physician at Kleppspítali psychiatric hospital from 1929, when the new building came into use, to his death on August 2, 1958. In 1930 he was involved in a controversy, called the Big bomb when he raised concerns that Jónas Jónsson, the Icelandic Minister of Justice, was suffering from mental instability. The incident led to Helgi being fired from the Kleppspítali although he was later reinstated as its head physician.
From 1938 to 1958, he served as Chief Scout of the scouting organisation Bandalag íslenskra skáta.Personal life
He was the father of Ragnhildur Helgadóttir, former minister of the Independence Party.
