Harald Oskar Christopher Lystad (born 2 August 1875 in Christiania, died 21 May 1950) was a Norwegian physician, ophthalmologist and president of the Norwegian Medical Association from 1931 to 1932. He also served as the first president of the Norwegian Ophthalmological Society from 1926 to 1928.[1]

He graduated with the cand.med. degree at the Royal Frederick University in 1901. He was deputy consultant at the National Hospital from 1905 to 1906, and had a private practice in Christiania as a specialist in ophthalmology from 1906.[2]

In 1908, he married Elisabeth Marie Rønneberg, daughter of wholesaler, conservative politician and mayor of Ålesund, Joachim Holmboe Rønneberg (1851–1929). Harald Lystad was the grandfather of Joakim Lystad.

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  1. ^ Øyelegekunstens historie i Norge : festskrift i anledning av Norsk Oftalmologisk Forenings 50-års jubileum
  2. ^ Biography in Norges læger 1800–1908 (Physicians of Norway 1800–1908), 2, pp. 77–78