Ludvig Larsen Kragtorp was a Norwegian physician and politician for the Liberal Party.

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1907 from the constituency Eidsberg, and was re-elected in 1910 and 1913.

Born in Rødenes

Rødenes

Rødenes is a former municipality in Østfold county, Norway.The parish of Rødenæs was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 . The district of Rømskog was separated from Rødenes as a municipality of its own January 1, 1902...

, he enrolled as a student in 1884 and graduated as cand.med.

Cand.med.

Candidate of Medicine , Candidata Medicinae , abbreviated Cand. Med.) is an academic degree awarded in Denmark, Iceland and Norway following a six-year medical school education....

 in 1892. He first opened his own physician's office in Høland

Høland

-History:Høland was created in 1837 as a formannskapsdistrikt, a Norwegian local self-government district. The district Setskog was separated from Høland to form a separate municipality January 1, 1905. The split left Høland with 4,928 inhabitants. Høland municipality existed until 1 July 1924,...

 in 1893, but then worked as municipal physician in Spydeberg

Spydeberg

Spydeberg is a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Spydeberg. It is divided into the parishes Spydeberg, Heli, and Hovin. Spydeberg was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 .The village of Spydeberg has approximately...

 from 1893 to 1912. He was the mayor of Spydeberg from 1904 to 1907, having been a member of the municipal council. He also chaired the school board from 1899 to 1903.