Yngve A. A. Larsson
Yngve A. A. Larsson | |
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Born | Stockholm, Sweden | January 9, 1917
Died | March 22, 2014 Stockholm, Sweden | (aged 97)
Nationality | Swedish |
Education | Ph.D. |
Occupation | pediatrician, diabetologist, medicine professor |
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Yngve Axel Andreas Larsson (January 9, 1917 – March 22, 2014)[1] was a Swedish pediatrician, medicine professor and diabetologist.
Yngve Larsson was the fifth child of Stockholm vice mayor Yngve Larsson and Elin Larsson (daughter of publisher ). He graduated from Uppsala University in 1938 and gained his Ph.D. at Karolinska Institute in 1956. From 1964 he worked for Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, first as a professor and 1965-1970 as director of the (ESPC) at Haile Selassie I University. In parallel, his wife pediatrician Ulla Larsson established the (or Lideta MCH Clinic) nearby with financing from the Swedish branch of Save the Children. In the 1970s Yngve Larsson worked in Linköping, Sweden, in charge of diabetology at Linköping University and initiating national research in the field.
Yngve Larsson was active in the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) from its first year, and was a member of its Advisory Council in 1981–1984. After retiring in 1983, he worked within Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare for several years.
Larsson died from natural causes on 22 March 2014 in Lidingö. He was 97 years old.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "Familjeannonser : Yngve Larsson J:r". Dagens Nyheter Kultur (in Swedish). 2 April 2014. p. 15.
- "ISPAD Former Staff and Officers". Archived from the original on 2007-11-13.
- "Inaugural Commentary" (PDF). Pediatric Diabetes (6). 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-26.
- Harnesk, Paul (ed.) (1962). "Yngve A. A. Larsson, med dr". Vem är Vem? : Stor-Stockholm (in Swedish).CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
- Larsson, Yngve (1958). "The Islets of Langerhans in Pancreatic Fibrosis". Pediatrics.
- Hofvander, Yngve (2010). 50 years of Ethio-Swedish Collaboration in child health and nutrition (PDF). Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare.
- Johnny, Ludvigsson (2014). "Yngve Larsson : Barnläkare och pionjär inom diabetesbehandling, dog den 22 mars 2014, 97 år gammal". Fokus (in Swedish) (19): 48.
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- People from Stockholm
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- Health in Ethiopia
- 1960s in Ethiopia
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