Arvid Wallgren, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Arvid Wallgren

Date of Birth: 05-Oct-1889

Date of Death: 21-Aug-1973

Profession: writer, physician, pediatrician

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Arvid Wallgren

  • Arvid Wallgren (born 1889, died 1973) was a Swedish pediatrician.
  • He was Professor of Pediatrics at the Karolinska Institute, a member of the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute and editor-in-chief of Acta Paediatrica from 1950 til 1964. Wallgren graduated as a physician in 1914 and earned his doctoral degree in 1918.
  • In 1921 he became a docent (reader) in practical medicine at Uppsala University and he was director of Gothenburg Children's Hospital from 1922 to 1942.
  • In 1933 the Swedish government awarded him the title of professor (professors namn), a rare honour not tied to a specific university.
  • From 1943 until his retirement in 1956 he was Professor of Pediatrics at the Karolinska Institute.
  • From 1943 to 1951 he was additionally director of the Children's Clinic at Norrtull Hospital in Stockholm.
  • From 1951 to 1956 he was director of the new Children's Clinic of Karolinska University Hospital.

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