Arthur Lundblom


Arthur Fritiof Lundblom was an American Swedish physician, writer and beekeeper.

Biografi

Arthur Lundblom was born on 15 July 1900 in New York City, United States, to Alrik Lundblom, a sea captain och ship builder master at Djurgården shipyard, and Bertha Georgina. He grew up in New York City, the Azores and on Djurgården in Stockholm, and married the nurse Mona, daughter of Fredrik Ljungström. Brother-in-law to Emil Carelius and father-in-law to :sv:Claes Sylwander.
After Licentiate of Medicine with specialty in orthopaedics at Stockholms högskola, future Stockholm University, he was occupied as regiment military physician at Life Guard Dragoons and Svea Engineer Corps. He also served as counselor for the predecessor of the National Agency for Education, as a surgeon in own private clinic, as well as with plague hospitals in Africa.
As an expert in beekeeping, he served for the Swedish Beekeepers Association in evaluations of bee races suitable for the Swedish climate etc. Besides articles and essays in scientific publications, he authored the book Honungsbiet i Saga och Sanning the same year he won "10 000-kronorsfrågan" on bees in Kvitt eller dubbelt with Nils Erik Bæhrendtz on SVT. In 1967 his documentary film Honungsjakt och pilgift together with :sv:Nils Linnman was broadcast on SVT, about honeyguides and the Maasai people in the newly established Maasai Mara game reserve in Kenya.
Arthur Lundblom died on 9 April 1991 and was buried at Norra begravningsplatsen in Stockholm.

Biblio- and filmography