Nils Brage Nordlander


Nils Brage Nordlander was a Swedish speciality doctor attached to the :sv:Ulleråkers sjukhus|Hospital of Ulleråker. As a politician, he served as the president of the county council of Uppsala, representing the Swedish People's Party, the predecessor of the Liberals.
Nils Brage Nordlander was active in the establishment of the :sv:Medicinhistoriska museet i Uppsala|Museum of Medical History in Uppsala along with his wife Brita Nordlander, to which he also became an important donor.

Biography

Nils Brage Nordlander was born on 29 October 1919 as a son to statutory auditor John August Nordlander and Lisa Johansson. He received his Bachelor of Medical Sciences from Stockholm University and Licentiate of Medical Sciences from Uppsala University, and served as 1st Curator of the Södermanlands-Nerikes nation in Uppsala.
He married Brita Nordlander in 1946, a teacher and politician.
Nils Brage Nordlander died in August 2009.

Medicine

Nils Brage Nordlander, a recurrent contributor to medical magazines such as Läkartidningen, was a medical :wikt:pioneer|pioneer in studies both on dieting and the restless legs syndrome. Besides being an early prominent advocator of the low-carbohydrate diet as "one of the leading experts on dieting", according to :sv:Hemmets veckotidning|Hemmets veckotidning, he was also a pioneer in the study of the restless legs syndrome in 1953, treating patients by injection of iron according to his casual theory attributed to iron deficiency.
Nils Brage Nordlander was active in the establishment of the :sv:Medicinhistoriska museet i Uppsala|Museum of Medical History in Uppsala along with his wife Brita Nordlander, to which he also became an important donor.

Politics

Besides his medical research, he was also a frequent contributor to the debate in daily newspapers such as Upsala Nya Tidning in his role as politician, including serving as president of the county council of Uppsala, representing the Swedish People's Party, the predecessor of the Liberals.

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