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Arthur Fritiof Lundblom (1900–1991) was an American Swedish physician, writer and beekeeper.[1][2]
Dr Arthur Lundblom | |
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Born | New York City, United States | July 15, 1900
Died | April 12, 1991 90) Stockholm, Sweden | (aged
Education | Licentiate of Medicine |
Alma mater | Karolinska Institute |
Occupation(s) | Medical doctor, writer |
Spouse | Mona (née Ljungström) |
Relatives | Fredrik Ljungström (father-in-law), Emil Carelius (brother-in-law), sv:Claes Sylwander (son-in-law) |
Military physician | |
Allegiance | Sweden |
Service/ | Swedish Army |
Rank | Major |
Unit | Svea Engineer Corps Life Guard Dragoons |
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 (née Lindgren). He grew up in New York City, the Azores and on Djurgården in Stockholm, and married the nurse Mona (née Ljungström), 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 Karolinska Institute, 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 clinics 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.[3] Besides articles and essays in scientific publications, he authored the book Honungsbiet i Saga och Sanning (English: "The honey bee in saga and reality") (1959) 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 (English: "Honey hunt and arrow poison") 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.
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