Isak Jundell

Isak Jundell, 1914

Isak Jundell (born 16 June 1867 in Wladislawów, Russia, died 25 December 1945 in Stockholm), né Jundelsky, was a Russian-born Swedish pediatrician. He was Professor of Pediatrics at the Karolinska Institute, a member of the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute and was the first editor-in-chief of Acta Paediatrica.

He was born to a Jewish family in Wladislawów in the Russian Empire (now Lithuania) and moved to Sweden at a young age with his parents. He studied medicine at Karolinska Institute and earned a licentiate's degree in 1895 and a doctoral degree in 1898. He became a docent (reader) at Karolinska Institute in 1898 and was appointed as Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the General Child House orphanage and children's clinic in 1914. He was also a member of many governmental committees.[1]

Jundell also held leadership roles in the Swedish Jewish community and was involved in the Swedish part of the Kindertransport effort to rescue Jewish children from 1938.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Isak Jundell," in Nordisk familjebok
  2. ↑ Pontus Rudberg, The Swedish Jews and the Holocaust (pp. 131–132 and p. 172), Abingdon & New York, ISBN 9781138045880


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