Background
Gästrin, Bengt Olof Jan was born on April 3, 1924 in Wasa, Finland. Arrived in Sweden, 1949. Son of Jan Emanuel and Ruth Ragnhild (Ståhl) Gästrin.
clinical bacteriologist physician
Gästrin, Bengt Olof Jan was born on April 3, 1924 in Wasa, Finland. Arrived in Sweden, 1949. Son of Jan Emanuel and Ruth Ragnhild (Ståhl) Gästrin.
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Royal Veterinary College, 1952. Doctor of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, 1969.
Veterinary City Milk Control Laboratory, Helsingfors, Finland, 1952-1960. Laboratory physician in clinical microbiology National Bacteriological Laboratory, Stockholm, 1962-1971. Head bacteriological department Central Hospital, Eskilstuna, Sweden, 1971-1986.
Senior physician Södersjukhuset, Stockholm, 1986-1989. Consultant Microbiological Central Laboratory, 1989-1993. Head microbiology division Medilab, 1993-1994.
Editor Mikronytt, 1987-1993, 95—. Consultant World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Legionella Infections, Stockholm, 1990-1993, Museum Medical History, since 1995.
Served in Finnish Army, 1944-1945. Fellow Swedish Society Medicine. Member Swedish Medical Association, Swedish Society for Medical Microbiology, American Society for Microbiology, European Society Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
Married Gisela Alfhild Dahm, 1950 (divorced 1960). Children: Jan M., Per W. Married Agneta Christina Lindholm, December 1, 1972.
Children: Johan O., Emma H.