Background
Harvald, Bent Joergen was born on February 11, 1924 in Copenhagen. Son of Aage and Elly (Greiff) Harvald.
Harvald, Bent Joergen was born on February 11, 1924 in Copenhagen. Son of Aage and Elly (Greiff) Harvald.
Physician, University Copenhagen, 1947. Doctorate, University Copenhagen, 1954.
Intern Hjoerring Hospital, Denmark, 1947-1948. Research fellow clinical genetics University Copenhagen, 1949-1951, lecturer, 1951-1960, assistant professor clinical genetics, 1961-1968. Registrar Municipality of Copenhagen, 1951-1960, consultant, 1961-1968.
Chief physician Health Service, Greenland, 1965-1966. Professor internal medicine, chief physician Odense University, Denmark, 1969-1994. Retired, 1994
Chairman Danish Medical Research Council, 1974-1976, Nordic Council for Arctic Medical Research, 1975-1977, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, 1989-1993.
Dean medical faculty Odense University, 1970-1973. President International Union for Circumpolar Health, 1986-1987.
Military registrar Danish Task Force, 1948. Member Danish Medical Society (honorary, Hagedorn prize 1987), Fuenen Medical Society (honorary), Fuenen Society Medical History (board directors 1996).
Married Ulla Agnethe Nielsen, December 21, 1924. Children: Birgitte, Thomas, Claes.