Holger Viktor Hydén

Background

Hydén, Holger Viktor was born on January 31, 1917 in Stockholm. Son of Viktor and Dagmar (Landstrom) Hydén.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1943.

Career

Assistant professor histology, Karolinska Institute, 1945-1946; research fellow, Nobel Institute Cell Research, Stockholm, 1946-1949; head physician, Insur Company Jris, Stockholm, 1945-1949; professor, department chairman histology, U. Goteborg, Sweden, 1949-1983; vice president, U. Goteborg, 1954-1958; acting president, U. Goteborg, 1957; director Institute Neurobiology, U. Goteborg, since 1961. Distinguished visiting professor, Baylor University, Houston, since 1982. Member Swedish Medical Research Council, Stockholm.

Chairman Swedish Society Medical Physics, Stockholm, 1955-1959. Member board International Brain Research Organisation, Paris, 1962-1968, Scandinavian Society Cell Research, Stockholm, 1962-1971. Honorary associate neurological research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge.

Hughling Jackson lecturer McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1969. Thompson award lecturer, U. Birmingham, England, 1971. Member board Institute Optics, Roy Technology School, Stockholm.

Member neuroscience research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, since 1961.

Achievements

• Holger Viktor Hydén has been listed as a noteworthy Neurobiologist, physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Royal Society Medicine. Member Chekoslovak Purkinje Society (honorary), Medical Society Pisa (honorary), Academy Science and Arts (past chairman), Royal Academy Medicine Belgium, Swedish Medical Association, Royal Bachelors Club.

Interests

• Avocation: sculpting.

Connections

Married second, Kersti Engdahl, 1972. Children: Dag, Charlotte, Eva.

Father:

Viktor Hydén

Mother:

Dagmar (Landstrom) Hydén

Spouse:

second

child:

Eva Hydén

child:

Dag Hydén

child:

Charlotte Hydén