Background
Olofsson, Jan Gunnar Vilhelm was born on March 28, 1940 in Malmoe, Sweden. Son of Gunnar Valdemar and Siri Elisabeth (Persson) Olofsson.
Olofsson, Jan Gunnar Vilhelm was born on March 28, 1940 in Malmoe, Sweden. Son of Gunnar Valdemar and Siri Elisabeth (Persson) Olofsson.
Doctor of Medicine, Lund U., Sweden, 1967; Doctor of Philosophy, Linköping U., Sweden, 1973.
Assistant professor Department Otolaryngology, Linköping (Sweden), 1973-1975; associate professor, Linköping (Sweden), 1975-1987; head Department Otolaryngology, Linköping (Sweden), 1986-1987; professor, chairman Department Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, 1987.
Member Collegium Oto-Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitae Sacrum, Swedish Med.Assn., Swedish Society of Medicine, Swedish Otolaryngological Society, Norwegian Otolaryngological Society, Society Surgical Oncology, Norwegian Medical Association, Danish Society Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Danish Society Head and Neck Oncology, Canada Society Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, ScandinavianSoc. for Head and Neck Oncology (president), Association of Head and Neck Oncologists of Great Britain, The European Society for Surgical Oncology, American Society for Head and Neck Surgery, Society of Head and Neck Surgeons, The Laryngeal Cancer Association, The Scandinavian Society for Laser Therapy, The European Society for Laser Therapy, The European Laryngological Association (Vice-President), La Societa de Scienze Mediche di Conegliano Vittorio Veneto, The Royal Society Medicine (Great Britain), Rotary International, Bergenhus Rotary Club (past president).
Married Margareta Ingegerd, 1973 (divorced 1989). Children: Charlotta, Matilda, Lovisa. Married AnneBerit Guttormsen.
1 child, Jan Stefan.