Background
Levi, Lennart was born on May 20, 1930 in Riga, Latvia. Arrived in Sweden, 1940. Son of Salman and Debora (Löwenstein) Levi.
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Levi, Lennart was born on May 20, 1930 in Riga, Latvia. Arrived in Sweden, 1940. Son of Salman and Debora (Löwenstein) Levi.
Bachelor of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1953. Doctor of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1972.
Physician National Swedish Rehabilitation Clinic, Stockholm, 1956-1958. Intern, resident department internal medicine Karolinska Hospital, 1959-1964. Founder, chairman department stress research World Health Organization Psychosocial Center Karolinska Institute, 1959-1995, professor psychosocial medicine, 1978-1995, emeritus professor, since 1995.
Founder, director National Institute for Psychosocial Medicine Statens Institute för Psykosocial Miljömedicin, Stockholm, 1980—1995. Medical officer Swedish General Electric Company-Telefunken Inc., Solna, Sweden, 1960-1973. Expert panel on mental health World Health Organization, 1973-1997, chairman European Expert panel on management of psychosocial problems at work, since 1992.
Advisor World Health Organization, International Labour Office, Commission European Communities, 1972. Member Swedish Parliament, since 2006.
Fellow 12 professional associations, including World Psychiatric Association (chairman section occupational psychiatry 1983-2005), International Stress Management Association (president since 2001).
Married Isabella Weitman, August 16, 1957 (deceased June 1988). Children: Richard, Ragnar. Married Inger Svärd Jentler, October 23, 1993.