Background
Tygstrup, Niels was born on May 27, 1926 in Vejle, Denmark. Son of Svend Linde and Thora Katrine (Tork) Tygstrup.
Tygstrup, Niels was born on May 27, 1926 in Vejle, Denmark. Son of Svend Linde and Thora Katrine (Tork) Tygstrup.
Doctor of Medicine, University Copenhagen, 1952. Doctor of Science, University Copenhagen, 1966.
Intern, Copenhagen Hospitals, 1952-1953, 57-65; research fellow medical department B, Rigshospitalet U. Hospital, 1953-1956; assistant professor medical department A, Rigshospital, U. Copenhagen, 1965-1969; chairman, Rigshospital, U. Copenhagen, 1976-1996; professor internal medicine, U. Copenhagen, 1969-1996.
President Royal Danish Medical Research Foundation, Copenhagen, 1977-1979. Member Governor Committee Assessment Medicine, 1977-1985. Member Swedish Society Gastroenterology (honorary), German Society Gastroenterology (honorary), Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, European Association Study of Liver (president 1995), International Associate Study of Liver (president 1974-1978), Danish Society Internal Medicine (president 1971-1974, Hagedorn prize 1983, Oddi and Perugia prize 1997).
Married Inge Sort, May 27, 1950. Children: Pernille, Frederik.