Background
Strannegård, Örjan Olov was born on April 19, 1936 in Örebro, Sweden. Son of Magnus Albert and Nanna Hildegard (Börjesson) Strannegård.
Strannegård, Örjan Olov was born on April 19, 1936 in Örebro, Sweden. Son of Magnus Albert and Nanna Hildegard (Börjesson) Strannegård.
Doctor of Medicine, University Göteborg, Sweden, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy, University Göteborg, Sweden, 1967. Docent, University Göteborg, Sweden, 1968.
Fellow department infectious disease Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, 1967-1968. Staff physician Virus Laboratory, Sahlgren's Hospital, Göteborg, 1962-1967, associate director, 1968-1974, 78-83. Professor, chairman department virology University Umeå, Sweden, 1975-1978.
Visiting scientist Oregon Health Science Center, Portland, 1980-1981. Professor, chairman department microbiology Kuwait University, 1983-1986. Director Municipal Virus Laboratory, Stockholm, 1986-1992.
Professor, chairman department virology Medical Faculty, University Göteborg, since 1992. Board directors European Group for Rapid Viral Diagnosis, since 1986, Ministry of Health Expert Group for Vaccination Issues, since 1988. Special advisor on medical virology Ministry of Health, Sweden, since 1995.
Member Swedish Society for Physicians, Swedish Society for Microbiology, Scandinavian Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, European Society for Clinical Virology, International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research.
Married Inga-Lisa Lundberg, June 23, 1960. Children: Claes, Ann, Peter, Lars.