Background
Kvamme, Elling was born on August 23, 1918 in Hafslo, Norway. Son of Arnbjørn Ellingsen and Martha Andrea (Thune) Kvamme.
neurochemist Chemical pathologist
Kvamme, Elling was born on August 23, 1918 in Hafslo, Norway. Son of Arnbjørn Ellingsen and Martha Andrea (Thune) Kvamme.
Doctor of Medicine, Oslo University, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, Oslo University, 1959.
Resident psychiatry hospital, Dikemark, Asker, Norway, 1947-1950; intern, Ullevål Hospital, Oslo, 1950-1952; research fellow, Sloan Kettering Institute Cancer Research, New York City, 1952-1954; research fellow, Public Health Research Institute, New York City, 1954-1955; assistant head central laboratory, Ullevål Hospital, 1955-1962; head neurochemical and clinical laboratory, Psychiatric Clinic Oslo U., 1962-1990; professor neurochemistry, Oslo U., 1966-1990; professor emeritus neurochemical laboratory, Oslo U., since 1990. Technical assistance expert National Cancer Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1962.
Member Norwegian Bio-chemical Society (president 1976-1978), International Society for Neurochemistry (treasurer 1977-1981, chairman 1981-1983), Norwegian Medical Association, Bio-chemical Society United Kingdom, New York Academy of Sciences.
Married Ingrid Julie Berge, January 3, 1948. Children: Brita Kvamme Haug, Elsa, Kari Julie Kvamme Fredriksen.