Arne Larsson (26 May 1915 – 28 December 2001) was the first patient to receive an

artificial cardiac pacemaker An artificial cardiac pacemaker (or artificial pacemaker, so as not to be confused with the natural cardiac pacemaker) or pacemaker is a medical device that generates electrical impulses delivered by electrodes to the chambers of the heart ei ...

. The first two pacemakers were implanted by

Åke Senning Åke Senning (* 14 December 1915 in Rättvik, Sweden; † 21 July 2000 in Zurich, Switzerland) was a Swedish cardiac surgeon who worked at Zurich University Hospital from 1961 until his retirement in 1985. Biography Åke Senning was born ...

in 1958. Arne lived for another forty-three years and during that time went through twenty-six pacemakers. He died from melanoma on 28 December 2001 after being diagnosed two years prior.

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1915 births 2001 deaths Deaths from melanoma 20th-century Swedish people People from Västmanland County {{Sweden-bio-stub