Yngve Axel Andreas Larsson (9 January 1917 – 22 March 2014) was a

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and

diabetologist Diabetes, also known as diabetes mellitus, is a group of metabolic disorders characterized by a high blood sugar level ( hyperglycemia) over a prolonged period of time. Symptoms often include frequent urination, increased thirst and increased ap ...

. Yngve Larsson was the fifth child of

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vice mayor Yngve Larsson and Elin Larsson (daughter of publisher

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). He graduated from Uppsala University in 1938 and gained his Ph.D. at Karolinska Institute in 1956. From 1964 he worked for

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, Ethiopia, first as a professor and 1965-1970 as director of the Ethio-Swedish Pediatric Clinic (ESPC) at Haile Selassie I University. In parallel, his wife pediatrician Ulla Larsson established the Lideta Maternal and Child Health Center (or ''Lideta MCH Clinic'') nearby with financing from the Swedish branch of Save the Children. In the 1970s Yngve Larsson worked in Linköping, Sweden, in charge of

diabetology Diabetes, also known as diabetes mellitus, is a group of metabolic disorders characterized by a high blood sugar level (hyperglycemia) over a prolonged period of time. Symptoms often include frequent urination, increased thirst and increased a ...

at Linköping University and initiating national research in the field. Yngve Larsson was active in the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) from its first year, and was a member of its Advisory Council in 1981–1984. After retiring in 1983, he worked within

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for several years. Larsson died from

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on 22 March 2014 in

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. He was 97 years old.

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1917 births 2014 deaths Swedish diabetologists Uppsala University alumni Karolinska Institute alumni Academic staff of the Karolinska Institute Academic staff of Linköping University Physicians from Stockholm Ethiopia–Sweden relations Health in Ethiopia 1960s in Ethiopia Academic staff of Addis Ababa University Swedish tropical physicians Swedish medical researchers Swedish pediatricians {{Sweden-med-bio-stub