| [axel ström--pioneer of social medicine and administrator]. | dr axel strøm (1901-85), professor in the university of oslo from 1940 to 1970, was a leader in norwegian medicine in the latter half of the 20th century. he qualified in 1926 and in 1936 gained a doctorate with a dissertation on the toxin production of the corynebacterium diphtheriae. his first appointment as a professor was in hygiene. in 1951 he moved on to public health, a field that he pioneered in norway and the other scandinavian countries. as a professor during the german occupation of n ... | 2002 | 11851299 |