Per-Olof Åstrand
Åstrand in Hylands hörna 1963
Per-Olof Åstrand (October 21, 1922 – January 2, 2015)[1] was a Swedish professor of physiology. He worked at the Royal Gymnastic Central Institute (GCI/GIH) in Stockholm 1970-1977, and 1977-1988 at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. He was a member of the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet (1977–1988). Åstrand is considered a "pioneer", "legend"[2] and one of the "founding fathers" of modern exercise physiology.[3]
References
- ↑ "Två av Sveriges främst idrottsfysiologer har gått bort". 3 January 2015.
- ↑ Läkartidningen Archived 2015-01-03 at the Wayback Machine 2007
- ↑ "Per-Olof Åstrand". www.topendsports.com.
Other websites
- Svensson, Daniel (2013). "Per-Olof Åstrand : Fysiologen som förändrade träningen" (PDF). Svensk Idrottsforskning (in svenska). Centrum för Idrottsforskning. 22 (1): 6–10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- Excerpt from interview on Swedish national television, Hylands hörna, 1963
- Per-Olof Åstrand in Nationalencyklopedin
- Publications in DiVA