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Lorentz Eldjarn (23 March 1920 – 11 February 2007) was a Norwegian biochemist and medical doctor.
Lorentz Eldjarn was born on 23 March 1920 in Måsøy Municipality in Finnmark, Norway, later moving to Haslum. He studied medicine at the University of Oslo and was associated with the Norwegian Radium Hospital.
His thesis from 1954 treated metabolism of cystamine and cysteamine. He was a pioneer in the development of diagnostic methods and the use of clinical / chemical laboratories.
He was inducted into the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in 1963. In 1970 he was awarded the Fridtjof Nansen Prize for Outstanding Research, and in 1976 the Anders Jahre's Award for Medical Research (1976)
He died on 11 February 2007 in Bærum Municipality in Akershus county.
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- Lorentz Eldjarn
- Eldjárn
- Deaths in February 2007
- 1920 in Norway
- Måsøy Municipality
- Anders Grubb
- Fridtjof Nansen Prize for Outstanding Research
- Ivan Rosenqvist
- 2007 in Norway
- Johan Peter Holtsmark
