Biography.guide
Home › People › Chemical engineer › Ebba Lund
Portrait of Ebba Lund

Ebba Lund

1923 – 1999

Scientist; Danish Resistance fighter during World War II

Chemical engineerVirologist
Don't just read it — keep itBiographies to ownE-book · Audio · Video From $7 →

About Ebba Lund

Lived 1923 – 1999 (aged 75). Ebba Lund was a Danish chemical engineer and virologist.

Ebba Lund (22 September 1923 – 21 June 1999) was a Danish Resistance fighter during World War II, a chemical engineer, and a microbiologist.

Early life Ebba Lund was born in 1923 to parents Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (1875–1956) and Anna Petrea Lindberg (1890–1980). Her father was an engineer. Lund worked for Frit Danmark (Free Denmark), a voguish clandestine newspaper, which would go on to publish over six million copies by the end of World War II. She also managed to convince several local landowners to provide the funding for these trips.

Education and research Before her recruitment into the Holger Danske, Lund graduated from the Ingrid Jespersens Gymnasieskole in 1942.

Following a move to Gothenburg with her spouse, Lund became employed at both the Sahlgrenska University Hospital from 1954 to 1966 and the University of Gothenburg's Faculty of Medicine in 1963.

Personal life Lund had three children, born in 1945, 1948 and 1951. She first married Professor Soren Lovtrup in 1944, divorcing in 1959. She then married Robert Berridge Dean, the Head of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, in 1978.

Lund died on 21 June 1999 in Copenhagen.

Biography shop

Don’t just read it —
keep it.

Full-length biographies made to live with: read them, listen on the way to work, watch them tonight.

  • E-book
  • Audio
  • Video
Browse the shop — from $7

Instant download · yours to keep · every purchase keeps this site free

Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Chemical engineer, virologist
Nationality
Employers
University of Copenhagen
Awards
Tagea Brandt Rejselegat
Also known as
Ebba Kierkegaard

People in Ebba Lund's life

Named in this biography and alive at the same time

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Ebba Lund's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Ebba Lund?

scientist; Danish Resistance fighter during World War II

When was Ebba Lund born?

Ebba Lund was born on 22 September 1923 in Copenhagen.

When did Ebba Lund die?

Ebba Lund died on 21 June 1999 in Copenhagen.

What was Ebba Lund's occupation?

Ebba Lund was a chemical engineer and virologist.

What nationality was Ebba Lund?

Ebba Lund was Danish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Ebba Lund

· Wikidata: Q28167695

· DBpedia: Ebba Lund

Cite this page

APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Ebba Lund. https://biography.guide/ebba-lund/

MLA: "Ebba Lund." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/ebba-lund/.

Chicago: "Ebba Lund." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/ebba-lund/.

Data last updated: 2026-09-22 · Spot an error? Report a correction.

Page generated 2026-09-27 05:26 UTC