Nils Brage Nordlander

Nils Brage Nordlander (29 October 1919 – 30 August 2009) was a Swedish speciality doctor attached to the Hospital of Ulleråker. As a politician, he served as the president of the county council of Uppsala, representing the Swedish People's Party, the predecessor of the Liberals.

Nordlander was active in the establishment of the Museum of Medical History in Uppsala along with his wife Brita Nordlander, to which he also became an important donor.

Biography Nordlander was born on 29 October 1919 as a son to statutory auditor John August Nordlander and Lisa Johansson. He received his Bachelor of Medical Sciences from Stockholm University and Licentiate of Medical Sciences from Uppsala University, and served as 1st Curator of the Södermanlands-Nerikes nation in Uppsala.

He married Brita Nordlander (née Redin) in 1946, a teacher and politician.

Nordlander died in August 2009.

Medicine

Nordlander, a recurrent contributor to medical magazines such as Läkartidningen, was a medical pioneer in studies both on dieting and the restless legs syndrome. Besides being an early prominent advocator of the low-carbohydrate diet as "one of the leading experts on dieting", according to Hemmets Veckotidning (1966), he was also a pioneer in the study of the restless legs syndrome in 1953, treating patients by injection of iron according to his casual theory attributed to iron deficiency.

Nordlander was active in the establishment of the Museum of Medical History in Uppsala along with his wife Brita Nordlander, to which he also became an important donor.

Politics Besides his medical research, he was also a frequent contributor to the debate in daily newspapers such as Upsala Nya Tidning in his role as politician, including serving as president of the county council of Uppsala, representing the Swedish People's Party, the predecessor of the Liberals.