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Bengt Saltin (3 June 1935 — 12 September 2014) was a Swedish professor in exercise physiology, who spent parts of his career in Denmark.

After starting his medical studies at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, in the 1950s, he commenced his doctoral studies at the Department of Physiology at the Royal Gymnastic Central Institute (GCI/GIH) in Stockholm in 1960. Per-Olof Åstrand became his tutor, and in 1964 he presented his doctoral thesis. He thereafter proceeded with introducing muscle physiology and biochemistry studies at the same department.

In the 1970s he commenced with the same type of studies at the August Krogh Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark. In the 1990s he returned to Stockholm and the Karolinska Institute for some years, and later he returned to Copenhagen to establish the Copenhagen Muscle Research Institute.

His overall contributions to exercise physiology are among the greater attained in history,

Saltin died in Stockholm, Sweden, on 12 September 2014 after a long illness.

Publications

• Muscle Fatigue Mechanisms in Exercise and Training: 4th International Symposium on Exercise and Sport Biology, 1990 (Medicine and Sport Science) (1992) ISBN 978-3805554831
• Exercise and Circulation in Health and Disease (1999) ISBN 978-0880116329

See also

• August Krogh
• Per-Olof Åstrand

References

1. "STOCKHOLM (AP) BENGT SALTIN, A SWEDISH PROFESSOR OF HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY". ad-hoc-news.de. 2014-09-15. Archived from the original on 2014-09-16. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
2. http://sport-science.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=510&Itemid=129 Obituary Prof Bengt Saltin

Further reading

• Schantz, P. 2015. Along paths converging to Bengt Saltin's early contributions in exercise physiology. Scand J Med Sci Sports 25 (Suppl. 4): 7-15

• 1935 births
• 2014 deaths
• Swedish physiologists
• Sports scientists
• Members of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters