# Gunnar Dahlberg

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Swedish physician (1893–1956)

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**Gunnar Dahlberg** (1893–1956) was a Swedish [physician](/source/Physician), [eugenist](/source/Eugenics) and [geneticist](/source/Geneticist).

From 1922 to 1924 he was the assistant of [Herman Lundborg](/source/Herman_Lundborg) at *[Statens institut för rasbiologi](/source/Statens_institut_f%C3%B6r_rasbiologi)*. In 1935, when Lundborg retired, Dahlberg succeeded him as the head of the institute. Dahlberg held the post until his death in 1956 and was succeeded by the geneticist Jan Arvid Böök.[1]

In September 1939, he was one of the signatories of the [eugenics manifesto](/source/Eugenics_manifesto). In the 1950s, Gunnar Dahlberg gave his support to the [UNESCO Statement on Race](/source/UNESCO_Statement_on_Race).[2]

## Bibliography

- Dahlberg, Gunnar (1942). *Race, reason and rubbish: an examination of the biological credentials of the Nazi Creed*. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd.[3][4]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Martin Ericsson (2021). ["What happened to 'race' in race biology? The Swedish State Institute for Race Biology, 1936−1960"](https://doi.org/10.1080%2F03468755.2020.1778520). *[Scandinavian Journal of History](/source/Scandinavian_Journal_of_History)*. **46** (1): 126. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1080/03468755.2020.1778520](https://doi.org/10.1080%2F03468755.2020.1778520).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["SENKU-seminar with Jon Røyne Kyllingstad"](https://www.khm.uio.no/english/research/news-and-events/events/senku-seminars/2018/senku-seminar-with-jon-royne-kyllingstad.html). [Museum of Cultural History, Oslo](/source/Museum_of_Cultural_History%2C_Oslo). Retrieved 29 May 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** McCormick, Thomas C. (1943). ["Review of Race, Reason, and Rubbish. A Primer of Race Biology"](https://www.jstor.org/stable/2085831). *American Sociological Review*. **8** (4): 492–493. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2307/2085831](https://doi.org/10.2307%2F2085831). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0003-1224](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0003-1224).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Reuter, E. B. (1943). ["Review of Race-Reason and Rubbish: A Primer of Race Biology"](https://www.jstor.org/stable/2770726). *American Journal of Sociology*. **49** (1): 93–95. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0002-9602](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0002-9602).

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