Person

Fregert, Sigfrid

1919–2016

Professor Sigfrid Fregert 1919-2016 ICDRG 1967-1985 Professor Sigrid Fregert worked all his life as a dermatologist at the University Hospital in Lund Sweden. When working at the Department of Dermatology in the late 1950s, physicians at the Department of Occupational Medicine asked him to accompany them to worksites, as many workers then suffered from occupational skin diseases. This led to the foundation of the Department of Occupational Dermatology (DOD) in 1960, with Professor Fregert as the Head of Department until his retirement in December 1985