Professor Axel Westman (29 December 1894 – 29 May 1960) was a Swedish physician and one of the foremost specialists in obstetrics and gynaecology of the twentieth century.

[1][2] In 1927, he was appointed lectureship in obstetrics and gynaecology at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.

He went on to hold lectureship posts at Lund University and Uppsala University.

[1] He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1951.

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