Isak Jundell

Isak Jundell (born 16 June 1867 in Wladislawów, Russia, died 25 December 1945 in Stockholm),[1] née Jundelsky, was a Russian-born Swedish pediatrician.

He was born to a Jewish family in Wladislawów in the Russian Empire (now Lithuania) and moved to Sweden at a young age with his parents.

He became a docent at Karolinska Institute in 1898 and was appointed as Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the General Child House orphanage and children's clinic in 1914.

[2] Jundell also held leadership roles in the Swedish Jewish community and was involved in the Swedish part of the Kindertransport effort to rescue Jewish children from 1938.

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