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Curing Tuberculosis with Light: Who Was Iceland's Nobel Laureate?

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Icelanders have two Nobel Prize winners, but one of them is forgotten by many Icelanders. Niels Ryberg Finsen won the Nobel Prize in 1903 for his research on phototherapy for skin tuberculosis and other diseases, becoming the first Danish recipient of the award, which was then newly established. Because of his field of expertise, he was called the photophysician. Finsen's origins also extend to the Faroe Islands, where he was born, and to Icelan…
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Icelanders have two Nobel Prize winners, but one of them is forgotten by many Icelanders. Niels Ryberg Finsen won the Nobel Prize in 1903 for his research on phototherapy for skin tuberculosis and other diseases, becoming the first Danish recipient of the award, which was then newly established. Because of his field of expertise, he was called the photophysician. Finsen's origins also extend to the Faroe Islands, where he was born, and to Icelan…

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RÚV broke the news in on Sunday, April 5, 2026.
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