# Rune Elmqvist

> Rune Elmqvist was a Swedish physician turned engineer who developed the first implantable pacemaker in 1958, working under the direction of Åke Senning, senior physician and cardiac surgeon at the Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Sweden.

*Swedish inventor*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/rune-elmqvist

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** Sweden
- **Born:** 1906-12-01
- **Died:** 1996-12-15
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 44.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 3.6 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 6.4 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 40.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q713935)

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