Acta Physiologica Scandinavica Centennial

Scandinrrzicu, appeared in January 1889 (Fig. I a).One of the founders and the first editor of thc Journal was thc internationally well-reputed professor of physiology in Uppsala, Frithiof Holmgren (Fig. I b).As evident from an introductorl-report by Holmgren (Fig. 2 ) , the main aim o f a Scandinavian journal of physiology was to create a common forum for Scandinavian physiologists where they could publish their scientific contributions to an international public.T h e journal was born at a time when German physiology dominated the scientific scene, not least in Scandinavia, and Pflugers Archin f u r Physiiokogrr was the leading international journal in phj-siology.It was therefore natural that the main language of the Journal became German and its name German, Skundinazisches Archic fiir Physiologie.At the beginning of the second world war, in 1940, the Journal was taken over by the Scandinavian Physiological Society, its