Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica– the first years (from lead to electrons)

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavia is the official scientific journal of the Scandinavian Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine. It was founded in 1957 and we are thus now celebrating its 50th anniversary. This paper relates the history behind the start of the journal and describes its development until 1993.