Lobotomy in Scandinavian Psychiatry Joar Tranøy, University of Oslo The Journal of Mind and Behavior, Winter 1996, Vol. 17, No. 1, Pages 1–20, ISSN 0271–0137 This article surveys the development of the use of lobotomy in Scandinavian psychiatry. Scandinavian hospitals lobotomized 2.5 times as many people per capita as hospitals in the United States. The use