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Johannes Heimbeck (30 May 1892 – 24 September 1976) was a Norwegian physician. He was born in Kristiania. He is particularly known for introducing the BCG vaccination program against tuberculosis, from 1926. He chaired the Norwegian Red Cross' Hospital in Oslo from 1936 to 1967.

Heimbeck was a resistance pioneer, active during the first years of the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany.

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