100 Notable alumni of
University of Gothenburg
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The University of Gothenburg is 697th in the world, 248th in Europe, and 5th in Sweden by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Gothenburg sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. 1 individual affiliated with the University of Gothenburg won Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine.
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Camilla Läckberg
- Enrolled in the University of Gothenburg
- Studied economics
- Occupations
- writertelevision presenternovelist
- Biography
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Jean Edith Camilla Läckberg Sköld is a Swedish crime writer. As of the early-2010s, her work has been translated into more than 40 languages in 60 countries. She has been called "the rock star of Nordic noir."
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Svante Thunberg
- Occupations
- television producertelevision actormanageractor
- Biography
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Svante Fritz Vilhelm Thunberg is a Swedish actor, author, and father of climate activist Greta Thunberg.
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Nick Bostrom
- Occupations
- university teacherphilosopher
- Biography
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Nick Bostrom is a philosopher known for his work on existential risk, the anthropic principle, human enhancement ethics, whole brain emulation, superintelligence risks, and the reversal test. He was the founding director of the now dissolved Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford and is now Principal Researcher at the Macrostrategy Research Initiative.
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José González
- Occupations
- songwritersinger-songwriterguitaristsinger
- Biography
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José Gabriel González is a Swedish indie folk singer-songwriter and guitarist from Gothenburg. González is also a member of the band Junip, along with Tobias Winterkorn.
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Håkan Hellström
- Occupations
- recording artistsingersongwriterdrummercomposer
- Biography
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Håkan Georg Hellström is a Swedish musician. He made his breakthrough in Sweden in 2000 with the song "Känn ingen sorg för mig Göteborg" and the album with the same name. He has released eleven studio albums to date with eight reaching number one on the Swedish Albums Chart, while Ett kolikbarns bekännelser reached number two.
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Jonas Jonasson
- Occupations
- writerjournalisttelevision producer
- Biography
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Pär-Ola Jonas Jonasson is a Swedish journalist and writer, best known as the author of the best-seller The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared.
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Christopher Wollter
- Occupations
- actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Claes Brian Christopher Wollter is a Swedish actor and singer. He has had roles in the Swedish productions of West Side Story and Miss Saigon. He has also appeared in several television productions.
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Annika Strandhäll
- Occupations
- trade unionistpolitician
- Biography
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Annika Strandhäll is a Swedish trade unionist and politician of the Social Democrats. She served as Minister for Climate and the Environment from 2021 to 2022. She also served as Minister for Social Security from 2014 until her resignation in 2019, following her partner's death a month earlier. She previously held the office of Minister for Social Affairs from 2017 to 2019. and acting Minister for Public Health, Healthcare and Sports, during Gabriel Wikström's sick leave, from May to July 2017.
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Magnus Carlsson
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- singertelevision presenter
- Biography
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Lars Magnus Carlsson is a Swedish singer and former member of the bands Alcazar and Barbados as well as a solo performer.
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Bianca Kronlöf
- Occupations
- actorscreenwriter
- Biography
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Bianca Alicia Kronlöf is a Swedish actress, comedian and screenwriter.
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Cecilia Malmström
- Enrolled in the University of Gothenburg
- In 1998 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- university teacherpoliticiandiplomatpolitical scientist
- Biography
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Anna Cecilia Malmström is a Swedish politician who served as European Commissioner for Trade from 2014 to 2019. She previously served as European Commissioner for Home Affairs from 2010 to 2014 and Minister for European Union Affairs from 2006 to 2010. She was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Sweden from 1999 to 2006.
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Muhammad al-Yaqoubi
- Occupations
- poetIslamic jurist
- Biography
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Muhammad Abul Huda al-Yaqoubi is a Syrian religious leader and Islamic scholar. He has opposed Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
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Carina Bergfeldt
- Occupations
- reportercolumnistwriterjournalistvoice actor
- Biography
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Barbro Carina Bergfeldt is a Swedish journalist, reporter, columnist and author. Since March 2016 she is SVT's correspondent to Washington, D.C.
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Chris Kirubi
- Occupations
- entrepreneurbusinessperson
- Biography
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Christopher John Kirubi, born in Murang'a County, was a Kenyan businessman, entrepreneur, and industrialist. He was a director at Centum Investment Company, a business conglomerate, of which he was the largest individual shareholder.
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Arvid Carlsson
- Occupations
- physicianpharmacistneuroscientistpharmacologistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Arvid Carlsson was a Swedish neuropharmacologist who is best known for his work with the neurotransmitter dopamine and its effects in Parkinson's disease. For his work on dopamine, Carlsson was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2000, together with Eric Kandel and Paul Greengard.
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Frida Boisen
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Frida Maria Boisen, is a Swedish journalist and author.
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Dag Malmberg
- Occupations
- directorfilm directoractor
- Biography
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Dag Åke Sigvard Malmberg is a Swedish actor and director, best known internationally for his role as Hans Petterson in The Bridge.
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Gustav Kasselstrand
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Gustav Mattias Anton Kasselstrand is a Swedish politician who co-founded the Alternative for Sweden (AfS) in 2018. He was chairman of the Sweden Democratic Youth (SDU) from 2011 to 2015 and served as political secretary to the Sweden Democrats in the Riksdag from 2011 to 2012. Kasselstrand was expelled from the Sweden Democrats on 27 April 2015 but remained chairman of the SDU until 12 September 2015, when Jessica Ohlson succeeded to the post and the Sweden Democrats subsequently cut ties with their youth league.
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Harald Treutiger
- Occupations
- journalisttelevision presenter
- Biography
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Nils Harald Ossian Treutiger is a Swedish journalist and television host. Born in Göteborg, he is best known for co-hosting the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest held in Malmö after Carola Häggkvist won in 1991.
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Agnes Wold
- Occupations
- bacteriologistphysicianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Agnes Wold, born January 7, 1955, is a professor of clinical bacteriology specializing in the normal flora of the body, at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. She is a nationally known commentator on television, radio and in newspapers on issues related to infectious disease and women in science.
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Agneta Pleijel
- Occupations
- screenwriterwriternovelistuniversity teacherjournalist
- Biography
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Agneta Pleijel is a Swedish novelist, poet, playwright, journalist and literary critic. Among her plays are Ordning härskar i Berlin from 1979. Among her novels are Vindspejare from 1987 and Drottningens chirurg from 2006. She has been a professor at Dramatiska Institutet since 1992. She was awarded the Dobloug Prize in 1991 and the Swedish Academy Nordic Prize in 2018.
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Maria Wetterstrand
- Occupations
- politicianlecturerbloggerbiologist
- Biography
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Ingrid Maria Wetterstrand is a Swedish politician. She was one of the spokespersons of the Green Party alongside Peter Eriksson between 2002 and 2011. Between 2001 and 2011 she was a member of the Riksdag.
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Melker Schörling
- Occupations
- entrepreneurbusinessperson
- Biography
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Melker Schörling was a Swedish billionaire businessman. His investment company Melker Schörling AB (MSAB) had large interests in Securitas AB, Assa Abloy, Hexagon AB, Loomis and more. Schörling formed a partnership with fellow billionaire Gustaf Douglas, who was also a major shareholder in Securitas and Assa Abloy.
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Pål Hollender
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm directorfilm producer
- Biography
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Pål Anders Jörgen Hollender is a Swedish film director and performance artist.
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Percy Barnevik
- Occupations
- businesspersonmanagerchief executive officer
- Biography
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Percy Nils Barnevik HonFREng is a Swedish business executive, best known as CEO and later Chairman of ABB 1988–2002, and for being the centre of a giant pension dispute that shook Sweden in 2003. He is the co-founder of the non-profit organization Hand in Hand.
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Leif Pagrotsky
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Leif Pagrotsky is a Swedish politician, economist, and diplomat. He served as Minister of Culture from 2004 to 2006 and Minister for Business and Industry from 2002 to 2004 under Prime Minister Göran Persson. After this, he held the position of Consul General of Sweden in New York City from 2016 to 2018.
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Carl Bennet
- Years
- 1951-.. (age 74)
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Carl Reinhold Adolf Bennet is a Swedish billionaire businessman. He is the chairman of the medical technology firm Getinge and the printing company Elanders.
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Hans M. Hirschi
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Hans Martin Hirschi is an author, writer and training executive and LGBT rights activist based in Sweden. He is also co-founder and president of Yaree, an independent publisher and consultancy firm.
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Lars Adaktusson
- Enrolled in the University of Gothenburg
- In 1977 studied journalism
- Occupations
- politicianjournalisttelevision presenter
- Biography
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Lars Göran Peter Adaktusson is a Swedish politician for the Christian Democrats. He was Member of the Riksdag from the 2018 general election until 2022. Prior to that, he was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP).
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Gustaf Tenggren
- Occupations
- animatorgraphic artistpainterconcept artistdraftsperson
- Biography
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Gustaf Adolf Tenggren was a Swedish illustrator and animator. He is known for his Arthur Rackham-influenced fairy-tale style and use of silhouetted figures with caricatured faces. Tenggren was a chief illustrator for The Walt Disney Company in the late 1930s, in what has been called the Golden Age of American animation, when animated feature films such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Fantasia, Bambi and Pinocchio were produced.
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Lotta Lotass
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Britt Inger Liselott "Lotta" Lotass Hagström is a Swedish writer. She holds a PhD of Comparative literature from the University of Gothenburg, and lives in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Soraya Post
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Soraya Viola Heléna Post is a Swedish politician who was a member of European Parliament from Sweden. She is a member of the Feminist Initiative, part of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats.
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Sture Allén
- Occupations
- university teacherlinguist
- Biography
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Sture Allén was a Swedish professor of computational linguistics at the University of Gothenburg, who was the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy between 1986 and 1999. Born in Gothenburg, he was elected to chair 3 of the Swedish Academy in 1980. He was also a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters.
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Chimène van Oosterhout
- Enrolled in the University of Gothenburg
- 2010-2012 studied Swedish
- Occupations
- announcertelevision presenteractor
- Biography
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Chimène van Oosterhout is a Dutch TV personality, actress and singer. Since 1996, she has been presenting programs on Dutch television (TROS, Veronica TV, SBS6, Net5 and RTL 4). She was the winner of several Dutch celebrity TV competitions (including Peking Express VIPS in 2006 and Top Chef in 2009). Van Oosterhout is also an actress. She appeared in the longest-running Dutch soap opera Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden and had one of the leading parts in the American movie "X-Patriots" (2001) directed by Darien Sills-Evans. She owns her PR company (Van Oosterhout PR).
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Nina Björk
- Occupations
- journalistwriter
- Biography
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Nina Björk is a Swedish feminist, author and journalist. She is most well known for Under det rosa täcket (Under the Pink Duvet), a feminist book written in 1996.
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Malin Byström
- Occupations
- opera singer
- Biography
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Malin Byström is a Swedish lyric soprano who has sung leading roles at many of the world's most prestigious opera houses.
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Sven-Eric Liedman
- Occupations
- writerhistoriantranslatorphilosopher
- Biography
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Sven-Eric Liedman is a Swedish author and Professor Emeritus of history of ideas at the University of Gothenburg in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Britta Marakatt-Labba
- Occupations
- artisttextile artist
- Biography
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Britta Margareta Marakatt-Labba is a Swedish Sámi textile artist, painter, graphic artist, and a member of the Máze Group.
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Mats Malm
- Occupations
- university teachertranslatorliterary historianeditor
- Biography
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Mats Ulrik Malm is a Swedish literary writer and translator. On 18 October 2018, Malm was elected a member of the Swedish Academy, on 26 April 2019 he was elected the new Permanent Secretary and Speaker of the Swedish Academy.
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Marie Hermanson
- Occupations
- writerjournalistnovelist
- Biography
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Marie Hermanson is a Swedish writer and journalist. Many of her novels evoke fairy tales and myths, characterized by her sensually realist style. The Devil's Sanctuary, her first novel to be translated into English, appeared in 2013.
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Per Schlingmann
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Per Schlingmann was the party secretary of the Swedish Moderate Party between 28 September 2006 and 1 October 2010 (succeeding Sven Otto Littorin), and a prominent figure in its political reorientation following the 2002 election defeat and leading to its 2006 election success.
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Maria Turtschaninoff
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Maria Turtschaninoff is a Finnish author. She is best known for writing fantasy books including Maresi, the first book in the Red Abbey Chronicles and winner of the 2014 Finlandia Junior Prize.
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Njuguna Ndung'u
- Occupations
- bankereconomist
- Biography
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Njuguna S. Ndung'u is a Kenyan economist who is the ex-Minister of Finance in the cabinet of President William Samoei Ruto from October 2022 to July 2024.
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Anna-Karin Hatt
- Enrolled in the University of Gothenburg
- Studied in 1992-1995
- Occupations
- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Anna-Karin Hatt is a Swedish corporate leader and former politician. Since 2015, she is the CEO of Almega, the employers’ organisation for the Swedish service sector. She is also a member of the board at Alecta, Ratio Institute and the publicly held real estate company Castellum. She served as Minister for IT and Energy from 2011 to 2014, having previously served as Minister for IT and Regional Affairs from 2010 to 2011. She also served as the party's state secretary in the central coordination office of the Government of Sweden from 2006 to 2010.
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Adam Cwejman
- Years
- 1985-.. (age 40)
- Occupations
- bloggerpolitician
- Biography
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Adam Michael Cwejman is a Swedish politician of Polish-Jewish descent.
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Åsa Westlund
- Occupations
- bloggerpolitician
- Biography
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Åsa Ingrid Gunilla Westlund is a Swedish politician who has been Member of the Riksdag since 2014, representing Stockholm County. In the Riksdag, she is chairman of the Committee on Finance since 2020.
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Vicke Lindstrand
- Occupations
- sculptordesignertextile artist
- Biography
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Victor Emanuel Lindstrand, known as Vicke Lindstrand was a Swedish glass designer, textile and ceramic designer, and painter. He is considered a pioneer of Swedish glass art. His work was part of the art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics and the 1936 Summer Olympics.
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Göran Marby
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Bo Göran Edward Marby is a Swedish businessman who served as the CEO and President of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) from May 2016 to December 2022, a non-profit corporation based in California.
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Carl Wilhelmson
- Occupations
- photographeruniversity teacherpainter
- Biography
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Carl Wilhelm Wilhelmson was a Swedish painter, graphic artist, amateur photographer and art teacher.
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Azita Shariati
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Azita Shariaty Khalil Abad is a Swedish business executive. Since 2014, she has headed the Swedish branch of the French catering and support services multinational Sodexo where she oversees operations for the Nordic countries. In February 2015, the Swedish weekly business magazine Veckans Affärer named her the most powerful business woman in Sweden.
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Roland Utbult
- Occupations
- politiciansingerteacher
- Biography
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Roland Utbult is a Swedish politician and musician. Prior to entering politics, Utbult had a successful musical career in the Christian genre of Swedish music. He is a politician serving Kristdemokraterna in the Swedish Riksdag using his musical ability in his service as a politician before the parliament. Along with other influential Christian musicians, Utbult appeared on the Swedish version of Gaither Homecoming "Minns du sången," a show much appreciated by many Swedish Christians.
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Göran K. Hansson
- Occupations
- physicianimmunologist
- Biography
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Göran K. Hansson, is a Swedish physician and scientist.
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Erik Lönnroth
- Occupations
- historian
- Biography
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Erik Lönnroth was one of the most notable Swedish historians of the 20th century. He was a life member of the Swedish Academy from 1962 and member of various faculties.
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Rodrigo Tavares
- Occupations
- business executivepolitical scientistacademic
- Biography
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Rodrigo Marques Tavares is a Portuguese financial market professional, scholar, and public administrator. He is the founder and CEO of Granito Group, a financial group dedicated to the advancement of the sustainable economy, and a full professor (adjunct) at the NOVA School of Business and Economics. In 2017, he was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. He is a columnist for Folha de S.Paulo and Expresso.
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K. K. Talwar
- Occupations
- cardiologistwriter
- Biography
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Kewal Kishan Talwar is an Indian cardiologist, medical academic and writer, and a former chairman of the Medical Council of India. He is a former director of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) and is reported to have performed the first implantation of Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy in South Asia. He is also credited with the introduction of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in India. He is a recipient of several honours including B. C. Roy Award, the highest Indian award in the medical category. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 2006, for his contributions to medicine. Presently Dr. Talwar is working in PSRI Hospital Sheikh Sarai, New Delhi as the chairman of Cardiac Sciences
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Mikael Mogren
- Occupations
- Lutheran bishoptheologian
- Biography
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Bengt Mikael Mogren is a Swedish bishop, theologian and author.
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Bo Ralph
- Occupations
- writeruniversity teacherlinguist
- Biography
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Bo Rune Ingemar Ralph is a Swedish linguist, member of the Swedish Academy, and professor of Nordic Languages at the Department of Swedish Language at Gothenburg University. He was elected to the Swedish Academy on 15 April 1999 and admitted on 20 December 1999. Bo Ralph succeeded the philosopher and sociologist Torgny T:son Segerstedt to Seat No.2.
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Erling Eidem
- Occupations
- translatorarchbishopuniversity teachertheologianpriest
- Biography
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Erling Eidem was a Swedish theologian who served as archbishop of Uppsala 1931–1950.
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Johan Ullman
- Occupations
- inventorphysician
- Biography
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Johan Ullman is a Swedish medical doctor, scientist, and inventor.
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Aron Emilsson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Robert Aron Emilsson is a Swedish politician and member of the Riksdag for the Sweden Democrats party. He represents the Östergötland County constituency. He also serves as the SD's spokesman on foreign policy.
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Erik Gatenholm
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- 1989-.. (age 36)
- Occupations
- businesspersonbusiness executive
- Biography
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Erik Gatenholm is a Swedish-American entrepreneur. He is credited with marketing the world's first universal bio-ink.
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Seyed Javad Miri
- Occupations
- university teachersociologist
- Biography
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Seyed Javad Miri Meynagh is a Swedish-Iranian sociologist and professor of sociology at the Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies. He is known for his expertise on social theory and Islamic thinkers.
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Åke Sellström
- Occupations
- scientist
- Biography
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Åke Sellström is a Swedish academic and expert in arms, especially in chemical weapons. He has been active at the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI).
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Maria Ernestam
- Occupations
- journalistwriter
- Biography
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Maria Ernestam is a Swedish author and journalist.
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Elin Anna Labba
- Enrolled in the University of Gothenburg
- In 2008 studied journalism
- Occupations
- journalistauthoreditor-in-chief
- Biography
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Elin Anna Labba is a Sámi author and journalist. She has won multiple prizes for her first book Herrarna satte oss hit: om tvångsförflyttningarna i Sverige (English: The Gentlemen Put Us Here: About the Forced Relocations in Sweden), which describes the forced migration of the Sámi from Norway to Sweden from 1919 to 1920.
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Anders Flanking
- Enrolled in the University of Gothenburg
- Studied in 1985-1988
- Occupations
- civil servantpolitician
- Biography
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Per Anders Daniel Flanking is a Swedish politician and civil servant. As of 1 June 2019, he is serving as Governor of Gotland County. He also held office as Secretary of the Centre Party between 2006–2010 and Secretary of State between 2011–2014.
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Aron Modig
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Aron Modig is a Swedish politician who was chairman of the Young Christian Democrats, the youth wing of the Christian Democrats from 2011 to 2013.
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Ingemar Düring
- Occupations
- translatoruniversity teacherclassical philologist
- Biography
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Ingemar Düring was a Swedish Classical Philologist. From 1945 to 1970 he was a professor at Gothenburg University. His most notable work is Aristotle in the Ancient Biographical Tradition.
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Sten Grillner
- Occupations
- neuroscientistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Sten Grillner is a Swedish neurophysiologist and distinguished professor at the Karolinska Institute's Nobel Institute for Neurophysiology in Stockholm where he is the director of that institute. He is considered one of the world's foremost experts in the cellular bases of motor behaviour. His research is focused on understanding the cellular bases of motor behaviour; in particular, he has shown how neuronal circuits in the spine help control rhythmic movements, such as those needed for locomotion. He is the current secretary general of the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) and president of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS). For his work, in 2008 he was awarded the $1 million Kavli Prize for deciphering the basic mechanisms which govern the development and functioning of the networks of cells in the brain and spinal cord. This prize distinguish the recipient from the Nobel prizes in basic medical sciences.
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Kerstin Anér
- Occupations
- writerpolitician
- Biography
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Kerstin Anér was a Swedish politician and Christian writer.
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Waldemar Sjölander
- Occupations
- sculptoruniversity teacherpainter
- Biography
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Gustav Waldemar Sjölander Johnson was a Swedish painter, printmaker and sculptor, who developed most of his career in Mexico. He immigrated to the country just after World War II, after establishing himself as an artist in his native Sweden. His career included individual exhibitions in venues such as the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico and the Konstakademin in Sweden, with his works held by museums in Mexico and Europe.
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Balsam Karam
- Occupations
- writerlibrarian
- Biography
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Balsam Karam is a Swedish writer and librarian of Iranian Kurdish descent.
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Bo Berndtsson
- Years
- 1950-.. (age 75)
- Occupations
- mathematician
- Biography
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Bo Berndtsson, is a Swedish mathematician. His main contributions concern the theory of several complex variables and complex geometry. He gained in 1971 a BA degree from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and obtained his PhD in 1977 under the direction of Tord Ganelius. Since 1996 he has been a professor at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg. He has also been a guest professor at UCLA in Los Angeles, Université de Paris, Université Paul Sabatier in Toulouse, UAB in Barcelona and IPN in Mexico City. Berndtsson has been a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences since 2003. In 1995, he was awarded the Göran Gustafsson Prize and. In 2017, he received the Stefan Bergman Prize.
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Mats Lidström
- Years
- 1959-.. (age 66)
- Occupations
- university teachercomposercellistmusic educator
- Biography
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Mats Lidström is a Swedish solo cellist, recording artist, chamber musician, composer, teacher and publisher.
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Emma Samuelsson
- Occupations
- fencer
- Biography
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Emma Katinka Renée Samuelsson is a Swedish épée fencer, silver medallist in the 2007 European Championships.
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Tomas Brunegård
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Tomas Brunegård is the Chairman of the Swedish Newspaper Publishers' Association and President of World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). He is also the former CEO of the Swedish media company the Stampen Group.
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Svenny Kopp
- Occupations
- scientist
- Biography
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Svenny Kopp is a Swedish psychiatrist at Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, in Gothenburg. Her research is primarily focused on neuropsychiatric disorders in children and adolescents. Kopp studied for her doctorate at the Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg. In her thesis, titled the "Girl Project", found that girls with signs of autism and ADHD are often not taken seriously and misdiagnosed by professionals.
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Jessica Nettelbladt
- Occupations
- directorfilm director
- Biography
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Jessica Maria Nettelbladt is a Swedish director and documentary filmmaker, specializing in personal interviews.
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Thomas Sterner
- Occupations
- university teachereconomist
- Biography
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Thomas Nils Samuel Sterner is a Swedish economist and a professor of environmental economics at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. His research and publications are mostly focused on the design of policy instruments which address environmental problems. Sterner has published more than 125 articles in refereed journals. He has a Google scholar h-index of 50 (2021). He authored or edited more than a dozen books and a large number of book chapters, official reports and journalistic articles regarding environmental policy instruments. These publications include applications to energy, climate, industry, transport economics and resource management in developing countries.
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Jörgen Lehmann
- Years
- 1898-1989 (aged 91)
- Occupations
- biochemistphysician
- Biography
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Jörgen Erik Lehmann was a Danish-Swedish physician and chemist best known for his discovery in the 1940s that para-amino salicylic acid (PAS) would make an excellent orally-available tuberculosis therapy. PAS was, together with streptomycin, the first efficacious anti-microbial therapy for tuberculosis and remained in clinical use for several decades. In 1941, Lehmann also developed the anti-coagulant dicumarol, which is used for the prevention of blood clots and in the treatment of deep venous thrombosis.
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Christina Olofson
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm directordirectorfilm producer
- Biography
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Anna-Maria Christina Olofson is a Swedish film director, producer and scriptwriter. In 1974, after founding the Hagafilm production company with Göran du Rées, she went on to produce a number of films with him. She has since made a number of documentaries on women's contributions to society, including A Woman Is a Risky Bet: Six Orchestra Conductors (1987) and I rollerna tre (1996), as well as the feature films Honungsvargar (1990) and Sanning eller konsekvens (1997).
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Maria Nilsson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Maria Nilsson is a Swedish politician from the Liberals. On 13 April 2022, she became party secretary of the Liberals after Juno Blom's resignation.
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Lennart Grebelius
- Occupations
- writerinvestorartist
- Biography
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Nils Lennart Grebelius is a Swedish businessman and philanthropist.
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Karin Aasma
- Occupations
- historianart historian
- Biography
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Karin Aasma was an Estonian-Swedish art historian.
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Anna Wåhlin
- Enrolled in the University of Gothenburg
- 1995-2001 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- researcheroceanographer
- Biography
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Anna Wåhlin is a Swedish researcher on the Antarctic and the polar seas. She is a professor of physical oceanography at the University of Gothenburg and co-chair of the Southern Ocean Observing System.
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Anita Hansbo
- Occupations
- university teachermathematicianacademic administrator
- Biography
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Anita Hansbo is a Swedish mathematician and academic administrator, the former rector or president of Jönköping University.
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Hannes Sköld
- Occupations
- translatorpoetpoliticianphilologistlinguist
- Biography
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Johannes Evelinus Sköld (20 September 1886 – 14 September 1930) was a Swedish socialist and anti-militarist. Sköld was also a linguist, teacher, writer, poet, and songwriter.
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Sara Widén
- Enrolled in the University of Gothenburg
- Studied in 2000-2007
- Occupations
- opera singer
- Biography
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Sara Kristina Widén was a Swedish opera singer (soprano). From 2013 until her death, she was starring in productions by the Royal Swedish Opera.
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Ferdinando Sardella
- Occupations
- Indologist
- Biography
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Ferdinando Sardella, born July 16, 1960, in Vicenza, Italy, is an Italian scholar of the history of religions, Hinduism, and religious studies, the former director and coordinator of the Forum for South Asia Studies at Uppsala University.
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Roger I. Glass
- Occupations
- scientist
- Biography
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Roger I. Glass is an American physician-scientist who served as the Director of the John E. Fogarty International Center.
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Susanna Roxman
- Occupations
- poetwriter
- Biography
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Susanna Roxman was an Anglophone writer, poet and critic born in Stockholm; her father’s family is Scottish. She was considered a gifted child. Her first few books were written in Swedish, but she switched over to English as her professional language. After having worked for some years as a secretary, a ballet teacher, and a fashion model, Roxman studied at Stockholm University, King’s College at London University, Lund University, and Gothenburg University, where she earned a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature. From 1996 to 2005 she headed the Centre of Classical Mythology at Lund University. She had several collections of poetry published, as well as literary criticism. Her poems have also appeared in literary magazines world-wide. Some of these pieces have been translated into Arabic and Persian. Roxman has taken part in many poetry readings, notably at the Edinburgh Festival (2006, 2009, 2010, 2013).
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Lars Elinderson
- Years
- 1949-.. (age 76)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Lars Elinderson, born in 1949, is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He was a member of the Riksdag in 1998–2002, and 2006–2014. He also served as a replacement member of the Riksdag in 2004. Before serving in the Parliament, Elinderson was a County Council Commissioner in Skaraborg County Council 1982-1991 and the Mayor of Falköping municipality from 1991 to 1998. Elinderson is an economist by profession, and holds master's degrees in Finance and Economic history.
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Dilruba Z. Ara
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Dilruba Z. Ara is a Swedish Bangladeshi writer, novelist, artist, educator and translator.
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Carl Anders Dymling
- Occupations
- film producer
- Biography
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Carl-Anders Dymling was a Swedish film producer and director.
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Bo Rybeck
- Occupations
- military personnelphysician
- Biography
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Bo Rybeck was a Swedish physician and researcher. He served as Surgeon-General of the Swedish Armed Forces (1981–1985) and as Director-General of the Swedish National Defence Research Institute (1985–1994).
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Per-Erik Öhrn
- Occupations
- translatoractordirector
- Biography
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Per-Erik Lennart Öhrn is a Swedish opera and theatre director, opera singer, actor, professor, translator and Artistic Director.
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Ulla Dinger
- Years
- 1955-.. (age 70)
- Occupations
- mathematician
- Biography
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Ulla Margarete Dinger is a Swedish mathematician specializing in mathematical analysis. She was the first woman to earn a doctorate in mathematics at the University of Gothenburg.
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Marianne Andersson
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Marianne Andersson is a Swedish Centre Party politician and economist.
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Anna Sibinska
- Enrolled in the University of Gothenburg
- 1996-1998 studied political science
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Anna Sibinska is a Swedish politician. From September 2018 to September 2022, she served as Member of the Riksdag representing the constituency of Gothenburg Municipality.
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Teresa Lagergård
- Occupations
- microbiologist
- Biography
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Teresa Lagergård was born 1946 in Sosnowiec, Poland. She is professor emerita at University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska Academy, Institute of Biomedicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology.
