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ABOUT US

The purpose of the Center is twofold. The first is to take care of and make accessible the archives and collections of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Secondly and equally important is to promote and pursue research in the history of science in Sweden, with an emphasis on the history of Swedish history of science. To achieve these goals we have a staff that runs the archives and take care of the collections, and we also have externally funded researchers associated with the Center.

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About us
Staff
History

Staff The staff runs the archives and the collections. Researchers are funded externally. Do you want to e-mail us? Write firstname.secondname@kva.se (if double second names: firstname.secondname1.secondname2@kva.se) The special Swedish letters: å, ä, ö lose their exoticism to a, a, and o respectively.
Director
	Karl Grandin Director, professor Editor Les Prix Nobel Phone: +46-(0)8-673 96 16	Ph.D. in History of Science and MSc in Engineering Physics at Uppsala University. Has been working at the Center since 1999.
Archivists
	Maria Asp Archivist Phone: +46-(0)8-673 96 12	Bachelor of Arts at Stockholm University (history). Has been working at the Center since 1999.
	Åse Frid Archivist, special project Phone: +46-(0)8-673 97 15
	Anne Miche de Malleray Archivist Phone: +46-(0)8-673 96 18	Bachelor of Arts at Stockholm University (archaeology). Has been working at the Center since 1999.
Conservator
	Jonas Häggblom Conservator Phone +46-(0)8-673 96 11	B.A. Paper Conservator from Göteborg University. Has been working at the Center since 2003.
Researchers
	Jenny Beckman Phone: +46-(0)8-673 96 14	Ph.D. in History of Technology and Science at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. Research assistant at the Office for History of Science, Uppsala University. Has been associated with the Center since 2000.
	Christer Blomstrand	Has been associated with the Center since 2009.
	Carl Frängsmyr	PhD in history of science and ideas from Uppsala University. Has been associated with the Center since 2009.
	Bengt Jangfeldt Phone: +46-(0)8-673 95 20 Mobile: 070-714 84 56	Associate Professor in Slavic Languages at Stockholm University. Has been associated with the Center since 2001.
	Johan Kärnfelt	Project Leader BerAcademy History project. Has been associated with the Center since 2010.
	Mirja Lausson	Project Leader Berzelius 2011. Has been associated with the Center since 2009.
	Erling Norrby Phone: +46-(0)8-673 97 14	Professor Emeritus in virology. Member of The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences since 1981. Secretary General of The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 1997-2003. Has been associated with the Center since 2003.
Others
	Christer Wijkström Librarian emeritus	Bachelor of Arts at Uppsala University (History of Science and Ideas). Has been associated with the Center since 1988.
	Birgitta Lundeberg Ass. editor Les Prix Nobel	Has been associated with the Center since 1988.
Advisory Board
	Lars Bergström	Professor in theoretical physics, Stockholm University. Secretary in the Nobel comittee for physics. LVA II (2001)
	Görel Cavalli-Björkman, chairperson	Professor in history of art. Formerly Head of research at the National Art Museum. LVA X (2002)
	Tore Frängsmyr	Hans Rausing Professor emeritus in history of science. Member of The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences since 1984. Founder of the Center for History of Science in 1988 and its Director until 2006.
	Kjell Jonsson	Library Director, Umeå University Library. Professor in history of ideas.
	Svante Lindqvist	Marshal of the Realm. President of the Academy. Former director of the Nobel Museum. Professor in history of science and technology. LVA X (1994)
	Jan Lindsten	Professor in medical genetics em. Karolinska Institutet LVA VII (1975)
	Otto Sibum	Hans Rausing Professor in history of science, Uppsala University
	Sven Widmalm	Professor at Tema Linköping University. Chairman for the National Committee for History of Technology and Science
	Staffan Normark, additional member	Professor in medical microbiology. Secretary General of the Academy. LVA VII (1987)
International Advisory Board
	Marco Beretta, Professor	Professor of History of Science and Technology, University of Bologna Vice Director of the Institute and Museum of History of Science, Florence
	Stephen Johnston, Dr.	Assistant Keeper, Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford
	Marta Lourenço, Ph.D.	Researcher, Museum of Science, University of Lisbon
	Sara Schechner, Ph.D.	David P. Wheatland Curator Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments Harvard University
	Sébastien Soubiran, Dr.	Mission culture Scientifique et technique de l'Université Louis Pasteur
	Roland Wittje, Dr.Philos.	Assistant Professor/Lecturer, History of Science unit University of Regensburg

History

The Center for the History of Science was established in 1988 as a research institute under the auspices of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS). Its purpose is to pursue research into the history of science and to initiate and promote such research in Sweden and abroad. The most expedient possession is the material in the RSAS's historical archives, which reflects significant aspects of research within Sweden from the eighteenth century through to the present day. The majority of the material in the archives consists of the Academy's own administrative documents, such as minutes, correspondence and writings from 1739, when the academy was established, to modern times. But the archive also includes many travel journals and documents from Swedish research expeditions. In addition, there are several personal archives, notably those of fellows of the Academy.

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The Center for History of Science
Lilla Frescativägen 4A, P.O. Box 50005, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden
tel: +46 8 673 95 00, fax: +46 8 673 95 98, e-mail: center@kva.se
Webmaster: karl.grandin@kva.se