Welcome to the Torsten Söderberg Foundation
The purpose of the Torsten Söderberg Foundation is to promote scientific research and scientific teaching or study activities of national significance, preferably in the fields of economics, medicine and law.
Application period 2025
The Foundation's application system opens on August 10 and closes on September 1 at 17:00.
Activities of the Foundation in 2024
The Foundation's annual activities are presented in articles on major donations, this year's research grants, newly appointed professorships, award winners and more. Access the digital version here.
News
Ravensbrück Archives designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site
UNESCO designates the unique archive with testimonies from the Holocaust as a World Heritage Site, thereby emphasizing that the Ravensbrück Archive at Lund University Library constitutes a cultural heritage of great value to humanity.
Anneli Fällman - Torsten Söderberg Foundation's new Secretary General
The Torsten Söderberg Foundation extends a warm welcome to Anneli Fällman!
Permanent Secretary Sabina Andersson retires
Sabina Andersson, who has been the Torsten Söderberg Foundation's much appreciated Secretary since the beginning of June 2018, will retire at the end of March/beginning of April 2025.
News on research projects
Crossroads - major exhibition on Sweden-Ukraine ties from Viking times to today / Crossroads: Sweden - Ukraine through a 1000 years
The exhibition Crossroads will highlight the 1000-year relationship between Ukraine and Sweden through unique objects and documents from both Swedish and Ukrainian museums and institutions. Fabian Arnheim, director of the Army Museum, where the exhibition will take place, points...
Better real-time assessment of economic developments with machine learning methods?
A pandemic, the Russian war in Ukraine, rising commodity prices, inflation and interest rates, disruptions in global supply chains are challenging for economic policymakers. For...
Schizophrenia - a form of rheumatoid arthritis in the brain?
Schizophrenia is an illness that often starts in adolescence or early youth and is usually lifelong. Although current medications...
