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2025 marks 250 years of established Jewish life in Sweden
This anniversary year highlights the Jewish minority, Jewish culture, and Jewish cultural heritage in Sweden. For many years, the Torsten Söderberg Foundation has supported research in the field of Jewish studies and on Swedish-Jewish cultural heritage.
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 – New Executive Director of the Torsten Söderberg Foundation
The Torsten Söderberg Foundation extends a warm welcome to Anneli Fällman!
Permanent Secretary Sabina Andersson retires
Sabina Andersson, who has served as the highly regarded Executive Director of the Torsten Söderberg Foundation since early June 2018, will retire at the end of March 2025.
Torsten Söderberg’s Academy Professorship in Medicine Awarded to a Professor Who Uses Dog DNA to Identify Genes That Cause Cancer in Humans
Kerstin Lindblad-Toh, Professor of Comparative Genomics at Uppsala University, has been appointed holder of the Torsten Söderberg Academy Professorship at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The professorship is made possible by a donation of SEK 10 million from the Torsten Söderberg Foundation and extends...
State responsibility for individuals and the adaptation of legislation to human vulnerabilities in focus for new Pufendorf Chair holder
Professor Titti Mattsson has been appointed to the Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg Foundations’ Samuel Pufendorf Memorial Chair at Lund University.
Uppsala University Establishes New Professorship – The Torsten Söderberg Professorship in Jewish Thought
The Torsten Söderberg Foundation is donating SEK 12 million for a brand new professorship at Uppsala University. The field of Jewish studies is well established internationally, but until now there has been no professorship in this area in Sweden.
Decision on appropriations in 2024
In 2024, the Torsten Söderberg Foundation decided to allocate nearly 35 million kronor to research projects and other initiatives in medicine, economics, law, and other fields. These decisions are based on the donors’ intentions and the quality of the research projects.
Applying criminological research to reduce disproportionate punishment wins the 2025 Stockholm Prize in Criminology
Frances Crook and Bryan Stevenson are awarded the prize for their success in reducing disproportionate sentences through the application of criminological research in their respective professional roles. Among other things, the laureates' application has reduced the detention of young...
AI and the impact of digitalization on the legal profession and legal technology
Systems thinking, artificial intelligence (AI) and scientific advances can address many problems traditionally left to the legislator. Traditional ways of legislating are thus being challenged and the legal sector is being affected in a profound way. What are the requirements...
The 2024 Stockholm Prize in Criminology will be awarded during the Stockholm Criminology Symposium
Professors Gary LaFree and Tom R. Tyler are awarded this year's prize of SEK 1 million for their research on the democratic legitimacy and legal certainty of the state's relationship with citizens. They receive the Stockholm Prize in Criminology from H.M....
New Torsten Söderberg Academy Professorship in Medicine Awarded for Research on Alzheimer's Diagnostic Methods
Professor Oskar Hansson, Lund University, has been appointed to a Torsten Söderberg Academy Professorship at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Vetenskapsakademien. Finding a safe way to diagnose Alzheimer's disease in primary care has long been his dream. The Academy Professorship runs...
