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Decisions in 2020 appropriations
In 2020, the Torsten Söderberg Foundation has decided to allocate just over SEK 23 million in medicine, economics, law and other fields. Grants ...
60 years of enabling
On May 5, 1960, the spouses Torsten and Wanja Söderberg signed the letter of donation that established the Torsten Söderberg Foundation. The donors' initiative has so far enabled 60 years of extensive research activities. The Foundation has allocated approximately...
Torsten Söderberg Academy Professorship in Medicine 2019 for research on bacteria that cause pneumonia
Birgitta Henriques Normark, professor at Karolinska Institutet, is awarded the Torsten Söderberg Academy Professorship in Medicine 2019 for research on pneumococcal bacteria that can cause life-threatening infections. The professorship is worth SEK 10 million over a five-year period.
The 2020 Stockholm Prize in Criminology is postponed
The awarding of the 2020 Stockholm Prize in Criminology has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Elena Raviola - Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Professorship in Design Management
The Chair in Design Management will develop new knowledge and practices between artistic design practice, scientific theory and management and business practice.
The Foundation's financial year 2019
In 2019, the Torsten Söderberg Foundation granted more than SEK 18 million to research in the fields of medicine, economics, law and the category other.
At the intersection of economy and culture
The value of art has long been a controversial topic in social debate and is visible in the tension between economy and culture. Art displayed in museums not only attracts the attention of the museum visitor, but often receives a higher economic value....
Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg Professorship in Law to Peter Wahlgren
Professor Peter Wahlgren has been awarded the Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg Professor of Law for the period 2019-2023.
Decisions in the 2019 allocation
In 2019, the Torsten Söderberg Foundation granted more than SEK 18 million to research in the fields of medicine, economics, law and other subjects.
Wallpaper makers in 18th century Stockholm
Historian Mia Skott has conducted an in-depth study of eleven women who were granted permission to run their own wallpaper factories in Stockholm between 1739 and 1759. The women, the actors around them and the scenes that took place in courtrooms, households and public...
Research demonstrating the importance of gun laws rewarded
The 2020 Stockholm Prize in Criminology is awarded to Philip J. Cook and Franklin E. Zimring, both from the United States, for their evidence-based research on the importance of gun laws. The prize money is SEK 1 million.
Torsten Söderberg Academy Chair in Medicine 2018 for research on brain development
Sten Linnarsson, Professor of Molecular Systems Biology, is awarded the Torsten Söderberg Academy Professorship in Medicine 2018 for his work on creating a detailed map of the human brain. The grant amounts to SEK 10 million over a five-year period.
