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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.
Söderberg Chair in Economics for research on climate and inequalities
Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien has decided to award Per Krusell at Stockholm University the Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg Professorship in Economics 2019. The grants amount to a total of SEK 8 million. Per Krusell has been interested in everything from the impact of climate...
The Foundation's financial year 2018
In 2018, the Torsten Söderberg Foundation granted approximately SEK 53 million to research in the fields of medicine, economics, law and other subjects. Almost 48 million from regular grants.
Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize awarded for the last time
Due to the passing of Tomas Söderberg, the Torsten Söderberg Foundation has decided that the Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize in Design and Crafts 2018 was the last to be awarded. The Röhsska Museum, which has awarded the prize...
New treatments for infections
Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem worldwide and we want to use our specially designed proteins to find new ways to treat infections.
Tomas Söderberg 1936-2019
Chairman of the Torsten Söderberg Foundation phil.dr h.c. Tomas Söderberg passed away early in the new year at the age of 82 after a short illness.
Swedish industrial design pioneers - in book and exhibition form
A&E Design is one of the oldest independent industrial design offices in Sweden. The two founders were Hans Ehrich and Tom Ahlström and have, alongside ergonomic design, contributed greatly to making Swedish design...
State-assisted drug use leads to crime reduction
The 2019 Stockholm Prize in Criminology is awarded to former Swiss President Ruth Dreifuss and American professor Peter Reuter for their pioneering work that has significantly improved the treatment of drug addiction. The prize money is one million SEK.
Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize 2018 to Icelandic designer Brynjar Sigurðarson
The Röhsska Museum's Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize Committee, with funding from the Torsten Söderberg Foundation, has decided to award Brynjar Sigurðarson this year's prize of SEK 1 million.
Mölndal City Museum brings history to life
On September 22, 2019, the app ENTER Mölndal - Tulebosjön is released - a site-specific experience about the Bronze Age finds made at Tulebosjön in Kållered.
Torsten Söderberg Foundation welcomes new Head of Secretariat
The Board has appointed Sabina Andersson as the new Head of the Secretariat of the Torsten Söderberg Foundation. Sabina will take office on June 7, 2018 and succeeds Marianne Raidna Lunde who has been head of the office since 2010.
Torsten Söderberg Academy Professor of Medicine wants the brain to repair itself from nerve damage
Thomas Perlmann, professor and research group leader at Karolinska Institutet, is awarded the 2017 Torsten Söderberg Academy Professorship in Medicine "for his groundbreaking research on how dopamine-producing neurons develop". The grant is worth SEK 10 million over a five-year period.
