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The Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg Chair in Jurisprudence Awarded to Peter Wahlgren
Professor Peter Wahlgren has been awarded the Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg Chair in Jurisprudence for the period 2019–2023.
Decisions in the 2019 allocation
In 2019, the Torsten Söderberg Foundation awarded just over 18 million kronor in research grants across the fields of medicine, economics, law, and other disciplines.
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’s 2018 Academy Professorship in Medicine for research on brain development
Sten Linnarsson, professor of molecular systems biology, has been awarded the Torsten Söderberg Academy Professorship in Medicine for 2018 for his work on creating a detailed map of the human brain. The grant amounts to 10 million Swedish kronor over a five-year period.
Söderberg's professorship in economics to focus on research into climate and inequality
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award Per Krusell of Stockholm University the Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg Professorship in Economics for 2019. The funding amounts to a total of 8 million kronor. Per Krusell has taken an interest in everything from the impact of climate change...
The Foundation's financial year 2018
In 2018, the Torsten Söderberg Foundation awarded approximately 53 million Swedish kronor in research grants across the fields of medicine, economics, law, and other disciplines. Nearly 48 million of this amount came from regular funding.
The Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize has been awarded for the last time
In light of Tomas Söderberg’s passing, the Torsten Söderberg Foundation has decided that the 2018 Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize in Design and Crafts will be the last to be awarded. The Röhsska Museum, which has presented 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
Tomas Söderberg, Ph.D. (honoris causa) and chairman of the Torsten Söderberg Foundation, passed away at the beginning of the new year at the age of 82, following a brief 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.
