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Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize 2016 for Danish textile designer Margrethe Odgaard
The Röhsska Museum's Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize Committee, with funding from the Torsten Söderberg Foundation, has decided to award Margrethe Odgaard this year's prize of SEK 1 million.
He renewed the book industry
Apprentice bookbinder Peder Herzog (1838-1920) arrives in Stockholm from Germany in 1859. In Stockholm he starts a modest bookbinding business that within a few decades becomes the largest in the Nordic countries.
Cancer researcher Sten Eirik W. Jacobsen receives Torsten Söderberg Academy Chair in Medicine 2015
The Royal. Academy of Sciences has decided to award Sten Eirik Waelgaard Jacobsen, Karolinska Institutet, the Torsten Söderberg Academy Professorship in Medicine 2015 "for his pioneering studies of the normal maturation of blood cells and cancer transformation".
Alzheimer's research awarded - Söderberg Prize in Medicine 2016 to Kaj Blennow
The 2016 Söderberg Prize in Medicine to Professor Kaj Blennow, University of Gothenburg, for outstanding and innovative research on Alzheimer's disease.
Research on parental influence on criminal behavior rewarded
How can parents prevent their children from committing crimes? The 2016 Stockholm Prize in Criminology is shared by Travis Warren Hirschi (USA), Cathy Spatz Widom (USA) and Per-Olof Wikström (Sweden).
Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize 2015 to Finnish designer Ilkka Suppanen
The Röhsska Museum Prize Committee has decided to award the Finnish designer Ilkka Suppanen the 2015 Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize of SEK 1 million.
From funnel cups to free ceramics
The book Keramik och porslin i Sverige genom 7000 år was published in October 2015 by Carlsson bokförlag. It comprises 400 pages and is richly illustrated with nearly 1200 images, of which over 800 are of objects in color,...
Development of the credit market in Gothenburg in the 19th century
The book "Krona eller klave" deals with the credit market in 19th century Gothenburg.
Criminologists Ronald V. Clarke and Patricia Mayhew receive the 2015 Stockholm Prize in Criminology
Opportunity makes the criminal - the theory behind effective crime prevention is rewarded. The 2015 Stockholm Prize in Criminology goes to Ronald V. Clarke and Patricia Mayhew from the UK.
Culture-free identification of antibiotic resistance
Bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics is a growing problem in society. In April 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified antibiotic resistance as a global problem.
The 2015 Söderberg Prize for research in behavioral economics
The Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien has decided to award the 2015 Söderberg Prize in Economic Sciences to Tore Ellingsen and Magnus Johannesson, both at the Stockholm School of Economics, for their joint and influential work in the field of behavioral economics.
Torsten Söderberg Academy Professorship in Medicine 2014 to Alzheimer's researchers
Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien has decided to award Kaj Blennow, University of Gothenburg, the Torsten Söderberg Academy Professorship in Medicine 2014. The professorship will promote internationally leading research in medicine and amounts to a total of SEK 10 million.
