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2020-02-18Since then, the Torsten Söderberg Foundation has been supporting research initiatives and individual projects in medicine, economics, law, and other fields (often with links to the humanities). These initiatives are frequently interdisciplinary. The Foundation’s donations and research grants are detailed annually in its annual reports.
For example, the Foundation has initiated professorships at Karolinska Institutet, Lund University, Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm University, University of Gothenburg and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Vetenskapsakademien. A basic idea of the Foundation's professorships is to free up time and enable a prominent professor to focus on his or her research.
The Torsten Söderberg Foundation awards the Söderberg Prize in medicine, economics, and law in collaboration with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Swedish Medical Association. The purpose of the prizes is to highlight outstanding achievements and to encourage further research and development in these fields. The Foundation has also established prizes in design and crafts, business research and practice, and journalism.
The Governing Board has appointed permanent scientific advisors in the Foundation's main fields.
The Foundation's office is located at Strandvägen 11 in Stockholm. The Foundation has its legal seat in Gothenburg.