Bo Sundqvist
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Bo Sundqvist is a Swedish physicist and former rector magnificus of Uppsala University
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Sundqvist was educated at Uppsala University, where he received his Ph.D. degree in Nuclear Physics. He was appointed professor of Ion physics in 1987, and elected rector magnificus in 1997, a position he left on 30 June 2006. He was president of the Association of Swedish Higher Education, a cooperative body for more than 40 institutions of higher education in Sweden, in 2005-2006.
He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
, where he was in January 2006 elected president for the period from 1 July 2006 until 30 June 2009. He is also member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
, the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala
, and the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
.
Uppsala University
Uppsala University is a research university in Uppsala, Sweden, and is the oldest university in Scandinavia, founded in 1477. It consistently ranks among the best universities in Northern Europe in international rankings and is generally considered one of the most prestigious institutions of...
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Sundqvist was educated at Uppsala University, where he received his Ph.D. degree in Nuclear Physics. He was appointed professor of Ion physics in 1987, and elected rector magnificus in 1997, a position he left on 30 June 2006. He was president of the Association of Swedish Higher Education, a cooperative body for more than 40 institutions of higher education in Sweden, in 2005-2006.
He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences or Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden. The Academy is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization which acts to promote the sciences, primarily the natural sciences and mathematics.The Academy was founded on 2...
, where he was in January 2006 elected president for the period from 1 July 2006 until 30 June 2009. He is also member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences or Kungl. Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien , founded in 1919 by King Gustaf V, is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden...
, the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala
Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala
The Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala , is the oldest of the royal academies in Sweden. The society has, by royal decree of 1906, 50 Swedish fellows and 100 foreign....
, and the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters is a Danish non-governmental science Academy, founded 13 November 1742 by permission of the King Christian VI, as a historical Collegium Antiquitatum...
.