Lund University is a public research university in Sweden and one of Northern Europe's oldest universities. The university is located in the city of Lund in the Swedish province of Scania. It traces its roots back to 1425,when a Franciscan studium generale was founded in Lund. After Sweden won Scania from Denmark in the 1658 Treaty of Roskilde,the university was officially founded in 1666 on the location of the old studium generale next to Lund Cathedral.
The history of Sweden can be traced back to the melting of the Northern Polar Ice Caps. From as early as 12000 BC,humans have inhabited this area. Throughout the Stone Age,between 8000 BC and 6000 BC,early inhabitants used stone-crafting methods to make tools and weapons for hunting,gathering and fishing as means of survival. Written sources about Sweden before AD 1000 are rare and short,usually written by outsiders. It is usually accepted that Swedish recorded history,in contrast with pre-history,starts around the late 10th century,when sources are common enough that they can be contrasted with each other.
Nils Daniel Carl Bildt is a Swedish politician and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1991 to 1994. He led the Moderate Party from 1986 to 1999,appearing at its lead candidate in four general elections,before his appointment as Minister for Foreign Affairs under Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt from 2006 to 2014. Bildt first entered the Riksdag in 1979,holding a seat until 2001. A member of the Bildt family,he is a great-great grandson of Baron Gillis Bildt,who was Prime Minister of Sweden from 1888 to 1889.
Bo Axel Magnus Lundgren is a Swedish politician who served as the leader of the Moderate Party from 1999 to 2003. Lundgren also served as Minister for Sports from 1991 to 1994 and Director-General of the Swedish National Debt Office from 2004 to 2013.
Margot Elisabeth Wallström is a Swedish politician of the Swedish Social Democratic Party who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden and Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2014 to 2019 and Minister for Nordic Cooperation from 2016 to 2019.
Anna Gunilla Carlsson is a Swedish politician and a member of the Moderate Party. She served as Minister for International Development Cooperation from 2006 to 2013,member of the Swedish Riksdag from 2002 to 2013 and deputy chairman of her party from 2003 to 2015.
Marie Cecilia StegöChilò was the Swedish Minister for Culture for ten days,from 6 to 16 October 2006. Prior to her appointment as a cabinet member she was Chief executive officer of the Swedish Free Enterprise Foundation,and Director of Timbro,a neoliberal,free-market think-tank. A former journalist and editorialist,she is a member of the Moderate Party. From 2007 she is Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Permanent Platform of Atomium Culture.
The minister affair at the announcement of the Reinfeldt cabinet in Sweden is a political scandal which started on October 7,2006 when the Cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt,which had been announced on October 6,immediately became affected by media allegations on past errors on the part of several cabinet ministers,in particular Maria Borelius,Cecilia StegöChilòand Tobias Billström. The affair centred on the use of domestic workers without paying employment (payroll) tax,employer's contribution,unpaid TV licences and other issues. On October 14,2006 Maria Borelius resigned after eight days in office,and on October 16,2006 Cecilia StegöChilòresigned after ten days in office. Criminal charges have been filed against Borelius,Billström and StegöChilò. The affair has also been widely reported by the international press,with the British Financial Times dubbing it "Nannygate".
Sten Sture Tolgfors is a Swedish former politician,public affairs executive and government official who is serving as Governor of Västra Götaland County since 1 September 2022,having been appointed to the position on 9 June 2022.
Judith West is an entrepreneur businesswoman,political activist and radio personality who hosts her own cable network TV Show,Getting Your Money's Worth.
Cristina Garmendia y Mendizábal is a Spanish biologist and businesswoman. With no previous political career,she was appointed as Minister of Science and Innovation in April 2008 by the President of the Government of Spain,Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero.
María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés is an Ecuadorian linguist,poet,politician,and diplomat. She served as an advisor on biodiversity and indigenous peoples (1999-2005) and was the regional director for South America (2005-2007) at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Espinosa Garcés was Ecuador's Minister of Foreign Affairs twice,from 2007 to 2008 and then from 2017 to 2018. She also served as ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations in New York (2008-2009) and Geneva (2014-2017),and as Ecuador's Minister of National Defense (2012-2014). In June 2018,she was elected President of the United Nations General Assembly for the 73rd session by a two-thirds vote of the member states. Espinosa Garcés became the fourth woman in the seventy-three-year history of the United Nations to be elected President of the General Assembly. Besides her political career,she is also a poet and essayist.
Susan Davis is an author,public speaker,consultant and expert on international development and social entrepreneurship. She is the Chairperson of Solutions Journalism Network,an Adjunct Associate Professor at New York University Stern School of Business,a coach to social entrepreneurs and active on many boards and advisory councils.
Jessica Erin Jackley is an American entrepreneur who co-founded Kiva and later ProFounder,two organizations that promote development through microloans.
Monika Panayotova is a Doctor of Political Science,with interests in the field of the EU security and defence policy. Bulgarian politician –Monika Panayotova has been appointed as Deputy Minister for the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU 2018,responsible for the relations with the European Parliament during the Bulgaria's presidency since June 28,2017.
Per Olof Berg is a Swedish organizational theorist and professor in business administration,known for his work on "Corporate culture and organizational symbolism."
Nima Sanandaji is a center-right liberal-conservative Iranian-Swedish social and natural researcher. Nima Sanandaji is CEO of the European Center for Entrepreneurship and Policy Reform and doctor of technology from KTH. Among other things,he does research on the spread of knowledge jobs in Europe and on preventive social work. As of 2024,he has above 750 scientific mentions related to economics,social sciences,history,biotechnology,polymer technology,and physical chemistry. He has published over 30 books on innovation,entrepreneurship,women’s career opportunities,crime prevention,preventive social work,the history of enterprise,and the Nordic welfare states.
Ester Barinaga is a professor of Social Entrepreneurship at Lund University (Sweden) and a professor in the Department of Management,Politics and Philosophy (MPP) at Copenhagen Business School (CBS),Copenhagen (Denmark). She works primarily in the areas of social innovation and social entrepreneurship,with a particular emphasis on those initiatives aiming to build more inclusive and sustainable cities. Ester Barinaga was born in Spain,naturalized Swedish in 2004 and currently lives in Malmö,Sweden.
Maria da Graça Martins da Silva Carvalho is a Portuguese professor,engineer,and politician of the Social Democratic Party who has been serving as Minister of Environment and Energy in the government of Prime Minister Luís Montenegro since 2024.
Hilma Johanna Ulrika Borelius (1869–1932) was a literary historian who became the first female docent at Lund University in 1910 and a substitute professor in 1922. In 1931 she published a history of Scandinavian literature in German:Die Nordischen Literaturen. Handbuch der Literaturwissenschaft. A strong supporter of the suffrage movement,she chaired the Lund women's association,Föreningen för kvinnans politiska rösträtt i Lund,from its establishment in 1903 until 1908. Borelius frequently contributed articles about female authors to the women's suffrage journals Dagny and Hertha. Throughout her life,she did all she could to strengthen the status of women in Swedish universities.
