Professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professors ...

Gunnar Svedberg (born 12 August 1947 in Annefors,

Bollnäs Municipality Bollnäs Municipality (''Bollnäs kommun'') is a municipality in Gävleborg County, east central Sweden. Its seat is located in Bollnäs. The municipality evolved during a series of local government reforms in the 1950s and 1970s. It consists ...

) was the

Rector Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's crew who steers) may refer to: Style or title *Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations *Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...

of the

University of Gothenburg The University of Gothenburg ( sv, Göteborgs universitet) is a university in Sweden's second largest city, Gothenburg. Founded in 1891, the university is the third-oldest of the current Swedish universities and with 37,000 students and 6000 st ...

, in Sweden. Svedberg studied at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm and received a PhD in

chemical engineering Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials int ...

in 1975. He became a full professor at the KTH in 1989. He was the Rector (corresponding to Vice-Chancellor or President) of Mid Sweden University College from 1999 to 2003, and of the

between July 2003 and September 2006. He was President of Innventia, until his retirement in June 2011. Svedberg has been a member of the

Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences or ''Kungliga Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien'' (IVA), founded on 24 October 1919 by King Gustaf V, is one of the royal academies in Sweden. The academy is an independent organisation, which prom ...

since 1992.Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences: Svedberg, Gunnar
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, - , - 1947 births Living people People from Bollnäs Municipality Academic staff of the University of Gothenburg Swedish chemists Swedish engineers KTH Royal Institute of Technology alumni Rectors of Mid Sweden University Rectors of the University of Gothenburg Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences {{chemist-stub