Per Filip Billy Eriksson (born 1949 in

Sölvesborg Sölvesborg (old da, Sølvesborg) is a locality and the seat of Sölvesborg Municipality in Blekinge County, Sweden with 10,024 inhabitants in 2013. Sölvesborg is, despite its small population, for historical reasons normally still referred to ...

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) is a Swedish scientist and professor in

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. He served as rector of

Lund University , motto = Ad utrumque , mottoeng = Prepared for both , established = , type = Public research university , budget = SEK 9 billion Blekinge Institute of Technology The Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH; sv, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola) is a public, state funded Swedish institute of technology in Blekinge with 5,900 students (part-time, full-time) and offers about 30 educational programmes in 11 departmen ...

from 1989 to 2000 and director-general at

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from 2001 to 2008. His membership in the

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Hyllie Park Church was once the subject of a heated controversy regarding his appointment as rector of Lund University.

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