Gunnar Broberg (5 September 1942 – 30 April 2022) was since 1990

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in History of Science and Ideas at

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activities in Sweden and about the scientist

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. In 2005 he was elected

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of the Royal Humanistic Scientific Society in

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(''Kungliga Humanistiska Vetenskapssamfundet i Lund''). He was the editor of the book ''Gyllene äpplen'' (Golden apples), which won the

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(''Augustpriset'') in 1992.Augustpriset, alla nominerade i alfabetisk ordning

English bibliography

* ''Eugenics and the Welfare State: Sterilization Policy in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland,''

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: 1996 (with

Nils Roll-Hansen Nils Roll-Hansen (born 1938) is a historian and philosopher of 19th and 20th century biology at University of Oslo. He is the author of four books and many academic articles. His book ''The Lysenko Effect'' was praised in ''Nature''. He is a membe ...

Swedish bibliography

* ''Järven, filfrassen, frossaren'', 1971. * ''Homo sapiens L'', 1975. * ''Brunögd, lätt, hastig, gjorde allting promt'', 1978. * ''Linnéminnen i Uppsala'', 1982. * ''Bilden av naturen'', 1983. * ''Nordström och hans skola'', 1983. * ''Oönskade i folkhemmet'', 1991 (with

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). * ''Gyllene äpplen'', 1992. * ''Statlig rasforskning'', 1995. * ''När svensk historia blev en världsnyhet'', 1999 (with

). * ''Kattens historia'', 2004. * ''Tsunamin i Lissabon',' 2005. * ''Carl von Linné'', 2006. * ''Nattens historia. Nordiskt mörker och ljus under tusen år'', 2016 * ''Mannen som ordnade naturen: En biografi över Carl von Linné'', 2019

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Broberg, Gunnar 1942 births Living people Academic staff of Lund University August Prize winners