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Anders Söderholm (born 26 October 1961) is the current rector of the
Royal Institute of Technology KTH Royal Institute of Technology (), abbreviated KTH, is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden. KTH conducts research and education in engineering and technology and is Sweden's largest technical university. Since 2018, KTH consist ...
. He was rector of the
Mid Sweden University Mid Sweden University () is a Swedish state university located in the region around the geographical center of Sweden. It has two campuses: one in Östersund and one in Sundsvall. The University was founded in 1993 as the result of a merge ...
between 2008 and 2016. Prior that Söderholm was
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in
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and rector at
Umeå School of Business Umeå ( , , , locally ; ; ; ; ) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County. Situated on the Ume River, Umeå is the largest Urban areas in Sweden, locality in Norrland and the t ...
. Söderholm obtained his
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from Umeå University in 1991, with his
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on organization of local industrial policies. On 2005 he became
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of
business administration Business administration is the administration of a commercial enterprise. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising the business operations of an organization. Overview The administration of a business includes the performance o ...
. Söderholm has also been a guest researcher at
Stanford University Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...
,
Royal Institute of Technology KTH Royal Institute of Technology (), abbreviated KTH, is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden. KTH conducts research and education in engineering and technology and is Sweden's largest technical university. Since 2018, KTH consist ...
and
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and is the
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o
The Swedish Project Academy
He was the rector of the Umeå School of Business between 2000 and 2003.


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Mid Sweden University Rector's blog (in Swedish)
1961 births Living people Swedish business theorists Rectors of Mid Sweden University Academic staff of Umeå University Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences {{Sweden-academic-bio-stub