Board
Lars Haikola
Chair of the Board and Chair of the investment committee
Former University Chancellor
Ann-Marie Ekengren
Vice Chair of the Board and Chair of the research committee
Professor of Political Science, University of Gothenburg
Åke Gustafson
Board member and member of the investment committee
Former CEO, Insurance industry pension fund (Försäkringsbranschens pensionskassa)
Jenny Larsson
Board member and member of the research committee
Professor of Baltic Languages, Stockholm University
Katarina Leppänen
Board member
Professor of History of Ideas and Science, University of Gothenburg
Anders Ljunggren
Board member
Ambassador
Ilkka Henrik Mäkinen
Board member
Professor of Sociology, Uppsala University
Stefan Nyström
Board member and member of the investment committee
Head of Department, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Helena Sandberg
Board member and Vice Chair of the research committee
Professor of Media and Communication Studies, Halmstad University and Lund University
Appointment of the Board
The Board is appointed by the Government (two members) and by the Board itself (seven members).
The proposal for members of the Board (six members) is submitted by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien), the higher education institutions and the heads of the following Swedish agencies: the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet); the Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (Forskningsrådet för hälsa, arbetsliv och välfärd – Forte); the Research Council for the Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (Forskningsrådet för miljö, areella näringar och samhällsbyggande – Formas); and Sweden’s Innovation Agency (Verket för innovationssystem – Vinnova). One member is proposed by the Board itself. The mandate period is from 1st July 2019 until 30th June 2022.