Previous Vice-Chancellors of Lund University
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Six Vice-Chancellors gathered in connection with Lund University's 350th anniversary in 2017. From left: Carl-Gustaf Andrén, Håkan Westling, Boel Flodgren, Göran Bexell, Per Eriksson and Torbjörn von Schantz. Photo: Per Lindström.
Below is a list of the terms of office of all the Vice-Chancellors of Lund University since the introduction of multiple-year terms of office in 1877.
Lund University’s first Vice-Chancellor was appointed in connection with the University’s inauguration in the spring semester of 1668. The first Vice-Chancellor was Professor of Theology Olof Bagger. In the autumn semester of the same year Vice-Chancellor number two, Professor of Roman Law Nils Beckman, took over the position. However, this quick changeover was not due to Bagger having misbehaved in some way – it was simply that the regulations stipulated the position of Vice-Chancellor was to rotate between the University’s professors each semester. Consequently, it was Olof Bagger’s turn again in the spring semester of 1676.
The term of office for the rotating vice-chancellorship was extended to one year in 1688. This system continued until 1877 when elected Vice-Chancellors were introduced with multiple-year terms of office. Below is a list of these Vice-Chancellors.
Elected Vice-Chancellorships with multiple-year terms of office
- 1877–1885 Gustaf Ljunggren, Professor of Aesthetics, Literature and Art History
- 1885–1891 Theodor Wisén, Professor of Scandinavian Languages
- 1891–1895 Axel Möller, Professor of Astronomy
- 1895–1899 August Quennerstedt, Professor of Zoology
- 1899–1904 Magnus Blix, Professor of Physiology and Embryology
- 1904–1907 Seved Ribbing, Professor of Practical Medicine
- 1907–1909 Victor Bäcklund, Professor of Physics
- 1909–1911 Bengt Jönsson, Professor of Botany
- 1911–1916 Axel Kock, Professor of Scandinavian Languages
- 1916–1926 Johan Thyrén, Professor of Criminal Law and Legal Encyclopaedia
- 1926–1936 Axel Moberg, Professor of Oriental Languages
- 1936–1939 Martin P:son Nilsson, Professor of Archaeology and Ancient History
- 1939–1945 Einar Löfstedt, Professor of Roman Rhetoric
- 1945–1947 Johannes Lindblom, Professor of Exegetical Theology
- 1947–1951 Assar Hadding, Professor of Geology and Mineralogy
- 1951–1957 Ragnar Bergendal, Professor of Criminal Law and Legal Encyclopaedia
- 1957–1968 Philip Sandblom, Professor of Surgery
- 1968–1970 Per Stjernquist, Professor of Civil Law, from 1972 of Sociology of Law
- 1970–1977 Sven Johansson, Professor of Nuclear Physics
- 1977–1980 Carl-Gustaf Andrén, Professor of Practical Theology and Church Law
- 1980–1983 Nils Stjernquist, Professor of Political Science
- 1983–1992 Håkan Westling, Professor of Clinical Physiology
- 1992–2003 Boel Flodgren, Professor of Commercial Law
- 2003–2008 Göran Bexell, Professor of Ethics
- 2009–2014 Per Eriksson, Professor of Signal Processing
- 2015–2020 Torbjörn von Schantz, Professor of Zoological Ecology
- 2021– Erik Renström, Professor of Experimental Endocrinology
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