# 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

## [The history of Lund University](https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/about-university/university-glance/history-lund-university)

For just over 350 years, Lund University has educated students and created new knowledge.

## Links to faculty information

Find out more about the history of some of our faculties on their own websites:

- [History of the Faculty of Engineering, LTH](https://www.lth.se/english/about-lth/the-history-of-lth-faculty-of-engineering/)
- [History of the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts](https://www.arts.lu.se/our-history)
- [History of the Faculty of Law](https://www.law.lu.se/about-faculty/history-faculty)
- [History of the Faculty of Medicine](https://www.medicine.lu.se/about-the-faculty-the-departments/history-of-the-faculty)
- [History of the School of Economics and Management](https://www.lusem.lu.se/about-lund-university-school-economics-and-management/brief-history)