Gunnar Broberg (5 September 1942 – 30 April 2022) was professor in History of Science and Ideas at Lund University, Sweden, appointed in 1990. Broberg has written about the compulsory sterilization activities in Sweden[1] and extensively about the scientist Carl Linnaeus.[2] In 2005 he was elected Chair of the Royal Humanistic Scientific Society in Lund (Kungliga Humanistiska Vetenskapssamfundet i Lund).[3] He was the editor of the book Gyllene äpplen (Golden apples), which won the August Prize (Augustpriset) in 1992.[4]
Gunnar Broberg | |
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![]() Broberg in 2019 | |
Born | Flen, Sweden | September 5, 1942
Died | 30 April 2022 Lund, Sweden | (aged 79)
Alma mater | Uppsala University |
Awards | Augustpriset 1992 Gleerups facklitterära pris 2004 Einar Hansens hederspris 2013 Kellgrenpriset 2020 Stora historiepriset 2020 |
Academic career | |
Discipline | History of Science and Ideas |
Institutions | Lund University |
English bibliography
edit- Eugenics and the Welfare State: Sterilization Policy in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland, Michigan State University Press: 1996 (with Nils Roll-Hansen).
- The Man Who Organized Nature: The Life of Linnaeus, Princeton University Press: 2023 (translated by Anna Paterson).
Swedish bibliography
edit- 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 Mattias Tydén).
- Gyllene äpplen, 1992.
- Statlig rasforskning, 1995.
- När svensk historia blev en världsnyhet, 1999 (with Mattias Tydén).
- 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
edit- ^ Broberg, G. (2005). Statlig rasforskning: en historik över rasbiologiska institutet. Lund: Lund University.
- ^ Broberg, G. (2006). Carl Linnaeus. Stockholm: Swedish Institute.
- ^ "Governing body of Kungliga Humanistiska Vetenskapssamfundet i Lund". Archived from the original on 2010-08-27. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
- ^ Augustpriset, alla nominerade i alfabetisk ordning Archived 2010-08-11 at the Wayback Machine