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Erik Åsbrink, politician of the Swedish Social Democratic Party and former Minister of Finance; Klas Eklund, economist and writer; Ali Esbati, former chairman of Young Left, member of the Swedish Parliament for Vänsterpartiet; Stefan Ingves, Governor of Sveriges Riksbank; Olof Johansson, former leader of the Swedish Centre Party
Upsala College was founded at the 1893 annual meeting of the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod in North America, known as the Augustana Synod—a Lutheran church body with roots in the Swedish immigrant community. [a] [1] [2] The Augustana Synod placed emphasis on mission, ecumenism, and social service. [1]
Hans Blix (born 1928), diplomat; Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs 1978–1979, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency 1981–1997; head of the UNMOVIC 2000–2003 Hjalmar Branting (1860–1925), Prime Minister of Sweden (first Social Democrat in that position) for three periods, 1920-1925; Nobel Peace Laureate in 1921
The Swedish higher education system differentiates between universitet and högskola (university and university college respectively). The universities are research-oriented and may award Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctor's degrees in many academic fields, whereas the högskolor usually are more focused on applied sciences, and only have limited ...
Other alumni are Dag Hammarskjöld (1905–1961), United Nations Secretary General who was (posthumously) awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1961, and the Swedish diplomat Hans Blix (born 1928), who was Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency 1981–1997, of the UNMOVIC 2000–2003, and previously Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs 1978 ...
This is a list of the people associated of Upsala College including the school's presidents, its faculty and alumni. Upsala College was a Lutheran-affiliated, private college located in East Orange, New Jersey (1899–1995). After years of declining enrollment and financial problems, Upsala College closed in May 1995.
The main building of the school, designed by Ivar Tengbom and built 1925–1926, is located at Sveavägen in central Stockholm. Professor Eli Heckscher, founder of economic history as an independent academic discipline Professor Bertil Ohlin developed the Heckscher–Ohlin model, the standard international mathematical model of international trade; received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic ...
Grennaskolan Boarding School was a Swedish boarding school located in Gränna, Jönköping County.Grennaskolan Boarding School was founded in 1963 by Stockholm University and has today approximately 200 students, half of whom are boarding school students and half of whom are international students.