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Press officer: Marlene Truedsson
Press images
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Biography
Katarina Bjelke Director General of the Swedish Research Council
Dr. Bjelke was appointed Director General of the Swedish Research Council in 2022.
She has a solid background in academia where she amongst other duties served as a University Director at Karolinska Institutet, as well as at Uppsala University. From 2008, she worked for seven years as Director of Research Policy for the Government, with main responsibility for the Swedish Government’s research policies, including the Swedish research bills, which is presented every fourth year. Simultaneously, she was responsible for a number of research funding bodies and the Swedish universities.
She is trained as a Doctor of Dental Surgery and holds a PhD in Neuroscience from Karolinska Institutet.
Dr. Bjelke also held positions such as Chair of the Audit Committee of the Nobel Foundation and the Swedish National Space Agency, and as an elected member of the boards of Young Academy of Sweden, the Association of Swedish Higher Education Institutions, the European Spallation Source, the Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education, and several holding companies.
Please feel free to use the text above if you arrange an event where Katarina Bjelke participates.
Logotypes
The Swedish Research Council’s logo is available in two versions in Swedish and English, and in black or white. Please use our primary logo in the first instance.
How to use the Swedish Research Council’s logotype
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Guidelines for placement
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