Lund University

Lund University is a public research university in Lund, Sweden, founded in 1666. It is one of Sweden’s largest and oldest universities.

Lund University Faculty of Medicine: The faculty responsible for medical education and research at Lund University. It is one of the university’s major academic faculties, with teaching and research across medicine and health.
Treaty of Roskilde: The 1658 treaty that transferred Skåne and other Danish territories to Sweden. Swedish rule over Skåne preceded the founding of a university in Lund.
Tetra Pak: A Swedish packaging company known for developing carton-based food packaging. The company emerged from research and innovation associated with Lund’s academic and industrial environment.
Carl Linnaeus: A Swedish botanist who developed a system for naming and classifying organisms. He studied at Lund before continuing his education at Uppsala.
Lund University Faculty of Engineering: The engineering faculty of Lund University, also known as LTH. It brings engineering education and research into the university’s broad academic structure.
University of Copenhagen: A public research university in Copenhagen, founded in 1479. Lund’s founding followed the region’s transfer from Denmark, whose capital already had a university.
Gunnar Nilsson: A Swedish physicist known for research in particle physics and for the Nilsson model of the atomic nucleus. His work exemplifies the scientific research conducted at Lund University.
Esaias Tegnér: A Swedish poet and bishop who was a professor at Lund University. His academic career and writing made him one of the university’s notable nineteenth-century figures.
MAX IV Laboratory: A Swedish national synchrotron radiation laboratory in Lund. Lund University hosts this large research facility, which supports work across scientific disciplines.
Charles XI of Sweden: King of Sweden from 1660 to 1697. His reign included the 1666 establishment of Lund University.

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