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IVA strengthens its ranks with new Fellows

The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) has elected 39 new Fellows, comprising distinguished engineers, economists, researchers, entrepreneurs and leaders from both the private and public sectors. Each brings valuable expertise that will further reinforce the Academy’s work. Here is the full list of new Fellows.

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Published: 02 December 2025Last Updated: 02 December 2025
Entrance to IVA's office building

Re-election of Marcus Wallenberg as Chair of IVA and Election of 41 New Fellows

Today, Marcus Wallenberg was re-elected as Chair of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA). Additionally, the Assembly of the Academy elected 41 new Swedish and international fellows – prominent researchers and experts from both the private and public sectors.

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Published: 03 December 2024Last Updated: 03 December 2024

IVA's Gold Medal 2024: Gerteric Lindquist

As CEO of the energy technology company NIBE, Gerteric Lindquist has been involved in putting Sweden as an energy technology nation on the world map.

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Published: 10 September 2024Last Updated: 11 September 2024

IVA's Gold Medal 2024: Bo Normark

Bo Normark is the civil engineer who has made electrification his trademark. For over 50 years, he has worked to develop the technical and political solutions required to build the sustainable energy systems of the future.

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Published: 10 September 2024Last Updated: 11 September 2024

Industrial robot performs cello piece composed for IVA by Jacob Mühlrad

Listen and watch as an industrial robot performs a cello piece specially composed for IVA by the world-renowned composer Jacob Mühlrad, in a film recording from the performance at IVA’s Annual Meeting in October. Also, meet the robotics researcher and composer Fredrik Gran, who programmed the cello-playing robot.

Published: 19 December 2024Last Updated: 19 December 2024

AI Pioneer Professor Geoffrey Hinton visited IVA

Last week, Professor Geoffrey Hinton visited Stockholm to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics for his groundbreaking discoveries and advancements in AI development. He also visited the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) for a panel discussion, and gave an exclusive interview to IVA's President. Watch both discussions here.

Published: 16 December 2024Last Updated: 18 December 2024

Minalyze awarded for smart digitalization of the mining industry

Minalyze wins IVA's Smart Industry 2023 Business Competition. The company has developed advanced digital technologies as a basis for a world-unique offering that strengthens the mining industry's ability to collect and visualize geological data.

Published: 11 October 2023Last Updated: 23 May 2024

IVA’s Gold Medal 2023: Annica Bresky – innovation leader with the forest as a tool

Civil engineer Annica Bresky, supported by her personal motto "The future grows in the forest", has led the development towards making the forest industry an important part of the solution to fighting climate change and strengthening biological diversity.

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Published: 26 September 2023Last Updated: 26 September 2023

IVA's 100 List 2023: Swedish innovations with great potential

A new environmentally friendly light source that can complement and in some cases replace LED lights, automatic AI monitoring of train tracks and an innovative solution for sampling in case of sepsis. These are examples of some of the research projects that have been selected for this year's 100 list.

Published: 10 May 2023Last Updated: 29 June 2023

New list: research projects with high potential for business and societal benefit

The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) is now presenting this year's 100 list of research projects deemed to have great potential to benefit through commercialization, business and method development or societal impact. The focus is on technology in the service of humanity.

Published: 10 May 2022Last Updated: 29 June 2023

IVA project expands collaboration between South Korea and Sweden

On 19-20 April, the 2023 Korea-Sweden R2B Forum will be held in South Korea's capital Seoul, a brand new meeting place for the utilisation and commercialisation of research in collaboration between Sweden's and South Korea's innovation systems. The concept is inspired by IVA's Research2Business initiative and IVA's 100 list, and IVA participates as a partner in the forum.

Published: 16 March 2023Last Updated: 24 May 2024

IVA Fellow Anne L'Huillier awarded Nobel Prize

IVA Fellow Anne L'Huillier is awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physics “for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter”. Anne L'Huillier, Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) since 2012, shares this year's Nobel Prize with Pierre Agostini and Ferenc Krausz.

Published: 03 October 2023Last Updated: 03 October 2023

Ylva Trolle Lagerros väljer forskning framför företagande

Stanna kvar i akademin - eller bli entreprenör? För många forskare med lovande idéer är det en knivig fråga. Ylva Trolle Lagerros, överläkare och Sveriges första professor inom förebyggande hälsovård, valde forskningen. 2019 var hennes forskningsprojekt med på IVAs 100-lista.

Published: 28 November 2024Last Updated: 28 November 2024

Nya forskningsprojekt från IVAs 100-lista till Silicon Valley

Fyra forskningsprojekt från IVAs 100-listor är utvalda till nästa omgång av inkubatorprogrammet REACH. Under sex månader ska deltagarna få hjälp med att kommersialisera sina idéer. Programmet avlutas med två veckor på plats i Silicon Valley.

Published: 24 October 2024Last Updated: 24 October 2024

Nobelpriset 2024: Ekonomipriset till forskning om välstånd

Sveriges Riksbanks pris i ekonomisk vetenskap till Alfred Nobels minne går i år till trion Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson och James Robinson för studier av hur institutioner formas och påverkar välstånd. De prisas för sina insikter om hur skillnader i välstånd mellan länder kan uppstå och varför de består. Det är oerhört viktig kunskap menar John Hassler, IVA-ledamot och professor som varit med och utsett årets pristagare.

Published: 14 October 2024Last Updated: 14 October 2024

Suzanne Håkansson och Gustav Borgefalk nya styrelsemedlemmar i IVAs Näringslivsråd

IVA förstärker Näringslivsrådet med 23 nya medlemsföretag och två nya styrelsemedlemmar: Suzanne Håkansson, Senior Director Corporate Affairs för AstraZeneca AB och Gustav Borgefalk, Program and Studio Manager, Skansen Technologies.

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Published: 13 November 2024Last Updated: 13 November 2024
Suzanne Håkansson och Gustav Borgefalk nya styrelsemedlemmar i IVAs Näringslivsråd

Ingrid Carlberg tilldelas IVAs pris för vetenskaplighet inom journalistiken - Hans Bergström-priset

Författaren och journalisten Ingrid Carlberg tilldelas IVAs pris för vetenskaplighet inom journalistiken - Hans Bergström-priset 2020. Med mobilisering av all sin förmåga från många år som undersökande och berättande journalist har hon skrivit den ultimata biografin över ingenjören, innovatören, entreprenören och den store donatorn Alfred Nobel.

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Published: 01 September 2020Last Updated: 15 March 2023
 Ingrid Carlberg i Sjögrensbiblioteket på Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien

Mobilaris vinnare av Smart industri 2019

Det industrinära tjänsteföretaget Mobilaris tilldelas förstapriset i Företagstävlingen Smart industri som belönar företag som tar vara på digitaliseringens möjligheter på ett smart och innovativt sätt med tydliga resultat. Företagen Moelven Valåsen AB och Moving Floor AB förärades samtidigt varsitt hedersomnämnande.

Published: 05 February 2020Last Updated: 20 March 2023

All slags akademisk kunskap är nyttig

Samarbete med universitet bidrar till utvecklingen för Lundqvist Trävaru. IVAs projekt Research2Business passar därför bolagets Vd, Samuel Holmström, som hand i handske.

Published: 14 December 2020Last Updated: 13 March 2023

Utmärkelsen Ung innovation i kristid till Sara 17 år

Kungl. Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademiens (IVAs) utmärkelse Ung innovation i kristid går till internationella laget United in Crisis bestående av Sara Rydell från Sverige, samt Jesse, Serhan, Ishika, Nitin och Mark från USA och Turkiet. Ungdomarna har tagit fram en global och branschöverskridande lösning som ska matcha arbetslöshet med bristande vårdresurser, under handledning av Tomas Jonsson från Teknikens Hus.

Published: 20 May 2021Last Updated: 28 April 2023