It is responsible to the government for ensuring that Linköping University, LiU, meets its objectives. The board takes decisions regarding budget, annual report, LiU's organisation, etc. It also appoints deputy vice-chancellors (“prorektorer” in Swedish), and proposes to the government whom it should appoint as vice-chancellor.
The University Board has external members who are representatives of companies and organisations, as well as academic staff and students who are representatives of the university.
External members are appointed from 1 October 2024 to 30 April 2028.
Members of the University Board
ChairPhoto credit Anna Nilsen. Susanne Thedéen.
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Susanne Thedéen, Director General (temp.), Swedish National Heritage Board
Vice-Chancellor
- Jan-Ingvar Jönsson, professor
General representatives
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Dilsa Demirbag-Sten, Secretary General, Berättarministeriet
- Hans Holmström, CEO, Siemens
- Magnus Höij, managing director, Glasbranschföreningen
- Betty Malmberg, former Member of Parliament
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Staffan Sarbäck, former University Director and Senior Advisor, Luleå University of Technology
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Anders Tegnell, Senior Advisor
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Ulrika Unell, President and Head of Orbital Launch and Rocket Test, Swedish Space Corporation
Academic staff representatives
- Michael Felsberg, professor, Department of Electrical Engineering
- Markus Heilig, professor, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences
- Elin Wihlborg, professor, Department of Management and Engineering
Student representatives
- Filippa Alesand Lundin, Chair, Consensus (Union for students at Medicine and Health Sciences)
- Ellen Ivarius Andersson, Chair, StuFF (Union for students at Educational Sciences and Faculty of Arts and Sciences)
- Eira Movin, Chair, LinTek (Union of Technology and Science Students)
Employee representatives
- SACO: Krzysztof Marciniak (alternate Janerik Lundquist)
- OFR/S: Ingo Hölscher (alternate Maria Hugo Lindén)
- SEKO-Civil: Rosmarie Dahlström
Co-opted members
- Karin Axelsson, Deputy Vice-Chancellor
- Anna Thörn, University director
- Magdalena Neijd, PhD student
Photo credit Anna Nilsen, Members of the University Board.
