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Gunilla Sydsjö

Adjunct Professor

Adjunct professor at Linköping University and cognitive behavioral therapist at Linköping University Hospital.

My research

Chilled sperm.

Psychosocial Obstetrics and Reproduction

We study IVF, oocytes and sperm donation and surrogate motherhood – from the very first conversation at the clinic to follow up several years later.

Publications

2026

Ylva Af Sandeberg, Claudia Lampic, Agneta Skoog Svanberg, Camilla Stenfelt, Anna-Karin Lind, Gunilla Sydsjö, Evangelia Elenis (2026) Single motherhood by choice in Sweden: survey of unanticipated support needs and financial challenges Reproductive BioMedicine Online, Vol. 52, Article 105241 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rbmo.2025.105241

2025

Evangelia Elenis, Cecilia Mitt Holm, Ove Axelsson, Agneta Skoog Svanberg, Gunilla Sydsjö, Claudia Lampic (2025) Understanding family formation and support in single mothers by choice: Insights from Swedish cohort studies Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, Vol. 104, p. 2368-2369 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aogs.70070
Claudia Lampic, Emilia Thorup, Marie Bladh, Elizabeth Nedstrand, Xana Brinck, Agneta Skoog Svanberg, Gunilla Sydsjö (2025) Are open-identity donors prepared for release of their identity? Long-term follow-up of a national sample of oocyte and sperm donors Human Reproduction, Vol. 40, p. 1947-1956 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/humrep/deaf134
Evangelia Elenis, Cecilia Mitt Holm, Ove Axelsson, Agneta Skoog Svanberg, Claudia Lampic, Gunilla Sydsjö (2025) Perinatal outcomes and maternal health before and after single motherhood through assisted conception: A multiregistry study in Sweden Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, Vol. 104, p. 2078-2092 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aogs.70037
Maria Lindblad, Marie Bladh, Hanna Björnsson Hallgren, Gunilla Sydsjö, Torsten Johansson (2025) Correction: No correlation to collagen synthesis disorders in patients with Perthes' disease: a nationwide Swedish register study of 3433 patients ( vol 25 , 42 , 2024) BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, Vol. 26, Article 708 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-025-08907-2

Organisation

Teaser image for the Division BKH at BKV.

Division of Children's and Women's Health (BKH)

The Division of Children’s and Women’s Health consists of a number of different research and educational areas - obstetrics / gynecology and pediatrics.

Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV)

What characterizes the Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV) is the wide breadth of research and education. BKV is one of the largest departments at LiU with affiliation mainly to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.