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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.

Digitalisation
Research & Innovation
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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.

Digitalisation
Research & Innovation
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Published: 16 December 2024Last Updated: 18 December 2024

IVA’s Gold Medal 2022: Victoria van Camp – an innovator for sustainable industry

Victoria van Camp, who holds a Master’s in mechanical engineering and a PhD in machine elements, is a business leader from Kalix whose career has seen her become an inspirational powerhouse in the drive to transform Swedish industry for a sustainable future.

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Published: 22 September 2022Last Updated: 28 June 2023
HM The King presents the Gold Medal to Victoria van Camp

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.

Digitalisation
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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.

Research & Innovation
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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.

Research & Innovation
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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.

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Entrepreneurship
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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.

Research & Innovation
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Published: 03 October 2023Last Updated: 03 October 2023

An evening to celebrate the art of engineering sciences

During IVA's 104th Annual Meeting, more than 600 guests gathered in Stockholm's city hall to celebrate the art of engineering sciences. We welcomed new fellows, awarded gold medals and listened to the President's address Progress in Research and Technology.

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Published: 01 November 2023Last Updated: 07 November 2023

"Research2Business is concrete evidence of IVA’s relevance"

Research utilisation and collaboration are part of Luleå University of Technology’s DNA. That’s why IVA’s Research2Business project fits the university’s Vice-Chancellor, Birgitta Bergvall-Kåreborn, like a glove.

Research & Innovation
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Published: 22 February 2021Last Updated: 29 June 2023

Leif Johansson appointed Chair of Swedish Futures

IVA's vision project brings together large parts of Swedish society: business, academia, the social partners, the public sector and representatives from the political sphere. Leif Johansson has been appointed to lead the work alongside IVA's President, Professor Sylvia Schwaag Serger and a high-profile Steering Committee.

Swedish Futures
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Published: 10 February 2026Last Updated: 19 February 2026
Leif Johansson and IVA's CEO

IVA's List for Research Impact

We are now seeking candidates for IVA's List for Research Impact. The IVA List highlights current research projects within the field of engineering sciences, conducted at Swedish universities and research institutes, that show a clear ambition to be commercialised. The research should be ready to generate impact within the foreseeable future. The application period is open from 4 February to 20 February 2026.

Research & Innovation
Entrepreneurship
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Published: 04 February 2026Last Updated: 19 February 2026
Round tables with people seen from above

IVA-ledamot Karin Rådström Näringslivets mäktigaste kvinna

Karin Rådström, vd för Daimler Truck och ledamot av IVA sedan 2023 utses till Näringslivets mäktigaste kvinna 2025. På Dagens industris lista över de 125 kvinnor som de menar har störst makt att göra avtryck i det svenska näringslivet finns hela 21 IVA-ledamöter.

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Published: 14 May 2025Last Updated: 14 May 2025
Högtidsklädd i talarstol i stadshuset

IVA i Almedalen

IVAs vd, policychef och pressansvariga är på plats i Visby under Almedalsveckan för att delta i och bidra till viktiga diskussioner om Sveriges framtid. Vårt fokus är som alltid på att bygga broar mellan akademi, näringsliv och politik och verka för människans förmåga att bidra positivt till samhället genom teknisk och ekonomisk vetenskap.

Digitalisation
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Skills Supply
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Published: 13 June 2025Last Updated: 30 June 2025
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Ella Carlsson årets kvinnliga förebild inom flyg- och rymdteknik

Flyg- och rymdtekniska Föreningen och Kungl. Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien (IVA) tilldelar Ella Carlsson, generaldirektör för Rymdstyrelsen, Ulla Teige-diplomet "Årets kvinnliga förebild inom flyg- och rymdteknik" 2025 för hennes arbete inom svensk rymdteknik.

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Published: 14 May 2025Last Updated: 14 May 2025
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Positiva ambitioner i regeringens forsknings- och innovationsproposition

Regeringen har nu presenterat mandatperiodens forsknings- och innovationsproposition, som ska visa riktningen för forskning och innovation de kommande fyra åren. Anslagen för forskning och utveckling föreslås öka successivt från 2025 till 2028 med totalt 6,5 miljarder kronor, som är ett steg på vägen till nivån på 1,2 procent av BNP för statlig finansiering till 2032 som IVA föreslagit.

Research & Innovation
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Published: 13 December 2024Last Updated: 13 December 2024
professor Sylvia Schwaag Serger, vd IVA.

Debatt: Ny mineralstrategi måste vara offensiv

Sverige är ett av Europas ledande gruvländer och har därför en viktig roll att spela framöver. Vi uppmanar regeringen att vara offensiv i den kommande mineralstrategin, skriver IVAs vd Sylvia Schwaag Serger och ytterligare fem IVA-ledamöter på SvD Debatt.

Energy & Resources
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Published: 13 January 2025Last Updated: 13 January 2025

Rekordstort intresse bland unga att testa ingenjörsyrket

Intresset för att testa på ingenjörsyrket genom IVAs praktikprogram Tekniksprånget har aldrig varit större. Antalet unika sökande till höstens praktik har ökat med 33 procent jämfört med samma period förra året, som var det tidigare rekordet.

Skills Supply
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Published: 14 May 2025Last Updated: 14 May 2025
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