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IVA’s Great Gold Medal 2022: Lars Samuelson – a Swedish nano pioneer

IVA’s Great Gold Medal is awarded to Lars Samuelson – the pioneer who has made a name for himself as one of the world’s leading researchers in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology.

Articles
Published: 22 September 2022Last Updated: 28 June 2023

IVA’s Gold Medal 2023: Anders Blom

Engineer Anders Blom has been decisive for Sweden's ability to maintain its position as one of the world's most prominent aviation nations, through more than 40 years of work in Swedish aviation. Not least by his contribution to building the strategic innovation program that has given Sweden a place at the table when it comes to international cooperation in the aviation industry.

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Published: 26 September 2023Last Updated: 26 September 2023

IVA’s Gold Medal 2023: Anna Wedell

Medic and research leader Anna Wedell has created completely new conditions for discovering and treating thousands of rare diseases. By developing new tools for mapping individual patients' genes and establishing unique collaborations between research and healthcare, she has made ground-breaking breakthroughs in individually tailored so-called precision medicine.

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Published: 26 September 2023Last Updated: 26 September 2023

IVA’s Great Gold Medal 2023: Håkan Samuelsson

In ten years civil engineer Håkan Samuelsson managed to reverse the negative trend for the Swedish national treasure Volvo. Under Samuelsson's unifying leadership, reputation and international competitiveness were regained, cultural challenges linked to Chinese ownership were bridged, and production could be kept in Sweden. In addition, Volvo took a prominent position in the most important transition for the automotive industry in 100 years – the transition to electric.

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Published: 26 September 2023Last Updated: 26 September 2023

Anders Ynnerman and Jonas Unger recieve the Chester Carlson Research Award

Researchers Anders Ynnerman and Jonas Unger recieve the Chester Carlson Research Award of 50,000 Swedish Kronor each for their contributions to research in visualization and computer graphics. The prize has been awarded since 1985 to promote scientific research in the field of information science.

Research & Innovation
Articles
Published: 29 August 2023Last Updated: 29 August 2023

IVA’s Gold medallists 2023

The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) awards Håkan Samuelsson, Anders Blom, Annica Bresky and Anna Wedell with gold medals. They receive the award for their outstanding achievements in technology, economics, business and society. IVA's Gold Medal has been awarded since 1921.

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Published: 26 September 2023Last Updated: 26 September 2023

Europe's role in the "Age of Electricity"

Fresh figures show that global electricity demand is accelerating, and that the world is standing on the threshold of "the age of electricity". This presents Europe with an opportunity to reclaim its leadership in the green transition and to secure its future — a chance we cannot afford to miss. That was the message from Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), during a fully booked seminar at IVA.

Energy & Resources
Spotlight articles
Published: 09 February 2026Last Updated: 11 February 2026
Birol at the podium

IVA's President: Some thoughts on the EU's Approach to China

China’s new Five-Year Plan was naturally the focus of this year’s China Development Forum (CDF), which took place last week in Beijing. And there is no hyperbole in observing that business leaders and representatives of international organizations were welcomed by a prime minister brimming with confidence.

Swedish Futures
Words from the President
Published: 07 April 2026Last Updated: 08 April 2026
IVA's President Sylvia Schwaag Serger

IVA's President: Some thoughts on Lifelong Learning

The need for continuous upskilling and reskilling of professionals – not least engineers – is growing rapidly, driven by technological transformation as well as major societal challenges such as climate change and a deteriorating security environment.

Swedish Futures
Words from the President
Published: 16 December 2025Last Updated: 15 December 2025
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Global Outlook: Asia #2

Technology has now globally gained a prominent place in national economic policymaking. Innovation is something to protect; access to technologies such as high-end chips is something to contest.

Swedish Futures
Digitalisation
Research & Innovation
Global Outlook
Published: 15 September 2025Last Updated: 15 September 2025
View of Seoul

IVA's President: some thoughts on Greenhushing

At this time last year, the U.S. election campaign was in full swing. Joe Biden had stepped aside to make way for Kamala Harris as the Democratic candidate. Donald Trump had survived an assassination attempt and was now dominating the agenda. Trump was—and is—a force the whole world must reckon with.

Words from the President
Published: 26 August 2025Last Updated: 26 August 2025
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IVA's President: some thoughts on Infrastructure Investments

One year from now, voters will go to the polls in Sweden. I look forward to the election campaign, and as a representative of the world's first academy of engineering sciences, I have a message for the political parties: think big! Think beyond a single term of office. What we need now are big ideas to build Sweden for the future.

Words from the President
Published: 09 September 2025Last Updated: 09 September 2025
crossing roads from above

IVA’s Gold Medal 2025: Daniel Stenberg

From Huddinge to the Moon. Through his work with open-source software, Daniel Stenberg has built a technological foundation that quite literally reaches into space. With curl, he has created a tool that has become an indispensable part of digital communication – not only on Earth, but also between our planet and other celestial bodies.

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Published: 21 October 2025Last Updated: 21 October 2025
Daniel Stenberg

IVA's President: some thoughts on Sweden's Innovation Status

Two rankings recently confirmed Sweden’s distinction as an innovative country. Last week, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) published its Global Innovation Index 2025. In this ranking, Sweden stood fast in second place, maintaining the position it has held in recent years.

Swedish Futures
Words from the President
Published: 23 September 2025Last Updated: 23 September 2025
Swedish flag

Opinion piece: EU’s peace project threatened by outdated research policy

Current research policy within the EU peace project excludes funding for technologies that can be used both for civilian and military purposes. However, the framework program was developed before the war in Ukraine and the rise of AI. Today’s technologies are cross-sectoral. Therefore, the expert group Esir proposes in a new report that the European Commission should change course, writes Sylvia Schwaag Serger, President of IVA and lead author of the report, in DN Debatt on July 6, 2025.

Research & Innovation
Articles
Published: 04 August 2025Last Updated: 04 August 2025
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Namntung urvalskommitté till IVAs 100-lista för hållbar krisberedskap

Ansökan till IVAs tredje 100-lista, som uppmärksammar aktuell forskning med potential att utvecklas till innovationer, affärsutveckling eller annan nytta, är öppen och årets urvalskommitté står redo att ta sig an bidragen. Urvalskommittén består av drygt 40 kvalificerade personer ur IVAs breda nätverk av representanter från akademi, näringsliv och offentlig verksamhet.

Research & Innovation
Articles
Published: 05 March 2021Last Updated: 26 April 2023

Namntung urvalskommitté till IVAs 100-lista 2023

Ansökan till IVAs 100-lista, som i år uppmärksammar forskningsprojekt inom klimatomställning, energiförsörjning, välfärdsteknologi, cybersäkerhet och krisberedskap är öppen och årets urvalskommitté står redo att ta sig an bidragen. Urvalskommittén består av 46 kvalificerade personer ur IVAs breda nätverk av representanter från akademi, näringsliv och offentlig verksamhet.

Research & Innovation
Articles
Published: 16 February 2023Last Updated: 26 April 2023

Frekvenser i samhällets tjänst

IVA välkomnar den statliga utredningens, Frekvenser i samhällets tjänst (SOU 2018:92), angreppssätt när den fokuserar på samhällsekonomisk nytta som huvudkriterium för kommande spektrumtilldelning.

Digitalisation
Building & Construction
Referral responses
Published: 05 June 2019Last Updated: 25 April 2023

Är dagens skola rustad för att möta klimatkrisen?

Vilka frågor är viktiga att adressera för att den svenska skolan ska vara relevant och möta de stora samhällsförändringarna? Det är frågor som Pia Sandvik, vd RISE, driver tillsammans med arbetsgruppen Skola för en hållbar framtid, inom IVAs projekt Skola i tiden.

Skills Supply
Building & Construction
Articles
Published: 16 December 2021Last Updated: 26 April 2023

IVA-lag bidrar till lösning på FNs hållbarhetsmål

Under hösten 2022 deltog IVA i tävlingen Hack for Earth, ett globalt hackathon som syftar till att hitta lösningar på FNs 17 hållbarhetsmål och som utförs med stöd av FN och den svenska paviljongen på Expo2020 i Dubai.

Skills Supply
Research & Innovation
Building & Construction
Articles
Published: 14 January 2022Last Updated: 26 April 2023