The faculties award honorary doctorates annually. The degree is conferred to honour a contribution to society in general or to the faculty鈥檚 research or education. The honorary doctors are formally appointed at the Link枚ping University Commencement Ceremony in October.
Honorary Doctors
We are proud of our honorary doctors who in various ways have made important contributions to society, research and education!
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Honorary doctors lecturers 2026
Honorary doctors 2025 - Lecturers
Jensen Huang
Fireside Chat about AI with Jensen Huang
Jensen Huang, Co-founder and CEO of NVIDIA, the world's leading provider of computers for AI.
Angela Woods
"Narrative Futures of Healthcare"
Angela Woods, Professor of Medical Humanities at Durham University
Gillian Einstein
"Why do more women than men have Alzheimer disease? The role of sex and gender in dementia."
Gillian Einstein, Professor in Psychology and faculty member in the Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto.
Andreas Norlén
鈥淪peaker, Riksdag, academia and democracy鈥�
Andreas Norl茅n, Speaker of the Swedish Riksdag
Derek McKay
"Precision medicine for chronic inflammatory disease: a tale of parasitic worms and reparatory macrophages"
Derek McKay, Professor of Physiology at University of Calgary
The honorary doctorates are conferred at the academic celebration in October
The author Astrid Lindgren, Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden, and Nobel Laureates Hiroshi Amano, Isamu Akasaki and Anton Zeilinger are some of Linköping University's honorary doctors.
Honorary doctors by faculty
Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Educational Sciences
2026:聽Isaac Macharia, Myra J. Hird
2025: Andreas Norl茅n (), Angela Woods ()
2024: Seetha Murty聽
2022: Lucy Henry聽
2020: Brian Byrne, Richard Olson, Karen O'Brien
2019: Karsten 脜str枚m, Alan Prout
2018: Lorenza Mondada, Margareth Sandstr枚m, Peter de Wit
2016: Stefan Hammenbeck, Sybille Kr盲mer
2015: Jon Elster, Per Gr盲slund
2014: Michael Grossberg, Ulla-Karin Hellsten
2013: Rosi Braidotti, J枚rg M Winterberg
2012: Gunnar Elfstr枚m, Roger A. Pielke Jr
2011: Eva Persson, Jan Stolpe
2010: Uno Svedin
2009: Charles Goodwin, Deborah Johnson
2008: Bertil Alml枚f, Paula Fass
2007: Ruth Campbell
2006: Bj枚rn Eriksson, Tomasz Szkudlarek
2005: David Goss, Thomas J Sork
2004: Stig Arlinger, Bo Berggren, Dave Boud, Louise Hoffsten, Svein Sj枚berg
2003: Ann Phoenix, Lars Bergquist, Lennart Nilsson
2002: G枚ran Bergengren, Trygve Carlsson
2001: Mike Bury, Harvey Graff, Shirley Walters
2000: Barbro Goldinger, Elinor Ochs, Francis Sejerstad
1999: Karl Grunewald, Evert Karlsson (EWK), Jean La Fontaine
1998: Tamara K Hareven, Lech Mokrzecki, Joanna Rutkowiak, Sven-David Sandstr枚m
1997: Paul Burton Bell, Augustin Mannerheim, James V Wertsch
1996: Hazel Francis, Hans Hovenberg, Ingmar P枚rn
1995: Cynthia Cockburn, Sven Hellstr枚m, Hans Thorbj枚rnsson
1994: Gunnar Lindqvist, Ivana Markov谩, Ronald L Malcolm
1993: Jean-Fran莽ois Battail, Christopher W Day, Martin L枚nnebo
1992: No honorary doctor appointed
1991: Liucija Baskauskas, Knut Erik Tran酶y
1990: Estell Jussim, Torgny Lindgren
1989: Andrew Pettigrew, RK Sivanappan
1987: Inge Johansson, Els Oksaar
1986: Thomas Luckmann, Laurie Thompson
1984: Philippe Bouqet, G枚sta Vestlund
1982: Sally Johansson, Otto Oberholzer, Ragnar Rommetveit
1980: Tage Danielsson, Thomas Kuhn, Hans L枚wbeer
1977: Sven Fagerberg, Christopher Freeman, Bertil Wahlin
1975: Allan Degerman, Malin Falkenmark, Bengt Feldreich, Edward W Weidner
1973: Per Eckerberg, Astrid Lindgren
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
2026:聽Bosse Lindquist, Anna Petersson
2025: Gillian Einsten ()
2024: Cindy W. Christian聽
2023: Lennart Nordenfelt聽
2022: Barbara Riegel聽
2020: Derek McKay
2019: Peter Larsson, Nick Hopwood
2018: Niklas Ekdal, Pia Minati
2017: Graham Hendry, Sara Mohammad
2016: Ingrid Asp
2015: Jan-Olof Br眉er, Torbj枚rn Kronander, Linda Penn
2014: Paul Batalden, Curt Karlsson
2013: Joel Ernst, Jonas Gardell
2012: Simeon Mining
2011: 脜ke Bj枚rn
2010: Richard P Ellen
2009: David Dance, Jonas Jacobsson
2008: Gerda Antti, Christopher K. Glass
2007: Henrik Ekman, Afaf Meleis
2006: Surendra Sharma
2005: Lennart Johansson, Per Jynge, Ann-Mari Sj枚sv盲rd
2004: Philip Cohen, Jeffrey Ford Williamson
2003: Arne Johansson
2002: Ann F Bolger, Louis J Ignarro, Kazuya Taniguchi
2001: Arthur D.Craig, John W.Eaton, Haroun Karap Mengech
2000: Astrid Lindgren, Michael Rosenfeld, Carolyn Beebe Smith
1999: Enrique Cadenas, Gary Kielhofner, Elisabeth Killander
1998: Michael Benjamin, Frej Fyhrquist
1997: 脜ke Ask, Richard J Heald
1996: Charles Engel, John Reagan, Gregory Schultz
1995: Patrick Holt, Karin von Schilling, Norman W Thompson
1994: H.M. Queen Silvia, Yngve Karlsson, Daniel P Lew
1993: Kenneth A Jacobson, Michael Owen-Smith
1992: Michael P Hlastala, Rajindar Sohal
1991: Alvaro Macieira-Coelho, Howard Eder
1990: Lise Heding, Ron McAuley, Marcus Skogh
1989: Thomas P Stossel, Tom R DeMeester, Ragnar Gustafsson
1987: Astrid Janzon, Henrik Kehlet, Rudolf Schlaug, Roy H Steinberg
1986: Helen Caldicott, William F House, Moshe Prywes, Kristian Thomsen
1984: Milan R Dimitrijevic, Henry Larsby
1982: Myron B Laver, Alva Myrdal, Charles E Pope II, Torsten Wiesel
1980: Rune Andr茅asson, Per Arnander, Arnold Feinstein, William Haskell, Jyh-Fa Kuo, Lennart Sundell
1977: Hans Berlin, Arne Lundh, Samuel Spicer
1975: Frederick Crescitelli, Bo af Ekenstam, John Fredrickson
1973: Theodore W Rall, Nils Wranne,聽Douglas P Bryce, Robert R A Coombs
Faculty of Science and Engineering
2026:聽脜sa Mistr茅n K盲mpe, Erik Alfredsson
2025: Jensen Huang ()
2024: Marcus Wandt, Anton Zeilinger聽
2023: Charlotta Sund聽
2022: Lena Miranda聽, 脜ke Axelsson聽, Arnold Tukker聽
2020: Jeanette M. Wing, George Malliaras, Cynthia H. McCollough
2019: Linda Keeling, Nashwa Eassa, Peter Wallenberg Jr.
2018: Jan Carlsson
2017: Hiroshi Amano, Marie R氓dbo
2016: Drew Berry, Johan S枚derstr枚m, Jill Trewhella
2015: Thomas L Marzetta, Mathias Schubert
2014: Natalia Dubrovinskaia, Leonid Dubrovinsky, Heli Jantunen
2013: Henry Etzkowitz, Charles W Tu
2012: G枚ran Lundin
2011: Anders Wijkman, Christer 脰jdemark
2010: Michel Gevers, Marie Westrin
2009: Ivan Petrov
2008: Bengt 脜ke Bengtsson, Malik Ghallab
2007: Li-Chyong Chen, 脜ke Svensson
2006: Carter Emmart, Neil B Ingels, Carl-Henric Svanberg, Lu Yongxiang
2005: Mireille Bousquet-M茅lou, H氓kan Eriksson, Fredrik Lundberg, Torsten Sylv茅n
2004: S枚ren Gyll, John Woolam
2003: Uno Alfred茅en, David L. Allara, Gunnar Bj枚rklund, Shulamith Schlick
2002: Luigia Carlucci Aiello, David T. Clark
2001: Isamu Akasaki, Thomas J. Allen, Almas F. Sadreev
2000: Jean-Luc Br茅das, Michael Florian, Richard H. Friend
1999: John U Farley, Bengt Halse, Cleve Moler
1998: Maurice C Bonney, Wolfgang G枚pel, Shoogo Ueno, Wolfgang Wahlster
1997: Olli Martio, Michael Pepper, Masaru Shiotani
1996: Germund Dahlquist, A. J. Heeger, Mark S Pinsker, Rolf Wirt茅n
1995: Robert Glass, Thomas Magnanti, Huang Tuy
1994: Arne Bennborn; Palle Pagsberg, Tatsuo Tagawa
1993: Wolfgang Back茅, Bjarne D盲cker, Viktor P Havin, James L Merz
1992: Joseph E Green, Gunnar Hoppe
1991: Jerome B Cohen
1990: Thomas Kailath, Alan G MacDiarmid, Homer Warner
1989: Percy Barnevik, Gabor Herman, Ira Horowitz
1987: Stig Hagstr枚m, Ingvar Lindqvist, Sigvard Tomner
1986: John H Argyris, John McCarthy, Alfred Fettweis, Tryggve Holm
1984: Erik Bratt, Gene Golub, Ivar Waller
1982: Per-Erik Danielsson, G枚sta Luthman
1980: Hans Ahlmann, Grace Murray Hopper, Azriel Rosenfeld
1977: Robert F Rushmer, J C Tanner
1975: Georg B Dantzig, Erik Johnsson, Neville Mott, William Spicer, Maurice V Wilkes
1973: Frid W盲nstr枚m