Background
Karlsson was born in Västerås, Sweden, and is the son of Hans Valter Karlsson (b 1931) and Gunvor Agnes Matilda Kyller (b 1938), and he grew up in the small town Hallstahammar, 20 km west of Västerås, in the province Västmanland.
Karlsson was born in Västerås, Sweden, and is the son of Hans Valter Karlsson (b 1931) and Gunvor Agnes Matilda Kyller (b 1938), and he grew up in the small town Hallstahammar, 20 km west of Västerås, in the province Västmanland.
Master of Science in Food Science, Swedish University Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, 1989. Doctor of Philosophy, Swedish University Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, 1993.
As of 2004, he is a professor at the University of Copenhagen"s Department of Food Science. In 1989 Karlsson received his Master of Science degree in agricultural science (animal science and meat science), and in 1993 he received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in meat science. Both these degrees were received from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala, Sweden.
In January 2004, he was appointed professor at the University of Copenhagen in meat science.
Between 2004 and 2010, he also acted as the head of the Meat Science Research Section, which operated under the University of Copenhagen"s Department of Food Science in Frederiksberg, Denmark. Since 2004 he is the Chairman for the Danish Meat Science Board (Kødforskningsudvalget).
In 2007, he was appointed by the European Union Commission to coordinate a five-year Integrated Project under the 6th Framework Program titled Q-PorkChains. This project is one of the largest initiatives in Food Science ever supported by the European Union. The total budget for the project is 20.7 million €, of which 15.0 million € comes from European Union.
Member American Society Animal Science.