Background
Jansson, Bengt-Owe Roland was born on March 29, 1931 in Visby, Sweden. Son of Thure Gustav and Esther (Sahlström) Jansson.
Jansson, Bengt-Owe Roland was born on March 29, 1931 in Visby, Sweden. Son of Thure Gustav and Esther (Sahlström) Jansson.
Bachelor of Science, Stockholm (Sweden) University, 1957. Doctor of Science, Stockholm (Sweden) University, 1968.
Assistant professor Stockholm University, 1968-1972. Associate professor Swedish Natural Science Research Council, Stockholm, 1972-1978, graduate research professor, 1978-1989. Professor systems ecology Stockholm University, 1989-1996, professor emeritus, since 1996.
Director Stockholm Marine Research Center, 1989-1996. Member advisory board Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany, since 1991. Member executive committee Science Committee on Problems of the Environment, Paris, 1992-1998.
Served to sergeant Swedish Army, 1951-1958. Member Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (J. Gust. Richert prize 1990), Institute Ecology Germany.
Married AnnMari Eva Olausson. Children: Eva, Olof, Per.