Background
Sundqvist, Bo was born in 1941.
Sundqvist, Bo was born in 1941.
Bachelor of Science, Uppsala University, Sweden. Master of Science, Uppsala University, Sweden. Doctor of Philosophy in Nuclear Physics, Uppsala University, Sweden.
He was appointed professor of Ion physics in 1987, and elected rector magnificus in 1997, a position he resigned on 30 June 2006. He was president of the Association of Swedish Higher Education, a co-operative body for more than 40 institutions of higher education in Sweden, in 2005–2006.
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]
He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and was the president of the academy from 1 July 2006 until 30 June 2009. He is also a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala, and the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters.