Background
Eliasson, Lennart was born on February 17, 1925 in Ronneby, Blekinge, Sweden. Son of Karl Oskar and Anna Viktoria (Olsson) Eliasson.
Eliasson, Lennart was born on February 17, 1925 in Ronneby, Blekinge, Sweden. Son of Karl Oskar and Anna Viktoria (Olsson) Eliasson.
Bachelor of Science, University Lund, Sweden, 1953. Master of Science, University Lund, Sweden, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, University Lund, Sweden, 1963.
Docent, University Stockholm, 1964.
Research assistant, U. Lund, 1953-1956;
assistant lecturer, College Agriculture, Uppsala, 1956-1958;
plant physiologist, College Forestry, Stockholm, 1958-1960;
associate professor, U. Stockholm, 1967-1973;
professor, U. Stockholm, 1981-1990;
professor, U. Umeå, 1973-1981;
professor emeritus, 1990. Editor Physiologia Plantarum, Lund, 1978-1993. Member evaluation committees ofstate research councils NFR, 1980-1985, SJFR, 1981-1987.
President Scandinavian Society Plant Physiology, 1982-1988.
Member Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Married Ingrid Birgitta Hand, November 4, 1960 (deceased February 1995).