Background
HELMFRID, Staffan was born on December 13, 1927 in Stockholm. Son of Hartwig E. W. Helmfrid and Greta Helmfrid (nbe Kristiansson).
university president human geography educator
HELMFRID, Staffan was born on December 13, 1927 in Stockholm. Son of Hartwig E. W. Helmfrid and Greta Helmfrid (nbe Kristiansson).
Fil. magazine, Stockholm University, 1951. Fil. licensed in Geography, Stockholm University, 1958. Fil. doctor, Stockholm University, 1962.
Fil. doctor honorary, University Helsinki, Finland, 1986.
Teaching assistant to junior assistant department geography University Stockholm, 1951-1962, associate professor, 1962-1967, research fellow, 1967-1969, professor human geography, since 1969, dean faculty of social science, 1970-1974, vice president, 1974-1978, president, 1978-1988. Secretary general 19th International Geography Congress, 1960. Guest professor University Marburg, Germany, 1967-1968.
Chairman board Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation, Stockholm, 1980-1986. Member Swedish/American Fulbright Commission, 1979-1986, chairman, 1984-1985. Member Swedish delegate Council Europe Standing Committee on University Problems, Strasbourg, France, 1983-1988.
Served to captain, Swedish Infantry Reserve, 1952-1977. Member Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (vice president 1988-1991), Royal Swedish Academy Letters, History and Antiquities, Royal Academy Arts in Lund, Swedish Society Anthropology and Geography (president 1974, 88-90, honorary member 1995), Academia Europaea.
Married Antje Teichmann, June 19, 1954. Children: Sigrun, Gudrun, Hillevi.