Current 50th anniversary

50 years of research in construction engineering

2022-06-10 To celebrate 50 years of research in construction engineering at Luleå University of Technology, an event was held with representatives from the construction industry and former doctoral students with lectures, a demonstration of the lab and a joint dinner.

Miriam Bryant to the LTU Festival!
8 Sep. 2022 00:00 – 23:59 , University campus:

2022-05-13 Employees and students! 8 September, we will celebrate with Miriam Bryant, own talents, food and lots of nice company! We are building a stage on the university campus in Luleå and rigging for a festival for the entire university all evening. Great with a staff and student party for the first time i...

The research develops the schools

2022-03-15 The teacher educations at Luleå University of Technology are many. The research is often closely linked to the daily activities in the schools.
"The goal is a close collaboration with the municipalities and schools also when it comes to the programmes", says Maria Johansson, head of Division.

Current Vice-Chancellor Birgitta Bergvall-Kåreborn

2022-03-14

Take a look at the films from our honorary doctors' lectures

2022-01-20 In connection with the Academic Ceremony on 12 November 2021 at Luleå University of Technology, the honorary doctors for 2020 and 2021 gave their lectures at the same time. The honorary doctors' lectures at Luleå University of Technology in November certainly left no one indifferent.

Vice-Chancellor Johan Sterte prioritized international recruitment and marketing

2021-12-17 Only in swedish

Pia Sandvik - Vice-Chancellor with a focus on balanced operations

2021-12-16 Pia Sandvik has a master's degree and a PhD in 1997. She was appointed associate professor of quality technology at Luleå University of Technology in 2002, and after three years as vice - chancellor at Mid Sweden University in Östersund, she was appointed vice-chancellor of Luleå University of Techn...

The release of the anniversary book – gave Christmas spirit

2021-12-09 This week, Luleå University of Technology arranged an event to present its anniversary book. To the taste of mulled wine and the smell of gingerbread, the audience got to meet people who participate in the book with personal stories about the university during its growth and development.

It was once… 50 years of change
8 Dec. 2021 14:00 – 15:00 :

2021-12-06 Launch of Luleå University of Technology's anniversary book "50 years of change" with stories written by Marianne Söderberg based on interviews with previous and existing employees.

What affects the aging of our memory?
9 Dec. 2021 12:00 – 13:00 :

2021-11-18 This lecture is in Swedish.

Academic ceremony 2021

2021-11-16 This weekend, Luleå University of Technology was finally able to celebrate the academic successes of the last two years. The University's 50th anniversary made the framing of the academic celebration, with the installation of new professors and the awarding of prizes, extra festive. During the cerem...

Brilliant, personal and moving – honorary doctors 2020/2021

2021-11-16 The honorary doctors' lectures certainly left no one indifferent. As an audience, being able to listen to these people's strong stories, united in their driving forces, trials and successes, in sometimes diametrical areas, was a favor to the audience.

Memorable anniversery concert with starperformances

2021-11-15 100 musicians were on stage and a well-filled concert hall awaited Luleå University of Technology's party concert on the occasion of the university's 50th anniversary. Vice-Chancellor Birgitta Bergvall Kåreborn, proudly welcomed the audience to the anniversary concert – and wished everyone an eveni...

Rehearsals for the anniversary concert

2021-11-04

Honorary Doctors Lectures
12 Nov. 2021 08:30 – 12:30 , in room A117 (LKAB room):

2021-11-01 Welcome to lectures with Luleå University of Technology's new honorary doctors. The lectures are open to employees and students.

Alumni of the year 2021: Shilpi Sinha, Amanda Jansson and Maria Häll

2021-10-28 Actress Amanda Jansson, IT pioneer Maria Häll and industrial design engineer Shilpi Sinha have been named Alumni of the Year at Luleå University of Technology in the anniversary year 2021.

Fast, faster, fastest – the ski, the structure and the snow

2021-10-26 The interest in Luleå University of Technology's full-day seminar with a focus on cross-country skiing was record high. Over 750 listeners wanted to take part in tips from the election manager, general secretary and development managers at national team level, researchers at Luleå University of Tech...

Luleå University of Technology celebrates 50 years with an anniversary concert

2021-10-26 Luleå University of Technology invites the public to an anniversary concert in Kulturens hus in Luleå on 11 November 2021. There, a work specially written by composer Jan Sandström for the University's 50th anniversary will be performed for the first time. The audience will also experience a unique ...

The venture created artistic success

2021-10-19 In a black and white photograph, he plays bass recorder in a small orchestra in a church cottage in Öjebyn. The year is 1976 and he has just driven the long way from Sollentuna to Piteå in his car bubble.

How do we ensure sustainable food production in the future?
25 Oct. 2021 12:00 – 12:45 , Vetenskapens hus or digitally:

2021-10-15 This event is in Swedish.

A life in balance – about fall accidents among the elderly and persons with COPD
26 Oct. 2021 12:00 – 13:00 , Vetenskapens hus or digitally:

2021-10-11 This event is in Swedish.

Here, ideas and innovations become reality

2021-10-01 LTU Business started almost 40 years ago – back then as an incubator and player in professional education for Luleå University, which later became Luleå University of Technology. For sixteen years, Gry Holmgren Hafskjold has been CEO and during that time she has experienced both ups and downs. She l...

Royal visit to the University

2021-09-27 The King and Queen visited Luleå University of Technology on Monday. They got to meet students, teachers, researchers and the vice-chancellor to hear how the pandemic has affected the University. Both in terms of challenges, but also to see good examples – such as the autonomous terrain vehicle that...

Fast, faster, fastest – the ski, the structure and the snow
16 Oct. 2021 09:30 – 16:00 :

2021-09-21 This webinar is in Swedish.

Our democracy – no matter of course
30 Sep. 2021 19:00 – 20:00 , Vetenskapens hus:

2021-09-16 This event is in Swedish.

End of toil and waste – a panel discussion on circular, sustainable industry
24 Sep. 2021 12:00 – 12:45 :

2021-09-10 How would it feel to never buy a new vacuum cleaner again? Luleå University of Technology's new future area, Creaternity, is about creating a circularly connected industry. What does that mean then? Well, that we should take it easy and think before we build or manufacture something, so that the mat...

Digital inauguration of the 50th anniversary

2021-09-08 See the inauguration of the University's 50th anniversary with speeches by, among others, Vice-Chancellor Birgitta Bergvall-Kåreborn, music and ribbon cutting.

Anniversary book about Luleå highlights the women

2021-09-06 Two historians at Luleå University of Technology have written a book about 400 years of history in Luleå. The extensive work in two volumes is richly illustrated and contains, among other things, maps of the city that have never been published before. The authors have chosen to highlight in particul...

Students were treated to a sparkling anniversary

2021-09-03 In September 1, 2021, it was exactly 50 years ago since the first 50 students came to Luleå University of Technology. The anniversary was celebrated by treating students to chocolate and non-alcoholic sparkling cider to the tunes of swinging 70's music.

"I learned to solve problems"

2021-09-01 When University of Luleå celebrated 15 years as a university, the 1000th student Sofia Kleve, then Hambraeus, graduated from the Master Program in Geosciences. Today she works at AB Volvo with operational quality and environment.

Whose information can I trust?
31 Aug. 2021 10:30 – 11:30 :

2021-08-26 This event is in Swedish.

Ingegerd Palmér - Vice-Chancellor with assignments development and change

2021-08-25 Only in swedish

Anniversary products

2021-08-24 Our anniversary products fit perfectly under the Christmas tree or as a gift to a colleague. Choose between, among other things, a candle lantern, an anniversary piece of jewelry or why not the anniversary inscription "50 years of change". You will find the products in Service Point in Kiruna, Piteå...

It started 50 years ago

2021-07-01

Paved the way for world-leading industry

2021-06-05 ProcessIT Innovations, initiated by the business community and the universities in northern Sweden, is today a global platform for collaboration. Anders OE Johansson tells about the importance of thinking bigger than a research project.

30 years in the University's service: "The changes have been many"

2021-06-05 Birgitta Karlberg started at Luleå University College as a student in 1988. When she graduated, she got a job at the University and remained for 30 years. Luleå University of Technology has been an exciting and developing workplace, in both ups and downs. The best thing has been all the people she h...

Research on Marit Bjørgen – the world's best female cross-country skier of all time
1 Jun. 2021 12:00 – 13:00 :

2021-05-22 This webinar is in Norwegian and Swedish.

In the wake of the pandemic – what do we take with us?
25 May. 2021 12:00 – 16:00 :

2021-05-18 This webinar is in Swedish.

The importance of the menstrual cycle for women's training and performance
19 May. 2021 12:00 – 13:00 :

2021-05-06 Most performance research conducted to date has been done on men. But what effect do hormones, menstrual cycles and birth control pills have on women's training and performance? Angelica Lindén Hirschberg, chief physician and professor of gynecology and obstetrics at Karolinska Institutet, presents ...

A whole life in graphic production

2021-05-04 It was a coincidence that 18-year-old Elisabeth Sandin ended up at Luleå University in 1976. At that time, the Swedish Public Employment Service offered emergency work as an alternative for jobseekers, something she took up. Elisabeth ended up at the printing house at Luleå University, with no exper...

The first woman in Sweden to take a master's degree in Computer Science and Engineering

2021-04-28 In 1982, the master programme in Computer Science and Engineering started at the current Luleå University of Technology. Maria Häll was one of the students in the first class and the only girl among 29 boys. The decision to choose Computer Science and Engineering has meant that she has often been th...

Torbjörn Hedberg - from teacher to Vice-Chancellor

2021-04-23 Torbjörn Hedberg has a PhD in mathematics from Uppsala University and is one of the first four teachers at Luleå University. In 1977 he was elected Pro-Vice-Chancellor and in 1979 Vice-Chancellor at Luleå University - a position he held for 14 years.

Erik Höglund professor and "own product"

2021-03-30 In a brochure at Luleå University of Technology's 20th anniversary in 1991, it is stated in the caption next to a portrait of Erik Höglund: "Erik Höglund professor and" own product ". All those who have been at Luleå University of Technology for a long time understand exactly what is meant by those ...

Lars Nordström - the first Vice-Chancellor of Luleå University

2021-03-23 Only in swedish

"I have never been afraid to take on assignments"

2021-03-19 When Elisabet Kassfeldt received her doctor's hat in November 1989, she was the first woman to receive a doctor's hat at Luleå University of Technology. - It was a huge uproar with many running meters in the newspaper, she says.

Tennberg found creative and sustainable solutions in order to create development

2021-03-15 The creation of the Luleå University College, now Luleå University of Technology, was characterized by innovation and entrepreneurship, from its inception as at the time of construction. Strong business contacts, new pedagogical models and committed teachers are widespread. What was also characteris...

Climate change threatens cultural monuments in Antarctica
18 Mar. 2021 12:00 – 13:00 :

2021-03-10 In Swedish only.

The distance became a success story

2021-03-09 Only in Swedish.

Technology development changed her profession

2021-03-05 Only in Swedish.

Her career in the steel industry began at University of Luleå

2021-03-03 Only in Swedish.

The fight continues!
4 Mar. 2021 12:00 – 13:00 :

2021-02-25 The event is in Swedish.

Become a better cross-country skier!
3 Mar. 2021 19:00 – 20:15 :

2021-02-24 What is it that makes our elite skiers and biathletes so good? Three who know are Professor HC Holmberg, biathlon legend Wolfgang Pichler and former national team captain Joakim Abrahamsson. During an one-hour Zoom webinar, they talk about physiology, training and personal development and give you v...

"No one knew how much the University in Luleå would expand"

2021-02-22 Bengt Klefsjö came to Luleå in 1971 when the Luleå University College established and did not think about "how long" he would stay. He remained for 45 years.

The first teachers

2021-02-19 When Luleå University started in 1971, there were a few teachers from the start: Torbjörn Hedberg, Ulrik Sundbäck, Torvald Henja and Bengt Klefsjö. They were newcomers without so many Luleå contacts, but the university would become their family.

Luleå University of Technology signs declaration for strong democracy

2021-02-18 On 18 February, the county's representatives sign the Declaration of a Strong Democracy. A unique initiative for democracy that says that Norrbotten will jointly develop and strengthen democratic principles.

The start of the university – a special and fun time

2021-02-16 Elisabeth Jonsson and Eva Forsberg were two of those who were first employed at the new university college in Luleå when it started in 1971. It was a wonderful time with community and warmth in a settler spirit that they will never forget.

His career took off in Luleå

2021-02-03 Rune Andersson became the first employee at the then University Unit in Luleå in 1971. At just 26 years old, he was recruited as head of the university administration.

Luleå University of Technology celebrates democracy

2021-01-26 On January 26, 100 years ago, Sweden made a major and revolutionary constitutional change, that women in Sweden would receive the right to vote in direct elections to the Riksdag on the same terms as men. We want at Luleå University of Technology want to draw attention to this giant stride forward.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day on 27 January
27 Jan. 2021 12:00 – 12:35 :

2021-01-24 25-year-old Eliot Waldfogel's grandfather was as old as himself when German SS soldiers took him to the most brutal extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, and was one of the few who managed to survive the camp. Listen to Eliot's important story about his grandfather, in connection with the Internati...

In the beginning - 50 years since...

2021-01-19 September 1, 1971, the gates open to Sweden's northernmost technical college. Across Regnbågsallén, Luleå University College's first 50 students march in. They will study the only programme there is at Luleå University College, a Master's degree in Mechanical engineering.

A technical university in upper Norrland is starting up

2021-01-13 As early as the end of the 1950s, a technical university in upper Norrland was discussed, but it was not until the spring of 1970 that the bill was adopted by the Riksdag. The Organizing Committee for Higher Technical Education and Research in Upper Norrland (NoTH) was appointed responsible for the ...

Interview with Ingvar Carlsson, by Lena Edenbrink, 2016

2021-01-12 Only in swedish

Once upon a time...

2021-01-01 Only in swedish

Congratulations to all of us!

2021-01-01 Happy New Year and a big congratulations to all of us on our 50th birthday! 2021 is the year when we begin our anniversary celebrations.