Eleven new LTH professors to be inaugurated
Every year, Lund University welcomes its new professors at a formal inauguration ceremony. This year, eleven of them are based at LTH.
– Published 22 October 2026
The tradition dates back centuries. The word installation originates from the ceremony in which a newly appointed canon (cathedral priest) was formally led to his seat in the choir stalls. At the University, the tradition lives on in the symbolic inauguration of professors by the Vice-Chancellor, who traditionally led them in a solemn procession to the lectern in the University Auditorium.
A total of 31 professors appointed at Lund University in 2025 and 2026 will now be inaugurated at a ceremony in Stora salen at AF-borgen. The professors will be inaugurated by Lund University's Vice-Chancellor, Erik Renström.
Professor Åsa Hammar will give a short popular science lecture. The president of the Lund University Students' Unions, Elisabeth Roos Lindell, will deliver the students' speech to the newly inaugurated professors, and Professor Patrik Lindskoug will give the response speech.
Music will be performed by the Academic Orchestra and Lund Academic Choir at Odeum, under the direction of Director of Music Patrik Andersson.
The inauguration ceremony is open to the public. No pre-registration is required. The ceremony will be held in Swedish.
Stora salen, AF-borgen, 23 October at 16:00.
Read this year's inauguration booklet, featuring presentations of the professors (PDF, 3.5 MB)
Congratulations to LTH's eleven new professors!
Christian Antfolk, Biomedical Engineering
Per Augustsson, Biomedical Engineering
Johan Bergström, Risk and Safety
Magnus Cinthio, Biomedical Engineering
Henrik Hassel, Risk Management and Societal Safety
Elna Heimdal Nilsson, Aeronautical Sciences
Daniel Hellström, Packaging Logistics
Ylva Hofvander Trulsson, Didactics of the Arts
Andreas Håkansson, Food Technology
Frida Sandberg, Biomedical Engineering with a focus on Digital and Data-Driven Health
Max Åhman, Environmental and Energy Systems