The Vice-Chancellor and Lund University have a message for you, as alumni, during the coronavirus pandemic. You are important to us and we want you to know that! See the full video message here.
The Alumni Office would also like to take this opportunity to wish you a wonderful Midsummer!
When the artist Janelle Monáe included an ensemble dressed in Swedish Midsummer clothes during the opening act at the Oscars, the film Midsommar became a real hot topic around the world. Lundensaren chatted with the alumnus behind the Swedish American Hollywood blockbuster, just in time for Swedish Midsummer celebrations. Meet Martin Karlqvist! Read more
Photo: Craig Sjodin via Getty Images. Janelle Monae at The 92nd Annual Academy Awards
The COVID Symptom Study (where the Swedish public is asked to register possible symptoms in an app) has published 18 maps of Sweden with an estimated presence of symptomatic Covid-19 per county. Recently the research group has presented detailed maps for Skåne, Västra Götaland and Stockholm. Read more (in Swedish)
When Lundensaren calls, alumnus Lucas Johansson, the Regional Manager for the Ambulance Service Samariten, is sitting inside an ambulance, parked at a rest stop along the road, with a cup of coffee and a cinnamon roll. He is taking a well-deserved break to talk to us and we ask him what some of the biggest challenges are for the ambulance service in the region right now... Read more
Lunds universitet (Swedish) on Instagram – 26 April 2020 Translation: It is time to say thank you to everyone who followed us this week and thanks for all the questions! In honour of the F5 Swedish Air Force Flying School, which was located on this site between 1926 and 1998, we stand here in front of a decommissioned SK60 in military aircraft livery. Please follow us on @trafikflyghogskolan. All the events of this week have been saved in the @lundsuniversitet profile under “TFHS” #lundastudent #lundsuniversitet #TFHS
Normally you would find a deep dive into an interesting story of yesteryear here. Unfortunately, due to the effects of the coronavirus, there was not enough time to translate the story for this issue. However, as soon as it is ready, we will publish it on our blog and share it with you on our Facebook page. In the meantime, please have a look on our blog where you will find the scandalous love story of "When Alfons met Polly."