Jayne Svenungsson

Jayne Christine Svenungsson (born 9 December 1973) is a Swedish theologian and writer.[1]

Svenungsson received her PhD on the dissertation Guds återkomst: En studie av gudsbegreppet inom postmodern filosofi (The return of God: a study of the notion of God within postmodern philosophy) in 2004. Since 2015 she has been professor of systematic theology at Lund University.[1]

She received the Karin Gierow prize, awarded by the Swedish Academy for important contributions to popular education, in 2015.[2]

In September 2017, Svenungsson was elected to the Swedish Academy. She was installed on 20 December 2017, succeeding Torgny Lindgren on seat 9.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Jayne Svenungsson". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Karin Gierows pris" (Press release) (in Swedish). Swedish Academy. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  3. ↑ Aretakis, Leonidas (29 September 2017). "Jayne Svenungsson blir ny ledamot i Svenska Akademien". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 November 2017.
Cultural offices
Preceded by
Torgny Lindgren		 Swedish Academy,
Seat No 9
2017–		 Succeeded by
incumbent
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