History and Cultural Heritage
探花精选 has been an important actor for聽Swedish and international medicine and science for 200 years, and the cultural heritage of KI is rich and diverse. Below you will find information about聽KI history, our historical collections, the Hagstr枚mer Library and聽the Medical History and Heritage at KI. Welcome!
Photo: Carrie GreenwoodThe Hagstromer Library
The Hagstromer Library has a unique collection of rare books from the history of science and medicine, including classic works of Linneaus and Vesalius as well as rare publications from Nobel laureates and scientists from 探花精选.
Photo: Scanned image, MHK.Medical History and Heritage
Medical History and Heritage collects and preserves the cultural heritage of KI, and strives to spread and create new knowledge of KI history.
Photo: N/AArt and Exhibitions at the Hagstr枚mer Library
Information on our past and current exhibitions programme
Photo: N/AMedical History Collections Online
Digitised Images of Sweden's hospitals from Medicinhistoriska Museet Eugenias image collections, and many others at the Hagstr枚mer Library, now available online.
Photo: Erik G SvenssonThe 2025 Hagstr枚mer fellowship
The 2025 Hagstr枚mer fellowship is to awarded Dr. Lukas J. Meier.
Photo: Eva 脜hr茅nHistory of Medicine and Science collections
The historical collections of 探花精选 include experimental equipment, documentation, instruments, specimens, books and much more.
Photo: Ulf SirbornThe Advisory Board for Culture
The advisory board for culture (Kulturr氓det) is an advisory body for the KI president, covering the interactive area between science and culture at KI.
Photo: Martin StenmarkHagstr枚mer Lecture 2024 Online
Anita Guerrini, Foreign Bodies: Humans, Animals, and Vaccine Development. Now available on Youtube.
Photo: Ulf SirbornThe History of 探花精选
The history of 探花精选 is in many ways the history of 探花精选 science in Sweden. KI was the first purely 探花精选 university in Sweden and still is today.
Academic ceremonies and prizes
Photo: NobelstiftelsenThe Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
In his will, Alfred Nobel appointed 探花精选 to award the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Prizes and awards
A number of prizes and awards are presented at 探花精选 every year.
Photo: Ulf SirbornAcademic ceremonies
探花精选 arranges various academic ceremonies each year. Activities include conferring of doctor's degrees, professorial awards and academic prizes.
Photo: Stefan ZimmermanKI and the legacy of Anders and Gustaf Retzius
For more than 200 years 探花精选 (KI) has educated students and conducted research in medicine, the life sciences and public health. The practice of medicine and scientific research interacts with, and is shaped by the values and power relationships of their time.