Honorary doctors

2011

No honorary doctors

2010

Kerala Johnson Snyder, professor emerita at Rochester University, USA

Alexei Shulgin, musician, contemporary artist

2009

Kjell Ingebretsen
Conductor
Nominated by the Acadenty of Music and Drama

2008

Agnes Varda
Film maker
Nominated by the School of Film Directing
 

Jonathan Ive
Apple Senior Vice President of Industrial Design
Nominated by the School of Design and Crafts

2007

Madeleine Olsson Eriksson
President of the Board, Sten A. Olsson’s Foundation for Research and Culture. Nominated by the Faculty.

Joseph Backstein
Director and Curator at the Institute for Contemporary Art, Moscow
Nominated by The Valand School of Fine Arts.

2006

Barbro Osher
Consul-General, San Francisco. Nominated by the Faculty.

Tomas Söderberg
President of the Torsten Söderberg’s Foundation. Nominated by the School of Design and Crafts.

2005

Monika Tunbäck-Hanson
Culture Journalist, Film Critic. Nominated by the School of Film Directing.

Ingmar Lemhagen
Teacher. Nominated by the Department of Literary Composition, Poetry and Prose.

2004

David Hargreaves
Professor. Nominated by the School of Music (now called the Academy of Music and Drama).

Rut Jacobsson
Soprano. Nominated by the Opera School (now called the Academy of Music and Drama).

2003

Eldrid Lunden
Authoress. Nominated by the Department of Literary Composition, Poetry and Prose.

Sandra Ikse
Artist/Painter. Nominated by the Valand School of Fine Arts.

Eva Bergman
Film Director. Nominated by the School of Film Directing.

2000

Gert Malmgren
Dancer, Drama Pedagogue. Nominated by the School of Film Directing.

Roy Andersson
Film Director, Author. Nominated by the School of Film Directing.

1999

Herbert Blomstedt
Professor, Chief Conductor, Leipzig. Nominated by the Academy of Music and Drama.

Robert Frank
Photographer. Nominated by the School of Photography.

1991

Neemi Järvi
Chief Conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Nominated by the Academy of Music and Drama.

1989

Astrid Sampe
Designer. Nominated by the School of Design and Crafts.

Guido Vecchi
Cellist. Nominated by the Academy of Music and Drama.