Svante Lindqvist | |
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_01.jpg) Lindqvist in 2017 | |
| Marshal of the Realm of Sweden | |
| In office 1 January 2010 – 30 August 2018 | |
| Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
| Preceded by | Ingemar Eliasson |
| Succeeded by | Fredrik Wersäll |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lars Svante Albert Lindqvist (1948-04-26)26 April 1948 (age 77) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Spouse | Catharina Lindqvist |
| Alma mater | Royal Institute of Technology |
Lars Svante Albert Lindqvist (born 26 April 1948) is aSwedishhistorian who was theMarshal of the Realm of Sweden and chief of theRoyal Court of Sweden from 1 January 2010 until 30 August 2018.[1][2] Since 1 September 2018 he is appointed Chancellor of the Royal Orders of Knighthood, the chancery overseeing theOrders, decorations, and medals of Sweden.[3]
Lindqvist is the son ofarchitect Åke E. Lindqvist and Barbro Åström. He holds anMSE inengineering physics from theRoyal Institute of Technology since 1977. After contact withTorsten Althin, he had written a thesis with focus on historical technology.[4] He holds aPh.D. in science and ideas history fromUppsala University since 1984.[5] Hisdoctoral dissertation was about the introduction of thesteam engine in Sweden in the early 18th century.
Lindqvist later became a professor of art history at the Royal Institute of Technology, but left in 1998 to become head of theNobel Museum, which was inaugurated in 2001.
Lindqvist is a member of theRoyal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences since 1992, theRoyal Swedish Academy of Sciences (KVA) since 1994, theRoyal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities since 2002, and theAmerican Philosophical Society since 2013.[6]
On 1 July 2009 he was appointed the KVA'spraeses, for a three-year term.[7] He was succeeded byBarbara Cannon on 1 July 2012.[8]
H. M. The King's Medal of the 12th size in theOrder of the Seraphim ribbon (Kong: sGM12mserafb) "for significant contributions in the museum sector and in the subject of technology history," on 28 January 2010.
Member 1st Class ofOrder of the Cross of Terra Mariana (EPTMk1kl) in connection with the Estonian state visit on 18 January 2011.
Italy Knight Grand Cross of theOrder of Merit of the Italian Republic (14 January 2019)[9]
| Court offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Marshal of the Realm of Sweden 2010–2018 | Succeeded by |
| Order of precedence | ||
| Preceded byas former Marshal of the Realm | Swedish order of precedence as former Marshal of the Realm | Succeeded byas Deputy Prime Minister |
