The Björn Dahlberg Fund

The Björn Dahlberg Fund at the Department of Mathematics, Chalmers University of Technology and Göteborg University, aims at encouraging activity within the fields where Björn Dahlberg worked so successfully - from pure mathematics to applications, emphasising excellence. The fund is intended for long or short visits by internationally leading mathematicians who can convey inspiration and new ideas, for financial support to graduate students and for contacts with the applications of mathematics in society.

Björn Dahlberg was a professor at the Department of Mathematics, Chalmers University of Technology and Göteborg University. At his untimely death in 1998, he was 48 years old. Professor Dahlberg was an internationally recognised mathematician and leading in his field. The aim of the Björn Dahlberg Fund is not only to honour him as an exceptional mathematician and individual; it is also a way to hold his intellectual heritage in trust. Another goal is to overcome the distance between pure science and relevant applications, for the benefit of both.

By supporting fundamental and applied research of high quality, the fund contributes to the strengthening of Sweden as a nation of research and industry. The fund will focus on individuals and support young, promising mathematicians rather than institutions. Björn Dahlberg was through his personality and competence an individual who energetically took up new challenges and crossed boundaries. The fund wants to create opportunities for people who, like Björn, are able to break new ground. A first step has already been taken: a conference in Göteborg in June 2001 with over 100 participants was dedicated to the memory of Björn Dahlberg. Professor Lennart Carleson, from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm gave an opening address entitled "Björn Dahlberg and his mathematics".