Astrid Söderbergh Widding

Astrid Naemi Söderbergh Widding (born 27 May 1963) is a Swedish film studies scholar. She is Professor of film studies and Rector (i.e. Vice-Chancellor) of Stockholm University since 2013. She is a board member of the Swedish Film Institute, a former President of the board of the Ingmar Bergman Foundation and a columnist in the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet. Widding earned her PhD in 1992 at Stockholm University with a dissertation on Andrei Tarkovsky. She was elected as a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 2014 and became a Knight of the French Legion of Honour in 2015.[1][2]

Professor

Astrid Söderbergh Widding
Born (1963-05-27) 27 May 1963
NationalitySweden
Academic background
Academic work
InstitutionsStockholm University

References
  1. Astrid Söderbergh Widding, Stockholm University
  2. Nya ledamöter invalda i akademien, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 3 February 2014
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