Jayne Svenungsson

Jayne Christine Svenungsson (born 9 December 1973) is a Swedish theologian and writer.[1]

Svenungsson received her PhD on the dissertation Guds återkomst: En studie av gudsbegreppet inom postmodern filosofi (The return of God: a study of the notion of God within postmodern philosophy) in 2004. Since 2015 she has been professor of systematic theology at Lund University.[1]

She received the Karin Gierow prize, awarded by the Swedish Academy for important contributions to popular education, in 2015.[2]

In September 2017, Svenungsson was elected to the Swedish Academy. She was installed on 20 December 2017, succeeding Torgny Lindgren on seat 9.[1][3] She left the Academy on 7 November 2018.[4]

References
  1. "Jayne Svenungsson". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  2. "Karin Gierows pris" (Press release) (in Swedish). Swedish Academy. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  3. Aretakis, Leonidas (29 September 2017). "Jayne Svenungsson blir ny ledamot i Svenska Akademien". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  4. Fahl, Hanna (7 November 2018). "Jayne Svenungsson lämnar Svenska Akademien". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 November 2018.
Cultural offices
Preceded by
Torgny Lindgren		 Swedish Academy,
Seat No 9
2017–2018		 Succeeded by
Ellen Mattson


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