A row of researchers looking through their microscopes.

The history of Karolinska Institutet

The history of Karolinska Institutet is very much the history of Swedish medicine. Karolinska Institutet (KI) was the first seat of learning to focus exclusively on medicine, and is today Sweden's only purely medical university.

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The seal's symbolism
KI through the centuries
Important discoveries at KI

KI and Medicine in Stockholm: the Beginning

Medicine in Stockholm before KI

Karolinska Institutet in the Nineteenth Century

The Twentieth Century at KI

From Wild West to Patient Integrity