The Pedagogical Prize
The prize is awarded annually to individual teachers, teacher teams or administrative personnel who have undertaken significant educational initiatives related to pedagogical development or renewal work within Karolinska Institutet’s programmes at first cycle, second cycle or postgraduate levels.
The prize winner is selected by the Committee for Higher Education based on proposals from a special prize committee, which also includes a representative from the Committee for Doctoral Education. When selecting the prize winner, the prize committee looks specifically at the following factors:
- Educational innovation (innovations, development and improvement work)
- Educational impact (local, national, international)
- Educational leadership
Candidates for the prize can be nominated by teachers, students, doctoral students, and other staff working at KI. From 2013, KI’s educational prize also includes educational efforts in postgraduate education. The prize committee therefore also welcomes nominations regarding efforts within KI’s postgraduate education.
The prize can be shared among up to 3 winners. A member of the prize committee cannot be awarded the prize.
Those who are employed at KI are entitled to be nominated.
The prize is awarded at KI’s Installation Ceremony held in Aula Medica in October each year. The total prize money is SEK 175,000, which is transferred to the institution(s) where the winner(s) work.
Prize winner 2025
The committee for higher education has decided to award Anders Sondén and Anna Pettersson KI's Pedagogical Prize in 2025.
The prize is awarded during the inauguration ceremony in Aula Medica in October.
Previous prize winners
2024 - Riitta Möller
2023 - Lena Engqvist Boman and Terese Stenfors
2022 - Björn Meister
2021 - Lars-Arne Haldosen
2020 – Eva Broberger
2019 – Anna Kiessling
2018 – Lena Nilsson-Wikmar
2017 – Ewa Ehrenborg
2016 – Dulceaydee Norlander Gigliotti
2015 – Rune Brautaset
2014 – Robert Harris and Lars Henningsohn
2013 – Gunnar Nilsson
2012 – Hans Gyllenhammar and Annika Östman Wernerson
2011 – Margaretha Forsberg Larm
2010 – Anna Josephson
2009 – Matti Nikkola
2008 – Annelie Brauner and Thomas Cronholm
2007 – Kent Fridell och Johan Wikner
2006 – Aino Fianu Jonasson och Lene Martin
2005 – Jörgen Nordenström
2004 – Åsa Nilsonne and Göran Sandberg
2003 – Sari Ponzer
2002 – Gunilla Johnson and Hans Rosling
2001 – Anders Bergendorff, Eva Mattsson och Li Tsai
2000 – Magnus Ingelman-Sundberg, Annika Sääf-Rothoff and lärargruppen bakom CAL
1999 – Helena Bergström, Ester Mogensen and Jan Ygge
1998 - Ingrid Lindquist och Karin Röding and Carl Johan Sundberg