Anders Björner

{{Short description|Swedish mathematician (born 1947)}}

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Anders Björner (born 17 December 1947){{Cite web |url=http://www.math.kth.se/bjorner60/ |title="Festive Combinatorics in Honor of Anders Björner's 60th Birthday" |access-date=2009-10-19 |archive-date=2010-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100207225848/http://www.math.kth.se/bjorner60/ |url-status=dead }} is a Swedish professor of mathematics, in the Department of Mathematics at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. He received his Ph.D. from Stockholm University in 1979, under Bernt Lindström. His research interests are in combinatorics, as well as the related areas of algebra, geometry, topology, and computer science.[http://www.math.kth.se/~bjorner/ Anders Björner's profile] at the KTH website

His other positions included being director of the Mittag-Leffler Institute[http://www.mittag-leffler.se/organization/staff.php Staff] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404110621/http://www.mittag-leffler.se/organization/staff.php |date=April 4, 2009 }} of the Mittag-Leffler Institute (retrieved 19 October 2009) and editor-in-chief of Acta Mathematica.[https://www.springer.com/math/journal/11511 Acta Mathematica profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091115121548/http://www.springer.com/math/journal/11511 |date=2009-11-15 }} at the Springer Verlag website (retrieved 19 October 2009)

Björner is a recognized expert in algebraic and topological combinatorics.[http://www.sciencestorm.com/award/0434402.html Abstract of the CBMS Regional Conference in the Mathematical Sciences - Algebraic and Topological Combinatorics of Ordered Sets - 18 - 22 July 2005] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716015307/http://www.sciencestorm.com/award/0434402.html |date=July 16, 2011 }} He is a 1983 recipient of the Pólya Prize, and is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences since 1999.