Bo Sundqvist

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Bo Sundqvist (born 21 September 1941) is a Swedish physicist and former rector magnificus of Uppsala University.

Sundqvist was educated at Uppsala University, where he received his PhD in Nuclear Physics. He was appointed professor of Ion physics in 1987, and elected rector magnificus in 1997, a position he held until his retirement on 30 June 2006.{{cite news |title=Anders Hallberg föreslås bli ny universitetsrektor |url=https://unt.se/nyheter/uppsala/anders-hallberg-foreslas-bli-ny-universitetsrektor-343059.aspx |access-date=20 December 2020 |work=Upsala Nya Tidning |date=15 November 2005}} He was president of the Association of Swedish Higher Education, a co-operative body for more than 40 institutions of higher education in Sweden, in 2005–2006.

He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and was the president of the academy from 1 July 2006 until 30 June 2009.{{cite press release | url=http://info.uu.se/notiser.nsf/pm/rektor.bo.idC8.html | title=Rektor Bo Sundqvist vald till preses vid KVA | publisher=Uppsala university | date=13 January 2006 | accessdate=20 December 2020 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060203183832/http://info.uu.se/notiser.nsf/pm/rektor.bo.idC8.html | archivedate=3 February 2006}} He is also a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala, and the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters.

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