Bengt Karl Gustaf Hultqvist - Curriculum vitae#

• bachelor (fil.kand.) and master (fil.mag.) of science at the University of Stockholm in 1951
• Ph.D. (fil.lic.) at the same university in 1954
• Dr. Sci. (fil.dr.) and Docent in physics at the same university in 1956
• Dr. Technology Honoris Causa at the Technical university of Luleå in 1993.

• teaching assistent in mathematics at the Royal Institute of Technology, 1950-51
• staff member of the Institute of Radiophysics Stockholm 1951-56
• director of Kiruna Geophysical Observatory of the Royal Swedish Academy of Science 1956-73
• director of Kiruna Geophysical Institute (governmental research institute) 1973-87
• director Swedish Institute of Space Physics 1987-1994
• professor in geocosmophysics at the University of Umeå 1967-1973
• professor in geocosmophysics at Kiruna Geophysical Institute 1973-87
• professor in space physics at Swedish Institute of space physics 1987-94 (emeritus 1994)
• director of the International Space Science Institute in Bern, Switzerland 1995 – 1999
• secretary general of the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA) 2001-2009.

• the Subgroup for Scientific Projects of the Scientific and Technical Working Group, Preparatory Commission for European Space Research (COPERS) 1962
• the Scientific Working Group on the Ionosphere and Aurora of COPERS 1962-64
• the ESRO Working Group on the Ionosphere and Aurora 1964-67
• Swedish Space Research Committee of the national research councils 1970-72
• Science Committee of the Swedish Board for Space Activities/Swedish National Space Board 1972 – 94
• Joint IAGA-URSI Working Group on the Auroral Oval and its Extension into Space, 1974-78
• Board of Keltronics AB 1982-86
• the ESRANGE Committee of the Swedish National Space Board 1972 – 1999
• Commission G (Ionosphere and Radio Propagation) of URSI for 4 years in the 70ies
• Swedish National Committee for Geodesy and Geophysics, 1980–92
• Section GH (ionosphere, radio propagation and plasma waves) of Swedish National Committee for Radio Science, early seventies to 1994
• Council of EISCAT Scientific Association, 1987-88
• Swedish EISCAT Committee 1976-94
• Space Science Committee of the International Academy of Astronautics 1989-94
• Nordic Society for Space Research 1989-91
• (President of) Scientific Committee of Solar-Terrestrial Physics of ICSU 1990-94
• Academy of Botnia 1993-94
• Board of Environmental Data Centre in Kiuna 1995-99
• Space Science Advisory Committee of the European Space Agency 1998-2000
• Price Committee for the Bartels Medal of the European Geoscience Union 2004-2008
• and others

• the Launching Programmes Advisory Committee of ESRO 1968-72
• Swedish Board for Space Activities 1972-78
• Board of the Swedish Space Corporation 1972-93
• The ESRO Council 1964-72
• The ESRO Scientific and Technical Committee 1964-72
• Science Programme Committee (SPC) of ESA 1972-1998
• Board of the Danish Space Research Institute 1978-86
• Council of EISCAT 1976-94
• Swedish National Space Board 1993-94
• Board of Swedish Space Corporation 1994-97
• (vice chairman) of the Board of the Technical University of Luleå 1994-97
• Science Advisory Committee of the International Space Science Institute in Bern 2001-2004
• Price Committee for the Alfvén Medal of the European Geoscience Union 2003-
• and others

• Journal of Geophysical Research, Space Physics 1992*96

• Planetary and Space Science
• Space Science Reviews
• Space Science Instruments
• Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics
• Indian Journal of Radio and Space Science

• About 190 articles in scientific journals, conference proceedings and books
• ‘Introduktion till geokosmofysiken’, Stockholm 1967 (in Swedish)
• ‘Rymden Vetenskapen och jag, en memoarbok om svensk rymdforskning under efterkrigstiden’, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm 1997 (in Swedish)
• ‘Space, Science and me’, translation into English of previous title, ESA SP-1269, European Space Agency 2003
• ‘Kunskapens väg från grundforskning till samhällsutveckling’, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, 2003 (in Swedish)
• Many conference proceedings (as editor)
• Monograph on ‘Magnetospheric Plasma Sources and Losses’, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999 (as organizer, main editor and one of the authors)
• The Solar System and Beyond, Ten Years of ISSI (Johannes Geiss and Bengt Hultqvist, Eds.), ISSI Scientific Report SR-003, 2005

• The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
• The Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
• Academy of Finland
• The Norwegian Academy of Sciences
• Royal Astronomical Society
• International Academy of Astronautics
• Academy of Botnia
• Academiae Europaeae
• The Royal Skyttean Society

• Knight of the Northern Star, 1965
• Author prize of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in1968
• Wallmark´s research prize of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1972
• The Gold Medal of the town of Kiruna, 1984
• Tsialkovsky Medal for Space Research, 1987
• “Norrlandsbjörnen” from Norrlandsförbundet, 1988
• The Grand Gold Medal of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences,1988
• COSPAR Prize for International Cooperation, 1990
• Fellow of American Geophysical Union, 1990
• King´s Medal 8th size, 1991
• Doctor Honoris Causa at Technical University of Luleå, 1993
• Thulin Medal in gold from Swedish Society for Aero*SpaceTechnology, 1994
• Honorary Member of EISCAT 1994
• Honorary Member of the Swedish URSI Committee 1994
• Berzelius Medal in gold from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 1994
• Julius Bartels Medal from the European Geophys.Soc.1996
• A ‘Bengt Hultqvist Price’ to be given each year to a student, established in 1997 by the Swedish Institute of Space Physics
• Hannes Alfvén Medal from the European Geophysical Society, 2002
• Astronomical observatory in Kiruna named ‘the Bengt Hultqvist Observatory’, 2003
• Rossby Prize 2004 of the Swedish Geophysical Society
• Honorary Citizen of the town of Kiruna in 2007.