!!Bengt Karl Gustaf Hultqvist - Curriculum vitae
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Born on August 21, 1927 in Hemmesjö, County of Kronoberg, Sweden. Married.
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__Academic degrees:__
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*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.
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__Positions held:__
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*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.
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__Commissions:__
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__as Chairman of__
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*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
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__as member of committees/boards__
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*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
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__as Editor of__
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*Journal of Geophysical Research, Space Physics 1992*96
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__as member of Editorial Boards of__
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*Planetary and Space Science
*Space Science Reviews
*Space Science Instruments
*Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics
*Indian Journal of Radio and Space Science
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__Publications:__

*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
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__Member of Academies:__
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*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
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__Honours:__
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*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.