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