User:Bonadea/List of vice-chancellors of Uppsala University

The Vice-chancellor of Uppsala University is the head of the university. The Vice-chancellor's title is rektor; in formal contexts the traditional title Rector Magnificus / Magnifica is used, for male and female rektors respectively. A rektor has to be a full professor in order to be eligible for the position. The rektor is appointed by the Government of Sweden, based on the recommendation of the university board.

When Uppsala University was founded in 1477, there was no charter stipulating how the head was to be selected, or how long the terms of office were to be. The first charter was drawn up in 1626, and for the first 250 years, the position of Rector Magnificus (sometimes called Rector Illustris rotated among the university's professors. Every professor was eligible to be appointed to serve as head of the university for one academic semester, increased to one academic year from 1840.

In 1876, a new university charter stipulated that the Rector Magnificus should be elected rather than appointed directly. Many of the professors were neither interested nor particularly capable of the administrative work the vice-chancellor had to deal with, and so the rotating system, where a professor was required to serve as rektor when it was his turn to do so, had become impractical.

Elected vice-chancellors

 * 1877–1889: Carl Yngve Sahlin, Professor of practical philosophy
 * 1889–1893: Per Hedenius, Professor of pathology
 * 1893–1899: Thore M. Fries, Professor of botany
 * 1899–1900: Oscar Alin, Professor Skytteanus of Government and Eloquence
 * 1901–1905: Olof Hammarsten, Professor of medicinal biochemistry
 * 1905–1918: Henrik Schück, Professor of literature
 * 1918–1928: Ludvig Stavenow, Professor of history
 * 1928–1932: Östen Undén, Professor of civil law
 * 1932–1933: Otto Lagercrantz, Professor of Greek philology
 * 1933–1943: Thore Engströmer, Professor of procedural law
 * 1943–1947: Nils von Hofsten, Professor of zoology
 * 1947–1952: Fredrik Berg, Professor of ophthalmology
 * 1952–1955: Åke Holmbäck, Professor of law
 * 1955–1978: Torgny T:son Segerstedt, Professor of sociology
 * 1978–1989: Martin H:son Holmdahl, Professor of anaesthesiology
 * 1989–1997: Stig Strömholm, Professor of civil law
 * 1997–2006: Bo Sundqvist, Professor of ion physics
 * 2006–2011: Anders Hallberg, Professor of medicinal chemistry
 * 2012–2020: Eva Åkesson, Professor of chemical physics
 * 2021-: Anders Hagfeldt, Professor of physical chemistry