The Royal Society of Sciences’ Bergstedt Prize awarded to Christian Glaser
Christian Glaser. Photo: Camilla Thulin.
At a ceremony September 9th 2026 the Royal Society of Sciences is presenting the Bergstedt Prize, including a cash award of SEK 25 000, to:
Christian Glaser, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Uppsala University, and Professor at TU Dortmund, for innovative, internationally recognized, cutting-edge contributions to the radio detection of ultra-high-energy neutrinos
The Bergstedt Prize originates from a bequest made in 1827 by State Secretary Erik Bergstedt.
The Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala was founded in 1710 and is Sweden’s oldest scientific academy. It remains an active and dedicated academy that, among other things, supports top-tier Swedish research by awarding prizes and honors to deserving scholars.