Karin Sennefelt is to receive this year’s Disapris and will give a lecture entitled "Livet på 1600-talet".

Date
12 September 2026, 15:00–16:30
Location
Carolina Rediviva, Tidskriftläsesalen
Type
Lecture
Organiser
Communications Division
Contact person
Sarah H Schütz

Vice-Chancellor Professor Anders Hagfeldt will present the 2026 Disapris to Karin Sennefelt. Immediately following the award ceremony, Karin Sennefelt will give a lecture entitled "Livet på 1600-talet".

Karin Sennefelt is a professor of history at Stockholm University, as well as an author and a PhD graduate from Uppsala University in 2001. Karin Sennefelt is being awarded the prize for her book "Livet på 1600-talet" in which she paints a picture of people’s lives in Sweden 400 years ago.

More about the Disapri Award and previous winners.

The event will be held in Swedish.