Gunnar Broberg is since 1990 Professor

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 in History of Science and Ideas

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 at Lund University

Lund University

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, Sweden

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. Among other writings, Prof. Broberg has written about the compulsory sterilization

Compulsory sterilization

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 activities in Sweden and about the scientist Carl Linnaeus. In 2005 he was elected Chair of the Royal Humanistic Scientific Society in Lund

Lund

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 (Kungliga Humanistiska Vetenskapssamfundet i Lund). He was the editor of the book Gyllene äpplen (Golden apples), which won the August Prize

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 (Augustpriset) in 1992.

English bibliography

• Eugenics and the Welfare State: Sterilization Policy in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland, Michigan State University Press
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  : 1996 (with Nils Roll-Hansen
  Nils Roll-Hansen
  Nils Roll-Hansen is a historian and philosopher of 19th and 20th century biology at University of Oslo. He is the author of four books and many academic articles. His book "The Lysenko Effect" was praised in Nature. He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.-Books:*The Lysenko...
  
  ).

Swedish bibliography

• Järven, filfrassen, frossaren, 1971.
• Homo sapiens L, 1975.
• Brunögd, lätt, hastig, gjorde allting promt, 1978.
• Linnéminnen i Uppsala, 1982.
• Bilden av naturen, 1983.
• Nordström och hans skola, 1983.
• Oönskade i folkhemmet, 1991 (with Mattias Tydén).
• Gyllene äpplen, 1992.
• Statlig rasforskning, 1995.
• När svensk historia blev en världsnyhet, 1999 (with Mattias Tydén).
• Kattens historia, 2004.
• Tsunamin i Lissabon',' 2005.
• Carl von Linné, 2006.