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Mikael Hannus is the new Executive Secretary for the Marcus Wallenberg Prize.
Mikael Hannus is the new Executive Secretary for the Marcus Wallenberg Prize.

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New Executive Secretary of the Marcus Wallenberg Foundation

Mikael Hannus has been appointed as the Executive Secretary of the Marcus Wallenberg Foundation. He is Vice President of Group Innovation, Research and Development at Stora Enso, Stockholm, Sweden.

The Board of Directors of the Marcus Wallenberg Foundation has appointed Mikael Hannus as the Executive Secretary, responsible for the Marcus Wallenberg Prize, based in Sweden.
​Professor Annika Nordin has been appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of the foundation. She is Professor in forest science at the Swedish University of Agricultural sciences, SLU.

- The recruitments of Mikael Hannus and Annika Nordin will help the Marcus Wallenberg Prize to continue to reward exceptional accomplishments in forest and biomaterial sciences and lead the way to a sustainable and circular bioeconomy, says Chairman Marcus Wallenberg.

Mikael Hannus succeeds Professor Kaj Rosén who retires after seven years as the Executive Secretary.

- Kaj Rosén has developed a structure to assure the highest possible scientific quality of the nominations to the Marcus Wallenberg Prize and paved the way for a more international process for selecting prize winners. He also developed a young researchers’ program as a meeting place, where junior scientists can find new insights and contacts, says Marcus Wallenberg.

Encouraging research in forestry
The Marcus Wallenberg Prize is an annual international award of SEK 2 million. It is presented by HM the King of Sweden at a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden.
​The purpose of the Marcus Wallenberg Prize is to recognize, encourage and stimulate scientific achievements contributing to a broadening knowledge and technical development of importance to forestry and forest industries.

Further information
For further information please contact Mikael Hannus, phone +46 70 377 57 02, Annika Nordin +46 76 764 5918 and Kaj Rosén +46 70 669 70 88.

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Mikael Hannus utsedd till ny vetenskaplig sekreterare för Marcus Wallenbergpriset.

Ny vetenskaplig sekreterare i Marcus Wallenbergstiftelsen

Styrelsen för Marcus Wallenbergstiftelsen har utnämnt Mikael Hannus till vetenskaplig sekreterare med ansvar för Marcus Wallenbergpriset. Samtidigt har professor Annika Nordin utsetts till ledamot i stiftelsens styrelse. Hon är professor i skoglig ekofysiologi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, SLU i Umeå.

Mikael Hannus hopes to extend awareness of the Marcus Wallenberg Prize beyond the activities associated with the award ceremony.

Wants to make the prize more widely known

Mikael Hannus wants to spread the events over the whole year and identify new target groups in both society and academia. He has great respect for the traditions that have been established since the first Marcus Wallenberg Prize was awarded in 1981, but is at the same time open to changes that are able to unite science and the forest industry in completely new contexts.

Mikael Hannus hoppas att kännedomen om Marcus Wallenbergpriset ska omfatta mer än aktiviteterna i samband med prisceremonin.

Vill göra priset känt i vidare kretsar

Mikael Hannus vill sprida evenemangen över hela året och hitta nya målgrupper i både samhälle och akademi. Han hyser stor respekt för de traditioner som har skapats sedan det första Marcus Wallenbergpriset delades ut 1981, men är samtidigt öppen för förändringar som kan förena vetenskap och skogsindustri i helt nya sammanhang.

The object of the Foundation is to encourage scientific research by awarding an international prize called The Marcus Wallenberg Prize.

The purpose of the Prize is to recognize, encourage and stimulate pathbreaking scientific achievements which contribute significantly to broadening knowledge and to technical development within the fields of importance to forestry and forest industries.

The Marcus Wallenberg Prize – MWP

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