Nils Klim Prize laureate 2010 Professor Johan Östling from Lund University. Photo: Ola Torkelsson

Citation from the Nils Klim Prize Academic Committee:

Johan Östling, born 1978, is a postdoctorate researcher at the Department of History at Lund University. His research interests include Swedish, German and European modern history. His doctoral thesis "Nazismens sensmoral. Svenska erfarenheter i andra världskrigets efterdyning", defended in Lund 2008, presents a solidly grounded, innovative analysis of how the Nazi régime and the atrocities committed in the name of Germany influenced the Swedish public in the early post-war years. The "Nazi experience" caused an intellectual earthquake in Sweden and lead to a profound intellectual reorientation, away from German culture and towards the Anglo-Saxon world.

The Ludvig Holberg Memorial Fund awards the Nils Klim prize to a younger Nordic researcher in theacademic fields of the arts and humanities, social sciences, law and theology. The prizewinner must be under 35 years of age on the final date for nominations.
 

The Nils Klim Prize is awarded to researchers who have made an outstanding contribution, either within one of the relevant fields alone or of an interdisciplinary nature. Particular importance shall be attached to the researcher’s independence and innovative ability.

Nils Klim Prize 2009: David Bloch

Minister of Education Kristin Halvorsen awards David Bloch the Nils Klim Prize 2009. Photo: Marit Hommedal/Holberg Prize

David Bloch, scholar at University of Copenhagen, has been awarded the Nils Klim Prize for Nordic researchers below 35 years old in the fields of social sciences, humanities, law and theology. The prize is worth 31.000 Euro/NOK 250,000. Minister of Education Kristin Halvorsen presented the Nils Klim Prize 2009.

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