Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist Appointed Interim Director of the Centre for Medieval Studies
Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist, Professor of History, especially Historical Geography, at Stockholm University, has been appointed Interim Director of the Centre for Medieval Studies for the period from 1 October to 31 December 2026 by the university’s President. Ljungqvist serves as Research Coordinator at the Department of History and is a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for the Bolin Centre for Climate Research and is one of the leaders for the Bolin Centre’s research theme “Past climates.” He is also Associate Professor (docent) of Physical Geography at the university.
Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist. Foto: SU.
Ljungqvist’s research and teaching focus mostly on climate and environmental history from prehistory to the present. His research is characterised by interdisciplinary approaches, the use of statistical methods, and source pluralism to address various historical research problems. He received his PhD for a dissertation in medieval history in 2014 and served as Secretary for the Centre for Medieval Studies for the centre’s first ten years. At present, Ljungqvist leads research projects on topics such as climate change and extreme weather in historical times, the relationship between climate variations and early modern grain harvests, and the geographical pattern and increasing integration of the early modern grain market in Europe. He also conducts interdisciplinary research on the causes and effects of the Late Medieval Crisis.
Ljungqvist has authored or co-authored nearly 140 scientific articles in English and written two scholarly books. In addition, he is actively engaged in communicating the latest research to a broad audience in Swedish as the author of six popular science books, through media appearances, and through essays in media outlets such as Svenska Dagbladet. From 2019 to 2024, he was affiliated with the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, and he has also held visiting research positions at several universities, including Cambridge, Bern, and Freiburg. In 2022, he was awarded the Rettig Prize for his research by the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, and in 2016, he was awarded the Clio Prize for his popular science writing.
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Last updated: 2026-10-09
Source: Historiska institutionen