SOLEMN CELEBRATION for jubilee doctors

On May 5, it was time once again for the jubilee doctoral conferment ceremony, one of Gothenburg University's major celebrations. In the auditorium of the main building, 26 doctors who received their doctorate degrees 50 years ago were celebrated.

– For your commitment, your dedication and your many years of hard work, you are worthy of both appreciation and gratitude, Vice-Chancellor Eva Wiberg declared.

It was following the National Emblem march, performed by Göteborg Brasskvintett (Gothenburg Brass Quintet), that Vice-Chancellor Eva Wiberg held her speech.

– In your various fields, ranging from psychiatry, infectious medicine and pharmacology to lecturing in mathematics, technology and pedagogy, among other things, you have contributed to the tremendous progress society has made over half a century. Whether you were employed in the private or public sector, you have worked and taken responsibility for our shared future. It is to celebrate you that the University of Gothenburg has held this special jubilee doctoral conferment ceremony for a couple of years now.

Among the cheering doctors was medical doctor Anders Nordwall, initiator of the Nordic Region’s first department for spinal cord injuries.

– It was a delightful and beautiful ceremony. I look forward to continued celebrations and dinner at Medicinareberget.

The jubilee doctor Britta Olinder, former lecturer at the English department and still an active literature researcher, was also very pleased.

– It was a very nice ceremony, I really feel both happy and honoured.

On May 5, Jubilee doctors, who took their exams 50 years ago, were solemny celebrated at Vasaparken. Afterwords the doctors were invited to dinner at Wallberg Conference Center. This is a new ceremony that took place for the third time.