Uppsala University’s Music professor receives a royal medal

Mattias Lundberg is known from several radio series in Sweden’s radio’s P2, most recently “Fråga musikprofessorn”. Now he is awarded a royal medal.

– I am happy that musicology and the humanities are being noticed in these contexts, he says.

Mattias Lundberg receives His Majesty the King’s medal in the 8th size in the band of the Order of Seraphim “for outstanding public education efforts as a musicologist”. His special area of ​​musicology is liturgical music from the Reformation period. In addition to research and teaching, he spends a lot of time reaching out with his research, the so-called “third task”.

It started in 2015 with the program series “Swedish music history” produced by Sweden’s radio. It has since continued with the program series “Question the music professor” on Sweden’s Radio P2.

– Working with Sweden’s radio is almost the same job as teaching, but for the public. I usually get about the same questions from students as I get in the program, says Mattias Lundberg.

Became part of the service
Mattias Lundberg is a professor at the Department of Musicology at Uppsala University. For him, working with the radio programs has become part of the service, alongside research and teaching. It might not have been possible in other subject areas, he notes.

– Most people have a relationship with music. The Swedish people are exposed to music on a daily basis and then they have access to it.

Mattias Lundberg is looking forward to receiving the medal from King Carl Gustaf on June 13.

– It’s a lot of fun with the medal presentation. I am glad that musicology and the humanities are being recognized in these contexts.

At the same medal ceremony, Martin Kragh, associate professor at the Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Uppsala University, is also recognized. He receives a medal in the 8th size in high blue ribbon “for outstanding historical and security policy research”.