Academic Racism in Sweden in the First Half of XX Century: Herman Lundborg’ scientific biography key aspects
This article considers the issue of foundation and functioning of the first State Institute of racial biology in the history, which worked in Sweden in the 1920s-1950s. The article traces the emergence of racial biology as a direction of scientific research in the late XIX - early XX century. The particular attention is paid to the ideological attitudes which made the basis of the Institute, as well as the practical results of its activities. Also the paper deals with the main reasons for the Institute’s transformation in the mid-1930s as well as its evolution into a research institution in the 1940s. These issues are studied together with Herman Lundborg’s scientific biography. This Swedish physician, biologist and teacher not only inspired the State Institute for racial biology’s creation but became its first head.