Stockholm university
Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism

The Department Board

The Department Board has an overall responsibility and is the highest decision-making body at the Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism. The Board deals with issues concerning syllabi, course literature, organization of teaching, admission of doctoral students, personnel issues, budget and requests from students.

The Department Board has been appointed 9 September 2024 – 31 December 2026.

 

Members of the Board

The Department Board consists of Head of Department and the Vice Head of Department, six Teacher Representatives, one Technical and Administrative Staff Representantive and three Student Representatives (one Doctoral student and two at Basic level).

Chairman and Vice Chairman

Chairman

  • Head of Department, Associate Professor Karolina Wirdenäs. (Please see Contact below.)

Vice Chairman

  • Deputy Vice Head of Department, Lecturer Vendela Blomström (Please see Contact below.)

Teacher representantives

Ordinary

  • Magnus Dahnberg
  • Elisabeth Geiger Poignant
  • Anna Karlsson
  • Catharina Nyström Höög
  • Susan Sayehli
  • Jeanna Wennerberg

Substitutes

  • José Alemán Bañón
  • Goran Maljan
  • Jonatan Pettersson
  • Malin Tesfazion

Administrative staff representantives

Ordinary

  • Lena Eriksson
  • Cathrine Ottosson

Substitute

  • Maria Åkesson

Student representantives

Ordinary

  • Student [name will follow]
  • PhD student Camilla Nilsson

Substitutes

  • Student [name will follow]
  • PhD student Giada Brighi
  • PhD student Annika Thorsager Høeg

Keeper of the minutes (not member of the board)

  • Felicia Sandberg

See Contact below.

 

Contact

Head of department
Karolina Wirdenäs

Senior lecturer

karolina.wirdenas@su.se
08-16 43 21

Karolina Wirdenäs

Karolina Wirdenäs. Photo: Pia Nordin
  • Visiting address

  • Building D, Södra huset

    Room D 674, floor 6

  • Universitetsvägen 10D

  • Department Board and Management

  • Chairman of the Department Board and the Management Team at the Department.

Vice Head of department
Catharina Nyström Höög

Professor

catharina.hoog@su.se

Catharina Nyström Höög

Catharina Nyström Höög. Photo: Pia Nordin
  • Visiting address

  • Building D, Södra huset

    Room D 534, floor 5

  • Universitetsvägen 10D

  • Department Board and Management

  • Vice Chairman of the Department Board and the Management Team at the Department.

Keeper of the minutes (not member), the Department Board
Felicia Sandberg
felicia.sandberg@su.se
08-16 43 09
Felicia Sandberg. Foto: Pia Nordin.
  • Visiting address

  • Room D609, floor 6

    Building D, Södra huset

  • Universitetsvägen 10 D

Last updated: October 2, 2025

Source: Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism (Svefler)

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