The SJF is supported by its two principals:
Business Sweden – The Swedish Trade & Invest Council
The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA)
and by some 30 companies and research institutes which have important business or research relations with Japan.
The SJF Board of Directors
Prof. Harriet Wallberg, Karolinska Institutet, Chairman
Mr Leif Almö, Honorary Consul General of Japan, Malmö
Mr Göran Edman, Director, Gadelius
Ms Elin Elliot, Head of International Affairs, The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA)
Mr Carsten Grönblad, Trade Commissioner Japan, Business Sweden
Prof. Lars Hultman, CEO, Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF)
Mr Göran Nyström, Senior Advisor, Ovako AB
Mr Hans Rhodiner, Senior Advisor Administration, Sweden-Japan Foundation
Mr Mitsuru Suzuki, Senior Advisor International affairs, Linnaeus University; Chairman of the SJF Scholarship Committee
Ambassador Lars Vargö, Distinguished Fellow, Institute for Security & Development Policy
Prof. Eva Wiberg, fmr Vice-Chancellor, University of Gothenburg
Deputy Member of the Board
Mrs Jenny Fürstenbach, Director
Mr Emil Östberg, Japan Area Manager, Swedish Quality Care AB
Secretary General
Prof. Eva Wiberg, fmr Vice-Chancellor, University of Gothenburg