KI employees celebrated for 30 years of zeal and integrity
On Thursday 22 February, the award "För nit och redlighet i rikets tjänst ("Zealous and Devoted Service of the Kingdom") for 2023 was presented at the Swedish Society of Medicine. A total of 30 employees at KI were recognized for their long and impeccable service. During the ceremony, Gunnar Nilsson and John Skår, recipients of KI's Silver Medal 2023, were also honoured.
The award "För nit och redlighet i rikets tjänst" (NOR) means that the employee has behaved impeccably. Normally, 30 years of service is required for an employee to be awarded a NOR, but if the person retires, 25 years of service is sufficient.
In her speech to the recipients, President Annika Östman Wernerson reflected, among other things, on the fact that those who were celebrated on this day began the same year that KI started a comprehensive transformation that laid the foundation for the organisation as it is today. They have been an important part of KI93.
The recipients of NOR 2023 are:
(In alphabetical order) Mikael Adner, Peter Andréasson, Ernest Arenas, Kristina Broliden, Marja-Liisa Dahl, Patricia Degnell, Lars Engstrand, Johan Ericson, Maria Eriksdotter, Bengt Fadeel, Jenny Flygare, Mikael Forsman, Johan Franck, Peter Fransson, Elisabeth Grenmyr, Lucie Laflamme, Nils-Göran Larsson, Mats Lekander, Riitta Ljungström, Jette Möller, Peri Noori, Lena Nordlöf, Anna-Lena Paulsson, Karin Perols, Therese M Pham, Martin Rottenberg, Helene Utterberg, Karin Wallin Blomberg, Anne-May Österholm.
Not present: Anna Humble.
KI's Silver Medal
In connection with the ceremony, Karolinska Institutet's Silver Medal 2023 was also awarded to Gunnar Nilsson and John Skår.
The medal is awarded to people who have made particularly good contributions in support of KI's activities. Vice President Martin Bergö gave a speech to the recipients.
Medicinska Föreningen's Chamber Music Ensemble played during the ceremony and Anna Lantz, curator at the Hagströmer Library, lectured under the title "Animalcules: the discovery of the small world 1630-1830". After the ceremony, a three-course dinner was served.