Formas' Scientific Council
Formas' Scientific Council consists of thirteen members. Seven members are elected by an electoral community of researchers from Swedish universities and university colleagues. The government appoints the chairman and another five members. Currently one government appointed member is missing.

Photo: Susanne Kronholm
Chairman 2025-2027
Sylvia Schwaag Serger, CEO, Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA)
Members 2025-2027
- Karin Broberg, professor of environmental medicine at Lund University and Karolinska Institutet
- Robert Brummer, professor of gastroenterology and clinical nutrition at Örebro University
- Giuliano Di Baldassarre, professor of hydrology and environmental analysis at Uppsala University (Vice Chairman)
- Emma Gretzer, Acting Director General, Formas
- Brita Hermelin, professor of human geography at Linköping University
- Sverker Jagers, professor of political science at University of Gothenburg
- Kerstin Johannesson, professor of marine ecology at University of Gothenburg
- Thomas Klein, Head of Department at the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management
- Thomas Niedomysl, Research Director at Nordregio
- Ove Nilsson, professor of forest genetics and plant physiology, Swedish University of Agriculture
- Iida Ruishalme, science communicator