Welcome to the
Wenner-Gren Foundations

The Wenner-Gren Foundations (The Wenner-Gren Center Foundation for Scientific Research, The Axel Wenner-Gren Foundation for International Exchange of Scientists and The Foundation Wenner-Grenska Samfundet) support international scientific exchange.The administration of the Foundations and some of the other activities are located in the Wenner-Gren Center (see above).

Current information

The reception for the Guest Researchers' Apartments (Sveavägen 164) is open weekend-free Monday through Friday: 08:00-12:00 - 12:30-16:00.
Christmas holidays: the Reception will be closed from Wednesday, December 23 and open again on Monday, December 28.
New Year: the Reception will be closed from Thursday, December 31 and open again on Monday, January 4.

Upcoming symposia:
"Global History and the Modern World"
Wenner-Gren Center - Stockholm
August 18-21, 2021

"The Tree of Life in Bloom"
Wenner-Gren Center - Stockholm
September 1-4, 2021

"Evaluation in Education -
Accountability and/or Development"
Wenner-Gren Center - Stockholm
September 15-18, 2021

For more information please contact:
Maria Helgöstam
maria.helgostam@swgc.org

Stipends & grants

The Foundations award fellowships to Swedish researchers, who want to go abroad, and to guest scientists, who want to visit Sweden.

Symposia

The Foundations organize international symposia, usually taking place in the Wenner-Gren Center in Stockholm.

Guest appartments

The Foundations supply guest scientists with apartments in the Wenner-Gren Center in Stockholm.

The Foundations also support Swedish scientists by: