Jayne Svenungsson
Jayne Christine Svenungsson (born 9 December 1973) is a Swedish theologian and writer. Svenungsson received her PhD on the dissertation ("The return of God: a study of the notion of God within postmodern philosophy") in 2004. Since 2015 she has been professor of systematic theology at Lund University. She received the Karin Gierow prize, awarded by the Swedish Academy for important contributions to popular education, in 2015. In September 2017, Svenungsson was elected to the Swedish Academy. She was installed on 20 December 2017, succeeding Torgny Lindgren on seat 9. She left the Academy on 7 November 2018