Dr. Sveinung Lunde, honorary doctor of the Medical School, University of Pécs since 11 March 2010.
Dr. Sveinung Lunde earned his law degree at the University of Oslo. He became an education and health politician as a member of the Norwegian Conservative Party. He spent three years as a member of the Norwegian Parliament and its Education Committee and eight years as a member of the local government in Oslo. He was the chairman of the local government's Health and Social Affairs Committee. Since 1996 he has been the executive director of Björknes College and since 2001 the president of the Board of Directors of Lovisenberg Hospital.
He has been affiliated with the University of Pécs Medical School's English Programme since the end of 1990's. He cooperates with College International to recruit students for the Medical School of Pécs. Dr. Lund has personally played an important role in increasing the number of Norwegian students at our Faculty year after year. The collaboration between the University of Pécs Medical School, Björknes College and the University of Oslo Faculty of Sciences began at his initiative in 2006. As a part of this cooperation, the Medical School of the University of Pécs will accept second year students taught in Oslo.
Professor Sveinung Lunde's creativive and flexibil approach has made an extraordinary contribution to the cooperation between Pécs and Oslo.