Kurt Johansson (born 1960) is a Swedish mathematician, specializing in probability theory. Johansson received his PhD in 1988 from

Uppsala University Uppsala University ( sv, Uppsala universitet) is a public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation. The university rose to significance durin ...

under the supervision of

Lennart Carleson Lennart Axel Edvard Carleson (born 18 March 1928) is a Swedish mathematician, known as a leader in the field of harmonic analysis. One of his most noted accomplishments is his proof of Lusin's conjecture. He was awarded the Abel Prize in 2006 ...

and is a

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in mathematics at

KTH Royal Institute of Technology The KTH Royal Institute of Technology ( sv, Kungliga Tekniska högskolan, lit=Royal Institute of Technology), abbreviated KTH, is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden. KTH conducts research and education in engineering and technol ...

. In 2002 Johansson was an invited speaker of the

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in Beijing and was awarded the

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. In 2006 he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In 2012 he was elected a fellow of the

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Selected publications

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Johansson, Kurt 1960 births Living people Swedish mathematicians Probability theorists Uppsala University alumni Academic staff of the KTH Royal Institute of Technology Fellows of the American Mathematical Society Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 21st-century Swedish mathematicians