On March 20, the first meeting of the Swedish Register Data Council takes place. The council was proposed by "Statistikutredningen" and included in the Regulation Letter to the Swedish Research Council. The purpose is to advise the Swedish Research Council on issues regarding register based research with the ulterior purpose to strengthen this research by increased collaboration between the stakeholders in the field. The Council is composed of the directors of the important data authorities and senior representatives for Swedish research in medicine, epidemiology, social science, and the humanities. Currently, the council members are:
Sven Stafström, Chair, Acting Director General, The Swedish Research Council
Stefan Lundgren, Director General, Statistics Sweden
Petra Otterblad Olausson, Head Division of Statistics, National Board of Health and Welfare
Severin Blomstrand, Chair, Central Council for Ethical Vetting
Lena Gustafsson, Vice-Chancellor, Umeå University
Kristina Svahn Starrsjö, Director General, The Swedish Data Inspection Board
Rune Åberg, professor, sociology
Kjell Asplund, professor, epidemiology
Anders Brändström, Chairman of the steering committee of the Swedish National Data Service
Peter Allebeck, Secretary General, FORTE