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Karolinska Institutet

medical university located in Stockholm, Sweden
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Karolinska Institutet
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Summary

Karolinska Institutet is a university[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of university entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,304 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: ORCID, Inc.[3], European University Association[4], League of European Research Universities[5], Science for Life Laboratory[6], RElations, Work and Health across the life-course - A Research Data infrastructure[7], Testbed Sweden Precision Health Cancer[8], International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions[9], Health Data Sweden[10], Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment[11], European Open Science Cloud Association[12], Association of Swedish Higher Education Institutions[13], ELIXIR Germany[14], International Association of Universities[15], University Alliance Stockholm trio[16]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Solna Municipality[17]
  • Country: Sweden[18]
  • Instance of: organization[19], Swedish government agency[20]
  • Main regulatory text: The Higher Education Ordinance[21]
  • Founder: Charles XIII of Sweden[22]
  • Headquarters location: Stockholm[23]
  • Location: Stockholm[24], Sweden[25]
  • Postal code: 17177[26], 171 65[27]
  • Commons category: Karolinska Institutet[28]
  • Has part(s): Karolinska Institutet University Library[29]
  • Inception: January 1, 1810[30]
  • Parent organization or unit: Ministry of Education and Research[31]
  • Official website: https://ki.se[32], https://ki.se/en[33]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Karolinska Institute[34]
  • Email address: mailto:registrator@ki.se[35]
  • Applies to jurisdiction: Sweden[36]
  • Web feed URL: https://nyheter.ki.se/latest-news/rss.xml[37]
  • Phone number: +46-8-524-800-00[38]
  • Described by source: Public register of government agencies in Sweden[39]
  • Ranking: 45[40], 42[41], 41[42], 37[43], 38[44], 44[45], 48[46], 47[47], 51[48], 39[49], 46[50]

Why It Matters

Karolinska Institutet has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] It is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]

Related Entities

Bengt I. Samuelsson Carl Gustaf Mosander Charles XIII of Sweden Christian Guttmann Egon Willighagen Govdirectory Hans Rosling Hugo Theorell Jöns Jacob Berzelius Kjell Samuelson Mikael Huss organization Ragnar Granit Reinhold Haux Rolf Sievert San Nazzaro Val Cavargna Stockholm Sune Bergström Sverker Johansson Sweden Tomas Lindahl Torsten Nils Wiesel Ulf von Euler university

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [18] ↑ . Public register of government agencies in Sweden. Retrieved . lobbyfacts.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [24] ↑ . Public register of government agencies in Sweden. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [26] ↑ . Public register of government agencies in Sweden. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [27] ↑ . Public register of government agencies in Sweden. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . orcid.org. Retrieved . orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [4] ↑ . eua.eu. Retrieved . eua.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [9] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [11] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [12] ↑ . eosc.eu. Retrieved . eosc.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [13] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . statskontoret.se. Retrieved . statskontoret.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Public register of government agencies in Sweden. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . Public register of government agencies in Sweden. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Public register of government agencies in Sweden. Retrieved . myndighetsregistret.scb.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . shanghairanking.cn. Retrieved . shanghairanking.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . shanghairanking.cn. Retrieved . shanghairanking.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . shanghairanking.cn. Retrieved . shanghairanking.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . shanghairanking.cn. Retrieved . shanghairanking.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . shanghairanking.cn. Retrieved . shanghairanking.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . shanghairanking.cn. Retrieved . shanghairanking.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . shanghairanking.cn. Retrieved . shanghairanking.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . shanghairanking.cn. Retrieved . shanghairanking.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . shanghairanking.cn. Retrieved . shanghairanking.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . shanghairanking.cn. Retrieved . shanghairanking.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . shanghairanking.cn. Retrieved . shanghairanking.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [52] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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