Swedish Racial Studies

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:research_institute
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:Uppsala_University
gptkbp:closed changing scientific and ethical standards
gptkbp:controversy influenced sterilization laws in Sweden
promoted eugenics policies
gptkbp:country gptkb:Sweden
gptkbp:director gptkb:Herman_Lundborg
Gunnar Dahlberg
gptkbp:dissolved 1958
gptkbp:field anthropology
eugenics
genetics
racial biology
gptkbp:founded 1922
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Herman_Lundborg
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:Swedish_government
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Swedish Racial Studies
gptkbp:location gptkb:Uppsala
gptkbp:notableFor first government-funded institute for racial biology in the world
gptkbp:notableWork racial classification
studies on Swedish population
gptkbp:officialName Statens institut för rasbiologi
gptkbp:successor Department of Medical Genetics, Uppsala University
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Herman_Lundborg
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8