Preface

The Sigvard & Marianne Bernadotte Research Foundation for Children Eye Care was
founded in January 1990 by Princess Marianne Bernadotte and the late Prince Sigvard
Bernadotte. The aim of the Foundation is to support pediatric ophthalmology research in
Sweden, and to create a center for research and advanced eye care for children at Karolinska
Institutet in Stockholm.
As the years have passed, the Foundation has become an important contributor to research
funding in pediatric ophthalmology. Scientists from all universities of Sweden have been
supported in their research projects. The Bernadotte Laboratories for pediatric ophthalmology
have been established at St. Erik Eye Hospital in Stockholm. Symposia and other meetings in
pediatric ophthalmology have been funded. A named Honorary Lecture for Prince Sigvard has
been presented at each Nordic Pediatric Ophthalmology Congress since 1994 by a
distinguished researcher of pediatric ophthalmology. A Prize is awarded in the name of
Princess Marianne biannually since 1995 to a prominent researcher in clinical pediatric
ophthalmology.
At its 10th anniversary the Foundation published a résumé of the research it had supported at
that time, included in a short handbook of pediatric ophthalmology for laymen and parents.
Now, in 2010, the Foundation celebrates its 20th anniversary. This volume is a part of the
celebration, representing an account of important advances in pediatric ophthalmology in
Sweden and internationally.
Marianne Bernadotte Gunnar Lennerstrand
Founder Chairman
Authors
Ann Hellström, Professor
Department of Ophthalmology,
University of Gothenburg, Queen Silvia
Children’s Hospital, Gothenburg
Gerd Holmström, Professor
Department of Clinical Neuroscience.
University of Uppsala, Academic
Hospital, Uppsala
Lena Jacobson, Associate Professor
Department of Clinical Neuroscience,
Karolinska Institutet, Astrid Lindgren
Children’s Hospital, Stockholm
Peter Jakobsson, Associate Professor
Department of Ophthalmology,
University of Linköping, University
Hospital, Linköping
Maria Kugelberg, Associate Professor
Department of Clinical Neuroscience,
Karolinska Institutet, St. Erik Eye
Hospital, Stockholm
Gunnar Lennerstrand, Professor em.
Department of Clinical Neuroscience,
Karolinska Institutet, St. Erik Eye
Hospital, Bernadotte Labs, Stockholm
Lene Martin, Associate Professor
Department of Clinical Neuroscience,
Karolinska Institutet, St. Erik Eye
Hospital, Bernadotte Labs, Stockholm
Tony Pansell, Assistant Professor
Department of Clinical Neuroscience,
Karolinska Institutet, Optometry,
Bernadotte Labs, Stockholm
Agneta Rydberg, Associate Professor
Department of Clinical Neuroscience,
Karolinska Institutet, St. Erik Eye
Hospital, Bernadotte Labs, Stockholm
Kristina Teär Fahnehjelm, Associate
Professor
Department of Clinical Neuroscience,
Karolinska Institutet, St. Erik Eye
Hospital, Bernadotte Labs, Stockholm
Jan Ygge, Professor
Department of Clinical Neuroscience,
Karolinska Institutet, St. Erik Eye
Hospital, Bernadotte Labs, Stockholm