Birgitta Henriques Normark is a Swedish doctor and researcher, focusing on the field of host-bacteria interactions and pneumococcal infections.

As a physician, Henriques-Normark worked at the Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, where she became the department head.

[1] In 2008, Henriques-Normark became a professor in the field of medical microbial pathogenesis, and then in 2011, was appointed to a joint position as a professor of Clinical Microbiology at the Karolinska Institute and Head Physician at the Karolinska University Hospital, in the department of Microbiology, Tumour and Cell Biology.

[2] She is an elected member or fellow of a number of academic societies: in 2013, she was elected fellow of the European Academy of Microbiology,[1] in 2015 as a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology,[3][1] in 2018 as a member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences,[4] and in 2019 both as a member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation[5] and as a member of the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute, which awards the Nobel Prize.

[4] Outside of the KI, she has evaluated research for the ERC and the EU commission,[1] is a member of a steering board for medicine and health at the Swedish Research Council,[1] and is a member of the European Academy of Microbiology Executive Board.