P. Hans B. Runemark (7 January 1927 – 11 December 2014) was a Swedish botanist and lichenologist, emeritus professor at Lund University.
Born in Chicago, (U.S.A.),[1] he graduated in 1956 at Lund University,[2] having started his studies there on the yellow species of the lichen, Rhizocarpon, in the late 1940s.
The work undertaken for his PhD was subsequently published as a monograph in the journal Botaniska Notiser.
Runemark used the newly discovered technique of paper chromatography as a tool in lichen taxonomy, and his monograph included species descriptions with detailed distribution maps for the Nordic and European regions.
In July 1993 he was awarded the OPTIMA Gold Medal in Borovetz, Bulgaria, in recognition of his botanical work.