State Institute for Racial Biology

In 1958, it was renamed to the State Institute for Human Genetics[2] (Institutionen för medicinisk genetik) and is today incorporated as a department of Uppsala University.

[1][4] Between 1936 and 1960, the majority of research projects at SIRB concerned medical genetics but racial science was still an important aspect of the institute.

However, Lundborg became increasingly antisemitic which put him at odds with the Swedish Government during a time when tensions were growing between Sweden and Germany.

They studied the life conditions and environmental developments of different families in an attempt to explain the effects of biological heritage and the environment.

Svenska sällskapet för rashygien, and eugenics in general, did not gain ground until after World War I.