| Sven Erlander | |
| Birth Date: | 25 May 1934 |
| Birth Place: | Halmstad, Sweden |
| Death Place: | Linköping, Sweden |
| Nationality: | Swedish |
| Occupation: | Professor of mathematics, Rector of Linköping University |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Ulf Grenander |
Sven Bertil Erlander (25 May 1934 – 13 June 2021)[1] [2] was a Swedish mathematician and academic.
Erlander was the son of Tage Erlander, who was the Prime Minister of Sweden from 1946 to 1969. He published several of his father's diaries.[3]
He received his Ph.D. in mathematics from Stockholm University in 1968. In 1971 he became a professor in Optimisation at Linköping University. In Linköping he was department head of the Mathematics department from 1973 - 1976, and dean of the Institute of Technology between 1978 and 1983.
In 1983 - 1995 he was the rector of Linköping University.[4]