1988 The Benzelius prize, Royal Science Society, Uppsala

1989 The Craaford prize, Anna Greta Craaford foundation for rheumatology research.

1992 The Fernström prize, Eric Fernström foundation for medical research

1994 The Göran Gustafsson prize in medicine, Göran Gustafsson foundation, Royal Science Academy, Stockholm, Sweden

2002 The European Descartes prize (shared with Lars Fugger, Yvonne Jones and Colin Watts)

2003 The SalusAnsvar Nordic Medical prize (shared with Andrej Tarkowski)

2005 The European Federation of Immunological Societies, Lecture award, DfGI/SSI Kiel

2006 Research group Medical Inflammation Research selected as an Excellence center for rheumatology research by EULAR (the European Rheumatology Association)

2011 Selected with highest possible marks, “Outstanding” by the International evaluation of Karolinska Institutet 2011 (ERA).