Carola Wingren

Carola Wingren (1959) is professor in Landscape Architecture at SLU since 2003, and since 2019 in SLU, Uppsala where she leads the subject area “Professional practice”. She is orientated towards landscape aesthetics and change, especially related to sustainability and climate adaptation. In the last decade her focus within research has been especially on coastal adaptation and cemetery as green public space. Important in her work is how the act of design and planning can facilitate sustainable transformation without losing people’s possibilities for identification with place and landscape. Wingren’s approach is often transdisciplinary and initially coming from a practitioner’s background, she communicate both scientifically and popular through lectures, texts and films and exhibitions. Wingren has won several prizes related to landscape architecture and in 2019 she won the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry’s (KSLA) Award for Research Communication. Wingren has been project leader for a number of research projects; The Contemporary Cemetery (Formas), The sustainable soundscape of the city (Vinnova), The role of the green in a Climate Savvy City (Delegationen för hållbara städer and Arkus), and New forms for Urban green in a densified city (Movium partnerskap). Wingren was also part of the Formas project “Designing Places for Memory and Meaning”, the MSB project “Facing the threat of rising sea levels - Planning and designing a changing landscape”, and was one of the principal investigators (PI) in the HERA-project on European level “Cemeteries and Crematoria as public spaces of belonging in Europe: a study of migrant and minority cultural inclusion, exclusion and integration (CeMi)” https://cemi-hera.org/ . 

Her work is often related to artistic explorations and collaborations with examples such as: Risning waters; ‘Something about wilderness – and several attempts at taming beauty’, collaboration ‘Skånes dansteater’, 2017; Konstkiosk#6: Outdoor exhibition in Kalmar, Sweden in collaboration with SGI, SMHI, KTH and Konstkiosk, 2023.

Professor in landscape architecture, especially profession and practice, SLU, Uppsala since 2019

Guest Professor at Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Paysage (ENSP) in Versailles, France, 2018

Professor in landscape architecture, especially practice based design and planning, SLU, Alnarp 2013- 2019

Professorship in theoretical and applied aesthetics of landscape architecture, SLU, Alnarp. 2003-2013. (this artistic professorship had a time limit of 5 + 5 years and at half time, 50%)

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Landscape Architecture, date of defense the 24th of April, 2009 (SLU, Alnarp)

Vackrare väg. Course in road planning and design for architects and engineers, corresponding to 30ECTS, 1994 (KTH in collaboration with ArkFort and other universities)

Master in landscape architecture, 5 years, 1985 (SLU)

C Wingren Landskap AB, Skövde/Malmö,  since1994

Ramböll, Sverige, Malmö 2010-2011,

Tema Landskapsarkitekter, Malmö 2005-2008

Contekton arkitekter Skaraborg, Skövde 1987-1994

·         Teaching at bachelor, master and PhD level in landscape aesthetics, architecture, and design (also cemetery management)

·         Evaluation jury since many years both for the LAM master program at SLU Alnarp and the LASU master program at SLU Uppsala

·         Supervisor of more than 40 master thesis works (also examination) and doctoral thesis

·         Expert, VERKET, ArkDes 2024-25. Team VERK-SAM (2025). Verket: En rapport inom ramen för praktiknära forskning. 1:a upplagan Stockholm ; Ulricehamn: ArkDes ; Ulricehamns kommun

·         Jury member for “Pulsen city development in Borås” on behalf of Sveriges arkitekter. 2021-22

·         Jury member: Competition Vadstena torg. On behalf of Sveriges arkitektur. 2019 

·         Jury member: Competition: Nordic cemetery design NKK. 2017

·         Jury member: Competition “IMAGINE Open Skåne 2030” organized by Sveriges arkitekter and Region Skåne 2015/1

·         Jury member: Two student competitions on cemeteries introduced by SKKF, 2014 and 2015

·         Jury member: Competition for the Göta älv bridge competition, Göteborg, 2013

·         Jury member: Competition for the national Landscape architecture/Siena prize (Sveriges arkitekter) 2013 and 2002

·         Chairperson in international jury for City People Light Award in Venice in 2008

·         Jury member: Competition for Fristadstorget, Eskilstuna, 2004-2005

·         Jury member: Competition for a Road resting area during the Architectural year, Vägverket, 2001

In the board of Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (KSLA) 2016-2020 

·         Member of KSLAs and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts working group. 2016- 

·         In ‘Swedish Architect Association’s Academy for landscape architecture’, 2005-2008

·         Delegate Swedish landscape arch international (EFLA, IFLA), 2000-2003, 2007, 2009

·         In aesthetic committee for Road Administration in Western region 2004-2007

·         In ARKUS association’s board; research in practice 2000-2002

·         In editorial board for the Swedish landscape review Utblick Landskap, 1990-1995

·         Peer reviewer , expert evaluator, opponent and committee member for phD defenses

·         Vicenzotti, Vera and Wingren, Carola. (2025).  “Dear Researchers”—“Dear Practitioners”. Advocating Correspondence as a Research Method Beyond Its Usual Roles and Scopes. International Journal of Qualitative Methods. Volume 24: 1–14 © The Author(s) 2025 DOI: 10.1177/16094069251406144

·         Marjavaara, R. Wingren, C. (2024). Disturbing the dead: Climate change and the potential relocation of Swedish cemeteries. Applied Geography, Volume 171, October 2024, 103365. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2024.103365

·         Helena Nordh, Carola Wingren, Tanu Priya Uteng, Marianne Knapskog. (2023). Co-creating and Co-producing Multicultural Cemeteries in Norway and Sweden: A Comparative Study with Insight from Drammen, Eskilstuna and Umeå. Mobilities in Life and Death - Negotiating Room for Migrants and Minorities in European Cemeteries. IMISCOE Research series. Springer Nature. Berlin.

·         Helena Nordh, Carola Wingren. (2023). “It is the greenness, the nature, it looks as if someone has taken care of the place very well”: Experiences from St Eskil cemetery in Sweden. Approaching Religion. Vol. 13, Nr 1, 62-79. 

·         Helena Nordh, Carola Wingren, Tanu Priya Uteng, Marianne Knapskog. (2023). Disrespectful or socially acceptable? – A nordic case study of cemeteries as recreational landscapes. Landscape and Urban Planning, Volume 231. doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104645.

·         Maddrell, Avril; Beebeejaun, Yasminah; Kmec, Sonja & Wingren, Carola. (2022). Cemeteries and crematoria, forgotten public space in multicultural Europe. An agenda for inclusion and citizenship. Area, 00, 1– 9. https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12824

·         Nordh, Helena; House, Danielle; Westendorp, Mariske; Maddrell, Avril; Wingren, Carola; Kmec, Sonja; McClymont, Katie; Jedan, Christoph; Priya Uteng, Tanu; Beebeejaun, Yasminah; Venbrux, Eric. (2021). Rules, Norms and Practices – A Comparative Study Exploring Disposal Practices and Facilities in Northern Europe. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying. Vol: 83, issue:4, pages 1-29. DOI:10.1177/00302228211042138

·         Wingren, Carola. (2019). Walk and dance through landscape in design studio teaching – reflective movement as an initial and explorative design tool. Teaching Landscape 2: the studio experience: a collection of examples of course units in 20 different landscape architectural schools. ECLAs. Routledge 

·         Wingren, Carola. (2018). The human body as a sensory tool for designing – in order to understand, express and propose changes in coastal landscapes. Landscape review. A Time for Designing. Vol 18 No 1 (2018).(https://journals.lincoln.ac.nz/index.php/lr/index)

·         Petersson, Anna; Cerwén, Gunnar; Liljas, Maria & Wingren, Carola. (2018). Urban cemetery animals: an exploration of animal’s place in the human cemetery. Mortality. 23(1), 1-18. 2018. 

·         Cerwén, Gunnar; Wingren, Carola & Qviström, Mattias. (2017). Evaluating soundscape intentions in landscape architecture: a study of competition entries for a new cemetery in Järva, Stockholm. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. Vol:60, issue:7, pages 1253-1275. DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2016.1215969.

·         Cerwén, Gunnar. Kreutzfeldt, Jacob & Wingren, Carola (2016). Soundscape actions: A tool for noise treatment based on experiences from three workshops in landscape architecture. In Landscape Research, VOL. 41, NO. 5, 481–494. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2015.1117062

·         Wingren, Carola. (2016). New strategies to act within the uncertain - about the value of altering institutionalized design methods with unexpected. Transvaluation, Chalmers. Published online. http://conferences.chalmers.se/index.php/Transvaluation/Transvaluation/schedConf/presentations. ISBN: 978-91-88041-00-5

·         Wingren, Carola. (2013). Place-Making Strategies in Multicultural Swedish Cemeteries - The cases of ‘Östra kyrkogården’ in Malmö, and Järva Common. Mortality 18(2), 151-172. 2013.

·         Svensson, Jitka & Wingren, Carola (2012). Investigation of design tools for urban green in a densified city. Proceedings from Conference: Plantastic 27-28 June 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark

·         Petersson, Anna & Wingren, Carola. (2011). Designing a Memorial Place: Continuing Care, Passage Landscapes and Future Memories, Mortality 16(1). 2011.  

·         Wingren, Carola & Konstkiosk. (2025). Brevkorrespondens mellan forskaren Carola Wingren och Konstkiosk. Konstkiosk #6. https://issuu.com/konstkiosk/docs/webb_konstkiosk_6

·         Wingren, Carola (2024). Konst i samhällsplanering för ett föränderligt klimatlandskap. Hållbarhetens dimensioner. Red. Arora-Jonsson, Seema. Waldenström, Cecilia. Sandström, Emil.

·         Wingren, Carola. (2024). Staden och döden. Tidskriften stad. Tema: Stad i norr Kiruna. 45-2024. Movium, Alnarp. 14-19.

·         Wingren, Carola. (2024).  Hur går flytten av en begravningsplats och evig vila ihop? – exemplet Kiruna. Dödens geografi. Ymer 2024 (144). Red. Marjavaara Svenska Sällskapet för Antropologi och Geografi. 247-269.

·         Andreas Eggertsen, Asterios Tolikas et al (Wingren). 2025. Klimatkvarter i Malmö -  ett verktyg för jämlik klimatomställning. Malmö stad

·         Hallin, Caroline. Alexanderson, Helena. Knaggård, Persson, Andreas. Åsa. Sahlin, Ullrika. Thorén, Henrik. Wingren, Carola. Zander, Ulf. (2024). Debattartikel: ”De värsta konsekvenserna av Babet ligger framför oss.” Sydsvenskan. 28 februari 2024 

·         Haaland, Christine; Wingren, Carola; Svensson, Karin; Thorpert, Petra. 2024. Ecological design - best practice examples: a study trip to Paris 15-19 August 2022.  Landskapsarkitektur, trädgård, växtproduktionsvetenskap: rapportserie 2024, number: 2024:8e ISBN: 978-91-8046-934-0. Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

·         Nordh, Helena; Wingren, Carola; Priya Uteng, Tanu; Knapeskog, Marianne (2021). Cemeteries and crematoria – creating inclusive public spaces in Eskilstuna and Umeå. CEMI (hera.org)

·         Nordh, Helena; Wingren, Carola; Priya Uteng, Tanu; Knapeskog, Marianne (2021). Gravplasser og crematorium – å skape inkluderende offentlige rom i Drammen. CEMI (hera.org)

·         Wingren, Carola. (2021). Kustlandskap i förändring – en fållad kant mellan hav och land? Konstkiosk #4. 408-424.

·         Wingren, Carola. (2018). Framtiden för kyrkogården. Järvafältet – drömmen om en ny begravningsplats. Till minne av livet – Kyrkogårdar och begravningsplatser i Stockholms stift. Stockholmia, Stockholm

·         Svensson, Karin, Jones, Emma B. & Wingren, Carola (2018). Konsten att gestalta, planera och bygga en temporär trädgård. Movium fakta. 1:2018. SLU, Alnarp

·         Germundsson, Tomas & Wingren, Carola. (2017). Kampen om kusten – en ekologisk, ekonomisk och politisk utmaning. Politisk ekologi - om makt och miljöer. Red. Jönsson. E & Andersson. E. Studentlitteratur. Lund

·         Germundsson, Tomas, Blennow, Kristina & Wingren, Carola. (2017) Inför hotet om stigande havsnivåer: planering och design av ett föränderligt landskap, forskningsrapport [Elektronisk resurs]. (2017). Tillgänglig på Internet: https://www.msb.se/sv/Produkter--tjanster/Publikationer/Publikationer-fran-MSB/Infor-hotet-om-stigande-havsnivaer-planering-och-design-av-ett-foranderligt-landskap-forskningsrapport/Wingren, Carola. (2017).

·         Wingren, Carola (red.) (2017). Landskapet och skissen: en betraktelse utifrån en landskapsarkitektonisk praktik. Alnarp: Institutionen för landskapsarkitektur, planering och förvaltning, Fakulteten för landskapsarkitektur, trädgårds- och växtproduktionsvetenskap, SLU

·         Wingren, Carola. (2017). Finrum eller vardagsrum? Temanummer: Landskap för levande och döda. Tidskriften Stad. 17-2017. Movium, Alnarp.

·         Wingren, Carola. (2016). Konstnärliga metoder kommunicerar kustlandskapets dynamik. Vatten– Journal of Water Management and Research 72:2–2016. Lund.

·         Germundsson, Tomas. & Wingren, Carola. (2016). Foreword in Skåne : kust : coast. (ed.) John S. Webb. 

·         Wingren, Carola. (2016). Boulognerskogen i Skövde. Arkitektur 5/16. Stockholm.

·         Cerwén, Gunnar. Tunbjörk, Martin. Jergmo, Fredrik. Hedfors, Per. Wingren, Carola. (2016). Workshop om ljud vid Skogskyrkogården 2-3 november 2015. http://www.movium.slu.se/bokhandel?article=rapport-projektet-stadens-hallbara-ljudrum

·         Wingren, Carola; Alsanius, Beatrix; Karlén, Helena; Lidström Viveka. (2015). Urbana nyanser av grönt – om grönskans roll i en förtätad klimatsmart stad. Stad & Land nr 187. SLU, Alnarp

·         Wingren, Carola. (2015). Flytande gränser. Temanummer: Gränser – är du innanför eller utanför? Tidskriften Stad. 10-2015. Movium, Alnarp.

·         Wingren, Carola. (2014). Rundspørge til 14 professorer: 2014, det bedste og det værste. Landskab, 2014:7, Arkitektens forlag, Köbenhavn

·         Wingren, Carola. (2012). Tät stad kräver fler nyanser av grönt. Movium magasin, 2012:3, Alnarp.

·         Wingren, Carola. (2009). Ideal Landscapes of Memory and Meaning in the Urban Environment. Nature, Space and the Sacred. Transdisciplinary Perspectives. (eds) S. Bergmann, P. M. Scott and M. Jansdotter. Aldershot, England, Ashgate: 191-206.

·         Wingren, Carola. (2009). See (C) the landscape architect and her cumulative knowledge process in landscape aesthetics. In Communicating (by) Design 2009, Bryssel. Sint-Lucas School of Architecture: s 95-105

·         Wingren, Carola. (2009). En landskapsarkitekts konstnärliga praktik – kunskapsutveckling via en självbiografisk studie. Acta Universitatis agriculturae Sueciae nr 2009:27, Alnarp.

·         Wingren, Carola (ed). (2009). Landet utanför – landskapsestetikens betydelse för den urbana människan. Temanummer. Kungl. Skogs- och lantbruksakademiens tidskrift. 2009: 5, s 44-52.

·         Germundsson, Tomas & Wingren, Carola. (2009). Sättet att se på landskap – om förlopps-, handlings- och värdelandskap. I ”Landet utanför – landskapsestetikens betydelse för den urbana människan”. Temanummer. Kungl. Skogs- och lantbruksakademiens tidskrift. 2009: 5, s 44-52.

·         Wingren, Carola. (2008). Det skarpa instrumentet - Ritningen som verktyg och representation. Kartan i forskningens tjänst. Red. A.-S. G. Lars-Erik Edlund, Birgitta Svensson. Uppsala, Kungl. Gustav Adolf Akademien för svensk folkkultur: 191-206.

·         Germundsson, Tomas & Wingren, Carola.(2008). The transitional landscape of urbanity – territorial and visual challenges in the urban periphery of Malmö. In Paisage Cultural. Proceedings from EURAU 08; 4 Congreso Europeo de Investigación Arquitectónia y Urbana. Ministero de Fomento/Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

·         Wingren, Carola. (2006). Varning - Vägarbete pågår, utdrag ur en utforskandes dagbok. Utforskande arkitektur. Gromark, Sten & Nilsson, Fredrik. Stockholm, Axl Books: 170-200.

·         Wingren, Carola. (2004). Spegel, spegel på väggen där…? Synvändor - en antologi om landskapsplaneringens teori och praktik. O. Reiter. Alnarp, Department of Landscape Planning, SLU:100-111.

·         Wingren, Carola. (2002). Designprogram. Göteborgsregionens infarter, Vägverket. Region Väst.

·         Wingren, Carola. (2001). The exhibition project ‘Rista spår i kaos’ dealing with the specific city access road situation with inspiration in the writing of Deleuze and Guattari.12 argument. Arkitekturmuseet, Stockholm

·         Wingren, Carola. (1998). The exhibition project ‘Filtret’ dealing with the relation between space of place and space of flow in relation to roadscape design and planning. Moderna landskap. Arkitekturmuseet, Stockholm

·         Wingren, Carola. (1998). Die Schwelle der Stadt - The city's Threshold. I “Landschaft und Verkehr-Landscape and traffic”. Topos 24: s 94-100.

·         Wingren, Carola. (1998). Carola Wingren Landskap. I ”Tretton planer. Det skarpa instrumentet”. Utblick Landskap, 4-1998: 36-37.

·         Wingren Carola. (1998). Vägens ordning. Utblick Landskap, 2/98

·         Wingren Carola. & Nilsson Kjell. (1997). Ord på vägen, Arkus, Stockholm

·         Wingren Carola. (1997). Ruiner i Ruhr. Utblick Landskap, 3/97

·         Wingren Carola., Bucht Eivor. & Pålstam Ylva. (1996). Trafikantupplevelse på väg. Stad & land vol 142, SLU, Alnarp

·         Wingren Carola. (1996). Norra infarten till Norrköping Gröna fakta vol 4/96, SLU, Alnarp

·         Bucht, Eivor; Pålstam, Ylva & Wingren Carola. (1996). Landskapet upplevs från vägen. Gröna fakta vol 2/96, SLU, Alnarp

·         Wingren Carola. (1995). The island of Tidaholm near Skövde, Sweden Topos 12: s 34-40, 1995

·         Wingren Carola. (1995). I begynnelsen var platsen. Utblick Landskap vol 3/95

·         Wingren, Carola. (1994). Rundballensilage, Landschaft in Schweden - Baled Silage Landscape in Sweden. In ”Landschaften der Erinnerung - Landscapes of Remembrance”. Topos  8: s 123-130, 1994.

·         Wingren Carola. (1994). Talande tystnad. I Kristian Berg (ed.) Framtidens vägvisare. Boverket, Karlskrona

·         Wingren Carola. (1994). Fågel, fisk eller mittemellan Utblick Landskap vol 4/94

·         Wingren Carola. (1994). Talande tystnad Utblick Landskap vol 1/94, s 35-42

·         Wingren, Carola. (1993). Sträckfilmsarkitektur. Sex Arkitekturessäer, Resultat från en tävling i att skriva arkitekturkritik, utlyst 1993 av ARKUS. Arkus. Stockholm, Byggförlaget: 5-12.

·         Wingren Carola. (1993). Alltär tillåtet Utblick Landskap, 3/93

·         Andersson, Thorbjörn. Jonstoij, Tove & Wingren, Carola. (1992). Värt en mässa? Utblick Landskap vol 4/92, s 36-42

·         Wingren Carola. (1992). Mellan två världar. Utblick Landskap vol 2/92

·         Wingren Carola. (1991). Landskapets tid - och vår. Utblick Landskap vol 4/91

·         Wingren Carola. (1991). Mönstret manifesterat. Utblick Landskap vol 3/91

·         Wingren Carola. (1991). På längden och på tvären Utblick Landskap vol 3/91

·         Wingren, Carola & Nordh, Helena (2024-2025). På liv och död. Utställning på Kulturfabriken, Skövde kommun nov 2024 – jan 2025

·         Hallin, Caroline. Alexanderson, Helena. Knaggård, Persson, Andreas. Åsa. Sahlin, Ullrika. Thorén, Henrik. Wingren, Carola. Zander, Ulf. (2024). Kustperspektiv – en utställning om det föränderliga kustlandskapets utmaningar och möjligheter. 

·         Wingren, Carola & Nordh, Helena (2024). På liv och död. Utställning på SKKFs rikskonferens. Maj 2024

·         Wingren, Carola & Nordh, Helena (2023). På liv och död. Utställning på Form Design Center, Malmö. November 2023

·         10 june – 9 Sept 2023: Outdoor exhibition Konstkiosk in Kalmar, Sweden. Collaboration between #Konstkiosk, SLU and SGI. Also three open activities with student and on research

·         Demers Mélanie; Diallo, Laila; Wingren, Carola; Svensson, Karin; Côté, Jean-Sébastien; Hansen, Kasper; Bellin-Hansen, Sophie & Hoare Guy. (2017). Something about wilderness. Skånes dansteater. https://www.skanesdansteater.se/sv/page/konstnarligt-team-something-about-wilderness

·         Varhegyi & Wingren (2017). Film Rising waters. https://vimeo.com/193333694

·         Wingren, Carola. (2016). Vattnet kommer! Utställningskatalog för en utställning om stigande havsnivåer på Form/Design Center i Malmö nov16-feb17. ISBN 978-91-576-9444-7

·         Wingren & Lindgren (2015). Film Green city. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VEghBN02kw