Personal and Education
Fuglesang was born in Stockholm to a Swedish mother and a Norwegian father, who became a Swedish citizen shortly before Fuglesang's birth. Fuglesang received a master of science degree in engineering physics from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), in Stockholm in 1981, and received a doctorate in experimental particle physics from Stockholm University in 1987. He became an associate professor (docent) of particle physics at Stockholm University in 1991.
He married Elisabeth (Lisa) Fuglesang (née Walldie) in 1983, whom he met at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH). They have three children.
Fuglesang is a long-time member of the Swedish skeptics association Vetenskap och Folkbildning and an atheist.
In 2012 Christer Fuglesang received the Royal Institute of Technology 2012 Alumni of the Year award.
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