The house previously belonged to Stig Wadström. He was one of Norrköping's richest men before he died in 2018, Liu writes on his website. The fortune was built up in the textile industry, among other things.
- The donation strengthens our prominent position in socially important research and also gives us a fantastic meeting place in the form of the Wadström family's home. It is a great trust that we are proud and grateful for, says Jan-Ingvar Jönsson, Rector of Linköping University, in the press release.
Research at Campus NorrköpingToday, the inheritance is managed by a foundation and the capital amounts to SEK 150 million. Through regular donations, the foundation will support research at the university. The first donation goes to research regarding exploranation, visual research communication aimed at children and young people. An area that is being researched at Campus Norrköping.
Liu does not currently know how much money is involved, but writes in an email response "that it is annual and long-term money."
Wadström's villa was built in 1930 and will largely be preserved "from the heyday of the textile industry and contains a large part of Norrköping's contemporary history".