Laudatio to Owe Axelsson. (Q851673)

\textit{Owe Axelsson} was born on February 16, 1934 in Gothenburg (Göteborg, Sweden) and his professional carrier also began in this town. During the period 1964--1971, he held the position of Chairman of the Department of Computer Science, including Numerical Analysis, at the Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg. There, he was appointed Associate Professor in 1964 and Full Professor in 1973. From 1979 till 2004 he held the position of Professor of Numerical Analysis at the University of Nijmegen. There, he is continuing as Professor Emeritus. One of his very important activities is connected with editing the journal ``Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications'' published by \textit{Wiley}. He is the founder and General Editor of this journal, which started in 1994. In the course of its ten years of existence, this journal has become highly appreciated by the scientific community centered around numerical linear algebra, mathematical modelling and scientific computing. High appreciation to Owe was expressed by SIAM that reprinted his book ``Finite Element Solution of Boundary Value Problems, Theory and Computation'' written with \textit{A. Barker} in the series ``Classics in Applied Mathematics''.