The Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (Statistics in Society) ( IF 2 ) Pub Date : 2021-08-23 , DOI: 10.1111/rssa.12694 Dennis Trewin
Lars was born near Stockholm on 1 December 1944 and passed away on 9 March 2021 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
He spent much of his early life in Stockholm where he studied statistics at Stockholm University, gaining a Doctorate under the supervision of Tore Dalenius. Like most Swedes, he had a stint of military service. He started his professional work career at Statistics Sweden in 1966 and spent the next 44 years there, culminating in his appointment as head of the Research and Development Department. After retiring from Statistics Sweden, he worked as a consultant in survey methods and quality management. Since 2003, he taught at Stockholm University with professorial status in recognition of his past contributions.
- - Developer and Founding Editor of the Journal of Official Statistics in 1985 which continues to perform strongly with a high impact factor. He was Editor-in-Chief for 25 years.
- - President of the International Association of Survey Statisticians from 1993 to 1995.
- - An elected member of the International Statistical Institute, a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society and the American Statistical Association.
- - Wrote or edited 12 conference volumes on survey methods. Most have been published by Wiley for whom he acted as an advisor. The latest was a volume on Big Data Meets Social Science: A Collection of Innovative Methods which was published in 2020.
- - Jointly wrote the highly regarded Introduction to Survey Quality (with Paul Biemer) and numerous journal articles on survey methods and quality.
- - Represented Sweden in the development of ISO Standard 20252 on Market, Opinion and Social Research.
- - Taught methodology issues in the survey field in over ten countries.
- - Winner of the 2012 Waksberg Award for his lengthy and valuable contribution to survey methodology.
- - Member of the European Statistical Governance Advisory Board.
- - Won the 2013 American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) Book Award with his co-editors for the book on Survey Methods in Multinational, Multiregional, and Multicultural Contexts (2010).
- - Won the 2013 AAPOR Helen Dinerman Award as well as their 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award.
- - Won the Swedish Statistical Association’s statistician of the year award in 2019 for extraordinary achievements in statistics to the benefit of society.
He had many interests besides statistics especially sport where he had encyclopaedic knowledge not just about Sweden. He was an excellent tennis player in his younger days. Although modest by nature, he was generous of his time especially to young survey researchers. He was always a careful listener, often leaving his contribution to discussions to the end after hearing what others had to say.
I first met Lars in 1983 while visiting Statistics Sweden and connected immediately. We exchanged knowledge on statistical methods gained through work in our respective statistical organisations and met regularly after this first meeting, enjoying watching live sporting contests as well as televised matches over a few beers. Lars is survived by his partner Lilli Japec, a fellow statistician at Statistics Sweden, who became head of Research and Development subsequent to Lars’s retirement. He had two adult sons, adopted from Bolivia during his first marriage. Lars was tall and blonde, whereas his sons were short and dark. It made for interesting discussions at immigration posts when travelling with his sons.
中文翻译：
拉尔斯·莱伯格 (1944–2021)
拉斯于 1944 年 12 月 1 日出生在斯德哥尔摩附近，在与胰腺癌长期抗争后于 2021 年 3 月 9 日去世。
他早年的大部分时间都在斯德哥尔摩度过，在那里他在斯德哥尔摩大学学习统计学，并在 Tore Dalenius 的指导下获得博士学位。像大多数瑞典人一样，他也服过兵役。他于 1966 年在瑞典统计局开始了他的职业生涯，并在那里度过了接下来的 44 年，最终被任命为研发部负责人。从瑞典统计局退休后，他担任调查方法和质量管理方面的顾问。自 2003 年以来，他以教授身份在斯德哥尔摩大学任教，以表彰他过去的贡献。
- - 1985 年官方统计杂志的开发者和创始编辑，该杂志继续表现强劲，影响因子很高。他担任了 25 年的主编。
- - 1993 年至 1995 年担任国际调查统计学家协会主席。
- -国际统计研究所选出的一名皇家统计社会和美国统计会员的统计研究所。
- -撰写或编辑了 12 卷关于调查方法的会议卷。大多数是由他担任顾问的 Wiley 出版的。最新的是2020 年出版的《大数据遇见社会科学：创新方法集》一书。
- -与保罗·比默 (Paul Biemer)共同撰写了备受推崇的《调查质量导论》和大量关于调查方法和质量的期刊文章。
- -代表瑞典制定关于市场、意见和社会研究的 ISO 标准 20252。
- -在十多个国家教授调查领域的方法论问题。
- - 2012 年 Waksberg 奖获得者，因其对调查方法的长期和宝贵贡献。
- -欧洲统计治理咨询委员会成员。
- -凭借《跨国、多区域和多元文化背景下的调查方法》一书（2010 年）与他的合著者一起获得了 2013 年美国舆论研究协会 (AAPOR) 图书奖。
- -荣获 2013 年 AAPOR Helen Dinerman 奖以及 2018 年终身成就奖。
- -荣获瑞典统计协会 2019 年度统计学家奖，以表彰其在造福社会的统计方面的非凡成就。
除了统计，他还有很多兴趣，尤其是体育，他不仅对瑞典有百科全书的知识。他年轻时是一名出色的网球运动员。虽然生性谦虚，但他对年轻的调查研究人员尤其慷慨。他总是一个细心的倾听者，经常在听完别人的意见后，把他对讨论的贡献留到最后。
我于 1983 年在访问瑞典统计局时第一次见到 Lars，并立即联系上了。我们交流了在各自统计组织工作中获得的统计方法知识，并在第一次会议后定期会面，享受观看现场体育比赛以及喝几杯啤酒的电视比赛。Lars 的合伙人 Lilli Japec 是瑞典统计局的一名统计学家，他在 Lars 退休后成为研发主管。他有两个成年儿子，是在他第一次婚姻期间从玻利维亚收养的。拉尔斯身材高大，金发碧眼，而他的儿子们又矮又黑。与他的儿子一起旅行时，在移民站进行了有趣的讨论。
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