CURRICULUM VITAE – Håkan Björklund
PERSONALIA
Name: Håkan Björklund
Date of birth: 1957-10-28
Nationality: Swedish
Languages: Swedish, English, understand Danish and
Norwegian
Employment: Employed at Ekologgruppen since 1998
Employed at Ekologigruppen since 2018
Present field of work: Construction of wetlands, Restoring of watercoarses, Applications to Environmental court, Nature conservation and preservation in limnic systems, Measures for fish migration and preservation, Bentic fauna, Freshwater mussels, Electrofishing, Various sampling in water and sediments for surveys.
COMPETENCES
Biologi: Broad ecologic knowledge in limnic ecology, documented knowledge of species (fish- and freshwater mussels), good understanding of marine ecosystem.
Investigations and analyses: Construction and restoring of wetlands, restoring of lakes and watercoarses. Experienced in projecting wetlands, remeandering and restoring watercoarses, and measures for nature conservation and preservation in aquatic (limnic) environment, including contacts with landowners and authorities, draw applications and documents for procurment, controlling contractors and final inspections
Special competence in constructing big wetlands,restoring wetlands and watercoarses.
Especially interested in overall functions and mechanisms that controls aquatic ecosystems
Additional: Good knowledge in water preservation, hydrology, Swedish environmental law, and the Swedish Watercoarse Manegment
Educated in first aid and basic fire estingguising. Driving licence
Have diving certifikat since 2006 (PADI-Advanced open water 2007, Nitrox 2007, Rescue diver 2023).
Over 250 logged dives in varios environments, from small rivlets to open sea. Experience of diving with sharks in Red sea, South Africa and Costa Rica.
ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONS
YEAR:
1996: University of Lund: Master of science in Biology with focus on limnology. Masters dissertation: Aquatic microorganisms in different foddwebs.
1998. Lunds universitet: River restoration
1998: Conference about biological diversity: Restoring av biotopes
2000: Certification for electrofishing
2001: NJF: New wetlands in agricultural areas
2001: Swedish Waterdays in Halmstad
2003: Seminar: Meetingplace Nature conservation Skåne
2004: Study visit: Swedish museum of Nature history: Swedis freshwater mussels
2004: Swedish Board of Nature conservation: Legal prerequisites for restoring in aquatic environments
2005: Swedish Board of Agriculture: Course about agriculture subsidize
2005: Wetland seminar; Center of Wetlands in Halmstad
2005: Methods for inventory of freshwater mussels, Jönköping County Board
2006: Seminar Thickshelled river mussel, Göteborg
2006: Conference Swedish Waterdays
2007: Basic inventory of water coarses, biotop mapping
2011: Conference Wetlands for Clear Water, Greifswald Deutchland
2011: Conference Stormwater and drainage water, SLU (Swedish Agricultural University) in Alnarp
2011: Conferance & Workshop: Restoring actions for predatory fish, Swedish federation of anglers and fish preservance
2013: Study visit on Irland, MulkearLIFE river project, and constructed wetlands in Dunhill.
2013: Coarse in Hydromorfologi in fine-grained watercoarses
2014: Seminar: The Kävlingeå-river now and in the future. The swedish sportfisher organisation
2015: Living streamwater in river Rönneå. Swedish water administration board and The Swedish sportfisher organisation
2011: Final seminar Life to ad(d) mire, Jönköping county administration et al
2015: Hydrologic and waterprecerving management in Scotland, Newcastle universitet et al
2016: Final seminar ”Unio ccrassus for Life. Swedish Board of Water administration
2017: International symposium about Pike. University of Lund and DTU AQUA, Denmark
2018: Conference Lake restoration. Swedish Sea and Water Authority and County Board of Östergötland
2018: Competense seminar about water courses. County Board of Scania
SELECTION OF PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES
YEAR
1996 - 1997 Assisting in fishsurveys, i e study of migration of trout smolt. Project employment at University of Lunds regarding fish predation, compiling of waterchemistry data, field supervisor.
1998 – 2003 In cooperation and in commission with Municipal Board of Kristianstad executed an action program for River Vramsån regarding water preservation, fish preservation, directed actions for several species including freshwater pearl mussel and measures enhancing fish migration
1998 - 2014 Planned and constructed a great number of wetlands in southern Sweden, mostly in County of Skåne (Scania) but also in Counties of Sörmland and Småland.
2000 - 2013 Executed electro fishing studies in an great number of rivers/rivlets in Scania, among others the Rivers Rönneå, Vramsån, Höjeå, Kävlingeån et al
2005 Participated and lectured at Workshop abot Action Program for freshwater pearl mussel at Karlstads university
1998 - 2013 Sampling of Bentic fauna in Counties of Skåne, Jönköping, Kronoberg and Kalmar
2005 Together with Swedish Board of Landsurvey develeloped legal construction for corporate establishment for wetlands
2006 Glasswork project in County of Kalmar, surveys of polluted sediments in lakes and rivers
2007 Lectured at Municipal of Jönköping about ecologic management of stormwater
2004 - 2013 Inventory of freshwater mussels, among others as preparatory work för wetland construction and river restoration
2008 - 2009 Drawing an action plan for facilitating fish migration, for Swedish Board of Transportation, Eastern region
2011 Participated and lectured at Conference Restoring actions for predatory fish, Swedish federation of anglers and fish preservance
2011 Diving inventory of freshwater mussels in Lake Vombsjön for Sydvatten Ltd
2008 - 2014 Working with actions for water and habitat preservation in running water, and facilitating fish migration, mostly in rivers Kävlingeån, Höjeå och Segeå for the River Councils
2012 - 2014 Working with meaures for habitat reconstruction and to facilitate fish migration for the County of Skåne in the rivers Saxån, Välabäcken, Bivarödsån.
2013 Planned and constructed remeandering of River Fyleån, including constructing and restoring of wetlands in Valley Fyledalen, and drawing application to the Swedish Environmental Court including representing the applicant at court. Probably the bigest remeandering project in Sweden at the time
2014 Planned and projected the restoration for a modernised version of a surface owerflow meadow (a type of agriculture wetland) at River Björkaån, including habitat preservaton for a threatened swedish toad. The work included drawing application to the Swedish Environmental Court and representing the applicant at court. The wetland is under construction 2014-2015
2018 Assesing an action plan for facilitating fish and otter migration at road passages, Blekinge Board of county
2019-2023 Planned and constructed several facilities for fish-migration, mostly in River Kävlingeån with tributaries
2019-2023 Planned and constructed several customized spawning-areas for predatory fish, especially nortern pike in River Kävlingeån and Lake Vombsjön
2023-2024 Produced a documentary film about Sea Lamprey