Magnus Olausson is an associate professor at Uppsala University (where he completed a doctorate in art studies in 1993), is an art historian and has worked since 1986 at Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, where he previously served as the head of the Collections Department. He has received various awards and honours for his efforts, including the Gustavian Award from the Swedish Academy. In 1993, he published his thesis The English Landscape Garden in Sweden during the Gustavian Era.