Gunnel was severely disabled by muscular dystrophy. Yet, she managed not  only to be a productive scholar and make significant contributions to her  field but also to be a central point in our department's life and to be the  main source of inspiration and moral support for a large number of people,  not only among her own students and departmental colleagues but also  elsewhere. 

 Over the last few years, Gunnel's major research engagement was the Swedish  text corpus SUC, a joint project between our department and the Department  of Linguistics at the University of Umeå.