We are saddened to report that Dan Laksov, Norwegian algebraist and algebraic geometer, passed away on 25 October 2013. Laksov earned his PhD at MIT in 1972, as a student of Steven Kleiman, and held positions at Stockholm University, the Institute Mittag-Leffler, Uppsala University and KTH. He worked in such areas as the Schubert calculus, determinantal schemes, Weierstrass points, syzygies, and Hilbert schemes. More information: Wikipedia (Swedish), MGP, MathSciNet. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.