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List of Swedish Nobel laureates

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The Nobel Prizes were established according to the will of the Swedish industrialist and inventor, Alfred Nobel and are awarded to individuals who have excelled in the fields of chemistry, physics, physiology or medicine, literature, economics and peace. Since 1903, 39 Swedes have been awarded the Nobel Prize where it originates.[1][page needed] The latest winner, Svante Pääbo, was a recipient in the field of Medicine.[2] There are also two swedes born in the USA who are usually not included in most lists: Glenn T. Seaborg (Sjöborg) and Carl David Anderson, both physicists.

Laureates

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Year Laureate Born Died Field Rationale
1903 Svante Arrhenius 19 February 1859 in Uppsala, Sweden 2 October 1927 in Stockholm, Sweden Chemistry "for his electrolytic theory of dissociation."
1908 Klas Pontus Arnoldson 27 October 1844 in Gothenburg, Sweden 20 February 1916 in Stockholm, Sweden Peace "for his work as founder of the Swedish Peace and Arbitration League."
1909 Selma Lagerlöf 20 November 1858 in Sunne, Sweden 16 March 1940 in Sunne, Sweden Literature "in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings."
1911 Allvar Gullstrand 5 June 1862 in Landskrona, Sweden 28 July 1930 in Stockholm, Sweden Physiology or Medicine "for his work on the dioptrics of the eye."
1912 Gustaf Dalén 30 November 1869 in Falköping, Sweden 9 December 1937 in Lidingö, Sweden Physics "for his invention of automatic valves designed to be used in combination with gas accumulators in lighthouses and buoys."
1916 Verner von Heidenstam 6 July 1859 i Askersund, Sweden 20 May 20, 1940 in Motala, Sweden Literature "in recognition of his significance as the leading representative of a new era in our literature."
1921 Hjalmar Branting 23 November 1860 in Stockholm, Sweden 24 February 1925 in Stockholm, Sweden Peace "for his work in the League of Nations."
(awarded together with Christian Lous Lange)
1924 Manne Siegbahn 3 December 1886 in Örebro, Sweden 26 September 1978 in Stockholm, Sweden Physics "for his discoveries and research in the field of X-ray spectroscopy."
1926 Theodor Svedberg 30 August 1884 in Gävle, Sweden 25 February 1971 in Ljusnarsberg, Sweden Chemistry "for his work on disperse systems."
1929 Hans von Euler-Chelpin February 15, 1873 in Augsburg, Germany November 6, 1964 in Stockholm, Sweden Chemistry "for their investigations on the fermentation of sugar and fermentative enzymes."
(awarded together with Arthur Harden)
1930 Nathan Söderblom 15 January 1866
Uppsala, Sweden 		12 July 1931
Uppsala, Sweden 		Peace "for his efforts to involve the churches not only in work for ecumenical unity, but also for world peace."
1931 Erik Axel Karlfeldt 20 July 1864 in Avesta, Sweden 8 April 1931 in Stockholm, Sweden Literature "for the poetry of Erik Axel Karlfeldt." (awarded posthumously)
1948 Arne Tiselius 10 August 1902 in Stockholm, Sweden 29 October 1971 in Uppsala, Sweden Chemistry "for his research on electrophoresis and adsorption analysis, especially for his discoveries concerning the complex nature of the serum proteins."
1951 Pär Lagerkvist 23 May 1891 in Växjö, Sweden 11 July 1974 in Lidingö, Sweden Literature ""for the artistic vigour and true independence of mind with which he endeavours in his poetry to find answers to the eternal questions confronting mankind."
1955 Hugo Theorell 6 July 1903 in Linköping, Sweden 15 August 1982 in Stockholm, Sweden Physiology or Medicine "for his discoveries concerning the nature and mode of action of oxidation enzymes."
1961 Dag Hammarskjöld 29 July 1905 in Jönköping, Sweden 18 September 1961 in Ndola, Zambia Peace "for strengthening the foundations of the United Nations Organization." (awarded posthumously)
1966 Nelly Sachs 10 December 1891 in Berlin, Germany 12 May 1970 in Stockholm, Sweden Literature "for her outstanding lyrical and dramatic writing, which interprets Israel's destiny with touching strength."
(awarded together with Shmuel Yosef Agnon)
1967 Ragnar Granit 30 October 1900 in Riihimäki, Finland 12 March 1991 in Stockholm, Sweden Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries concerning the primary physiological and chemical visual processes in the eye."
(awarded together with Haldan Keffer Hartline and George Wald)
1970 Hannes Alfvén 30 May 1908 in Norrköping, Sweden 2 April 1995 in Danderyd, Sweden Physics "for fundamental work and discoveries in magneto-hydrodynamics with fruitful applications in different parts of plasma physics."
(awarded together with Louis Néel)
Ulf von Euler 7 February 1905 in Stockholm, Sweden 9 March 1983 in Stockholm, Sweden Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries concerning the humoral transmittors in the nerve terminals and the mechanism for their storage, release and inactivation."
(awarded together with Julius Axelrod and Bernard Katz)
1974 Gunnar Myrdal 6 December in 1898
Orsa, Sweden 		17 May 1987 in Danderyd, Sweden Economics "for their pioneering work in the theory of money and economic fluctuations and for their penetrating analysis of the interdependence of economic, social and institutional phenomena."
(awarded together with Friedrich Hayek)
Eyvind Johnson 29 July 1900 in Boden, Sweden 25 August 1976 in Stockholm, Sweden Literature "for a narrative art, farseeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom."
Harry Martinson 6 May 1904 in Olofström, Sweden 11 February 1978 in Solna, Sweden "for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos."
1977 Bertil Ohlin 23 April 1899 in Klippan, Sweden 3 August 1979 in Åre, Sweden Economics "for their pathbreaking contribution to the theory of international trade and international capital movements."
(awarded together with James Meade)
1981 Torsten Wiesel 3 June 1924
Uppsala, Sweden 		— Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system."
(awarded together with Roger Wolcott Sperry and David Hunter Hubel)
Kai Siegbahn 20 April 1918 in Lund, Sweden 20 July 2007 in Ängelholm, Sweden Physics "for his contribution to the development of high-resolution electron spectroscopy."
(awarded together with Nicolaas Bloembergen and Arthur Leonard Schawlow)
1982 Sune Bergström 10 January 1916 in Stockholm, Sweden 15 August 2004 in Stockholm, Sweden Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related biologically active substances."
(awarded together with John Vane)
Bengt Ingemar Samuelsson May 21, 1934 in Halmstad, Sweden —
Alva Myrdal 31 January 1902 in Uppsala, Sweden 1 February 1986 in Danderyd, Sweden Peace "for their magnificent work in the disarmament negotiations of the United Nations, where they have both played crucial roles and won international recognition."
(awarded together with Alfonso García Robles)
2000 Arvid Carlsson 25 January 1923 in Uppsala, Sweden 29 June 2018 in Gothenburg, Sweden Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system."
(awarded together with Paul Greengard and Eric Kandel)
2011 Tomas Tranströmer 15 April 1931 in Stockholm, Sweden 26 March 2015 in Stockholm, Sweden Literature "because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality."
2015 Tomas Lindahl 28 January 1938 in Stockholm, Sweden — Chemistry "for mechanistic studies of DNA repair."
(shared with Paul L. Modrich and Aziz Sancar)
2022 Svante Pääbo 20 April 1955 in Stockholm, Sweden — Physiology or Medicine "for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution."
2023 Anne L’Huillier[3] 16 August 1958 in Paris, France — Physics "for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter."
(shared with Pierre Agostini and Ferenc Krausz)

Nominees

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Image Laureate Born Died Years Nominated Citation Nominator(s)
Physics
Svante Arrhenius 19 February 1859
Uppsala, Sweden 		2 October 1927
Stockholm, Sweden 		1901, 1902, 1903 [4] 13 nominators
Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld 18 November 1832
Helsinki, Finland 		12 August 1901
Trosa, Sweden 		1901 [5] Elis Sidenbladh (1836–1914)
Gustaf de Laval 9 May 1845
Orsa, Sweden 		2 February 1913
Stockholm, Sweden 		1908 [6] Otto Pettersson (1848–1941)
Knut Ångström 12 January 1857
Uppsala, Sweden 		4 March 1910
Uppsala, Sweden 		1910 [7] Wilhelm Röntgen (1845–1923)
Allvar Gullstrand 5 June 1862
Landskrona, Sweden 		28 July 1930
Stockholm, Sweden 		1910, 1911 [8]
Gustaf Dalén 30 November 1869
Falköping, Sweden 		9 December 1937
Stockholm, Sweden 		1912 [9] Erik Johan Ljungberg (1843–1915)
Theodor Svedberg 30 August 1884
Gävle, Sweden 		25 February 1971
Ljusnarsberg, Sweden 		1913, 1919 [10]
Johannes Rydberg 8 November 1854
Halmstad, Sweden 		28 December 1919
Lund, Sweden 		1917 [11] Carl Charlier (1862–1934)
Manne Siegbahn 3 December 1886
Örebro, Sweden 		26 September 1978
Stockholm, Sweden 		1925 [12]
Tor Bergeron 15 August 1891
Surrey, England, United Kingdom 		13 June 1977
Uppsala, Sweden 		1928, 1937, 1938, 1939 [13] 6 nominators
Lise Meitner 7 November 1878
Vienna, Austria 		27 October 1968
Cambridge, United Kingdom 		1937, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1967 [14] 30 nominators
Bengt Edlén 2 November 1906
Valdemarsvik, Sweden 		10 February 1993
Lund, Sweden 		1948, 1950, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1963, 1964 [15] 12 nominators
Hannes Alfvén 30 May 1908
Norrköping, Sweden 		2 April 1995
Danderyd, Sweden 		1953, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970 [16] 52 nominators
Gustaf Ising 19 February 1883
Hässleholm, Sweden 		5 February 1960
Danderyd, Sweden 		1956 [17] Ernest Walton (1903–1995)
Carl-Gustaf Rossby 28 December 1898
Stockholm, Sweden 		19 August 1957
Stockholm, Sweden 		1957 [18] H. Pettersson (?)
Ivar Waller 11 June 1898
Flen, Sweden 		12 April 1991
Uppsala, Sweden 		1968, 1969, 1970 [19] 4 nominators
Johan Hjalmar Liljendahl 26 January 1897
Sweden 		28 August 1994
Sweden 		1969 [20] O. Jenssen (?)
Oskar Klein 15 September 1894
Stockholm, Sweden 		5 February 1977
Stockholm, Sweden 		1970 [21]
Physics
Svante Arrhenius 19 February 1859
Uppsala, Sweden 		2 October 1927
Stockholm, Sweden 		1901, 1902, 1903 [4] 20 nominators
Fredrik Kjellin 24 April 1872
Södertälje, Sweden 		30 December 1910
Stockholm, Sweden 		1907 [22] Otto Pettersson (1848–1941)
Gustaf de Laval 9 May 1845
Orsa, Sweden 		2 February 1913
Stockholm, Sweden 		1908 [6]
Theodor Svedberg 30 August 1884
Gävle, Sweden 		25 February 1971
Ljusnarsberg, Sweden 		1916, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926 [10] 10 nominators
Knut Jakob Beskow 13 January 1876
Stockholm, Sweden 		28 January 1928
Stockholm, Sweden 		1917 [23] Royal Institute of Technology
Arthur Ramén 12 October 1873
Uppsala, Sweden 		30 September 1926
Stockholm, Sweden 		1917 [24]
Hans von Euler-Chelpin 15 February 1873
Augsburg, Germany 		6 November 1964
Stockholm, Sweden 		1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929 [25] 13 nominators
Peter Klason 4 April 1848
Halmstad, Sweden 		1 January 1937
Stockholm, Sweden 		1931, 1932, 1934, 1935 [26]
  • Oskari Routola (?)
  • Taavi Hirn (1874–1951)
  • Otto Pettersson (1848–1941)
Erik Hägglund 15 June 1887
Timrå, Sweden 		13 March 1959
Stockholm, Sweden 		1934, 1956 [27]
  • Taavi Hirn (1874–1951)
  • Joseph Risi (1899–1993)
Hugo Theorell 6 July 1903
Linköping, Sweden 		15 August 1982
Stockholm, Sweden 		1937, 1938, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 [28] 21 nominators
Lise Meitner 7 November 1878
Vienna, Austria 		27 October 1968
Cambridge, United Kingdom 		1924, 1925, 1929, 1930, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1948 [14] 18 nominators

References

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  1. ^ "The Nobel Prize". NobelPrize.org. Archived from the original on 18 March 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Nobel Prize - Facts - Tomas Lindahl". Nobel Prize.org. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  3. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 2023". NobelPrize.org. Archived from the original on 2023-10-03. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  4. ^ a b Nomination archive – Svante A Arrhenius Archived 2022-06-29 at the Wayback Machine nobelprize.org
  5. ^ Nomination archive – Adolf E Nordenskiöld Archived 2022-07-25 at the Wayback Machine nobelprize.org
  6. ^ a b Nomination archive – Gustav de Laval Archived 2022-07-30 at the Wayback Machine nobelprize.org
  7. ^ Nomination archive – Knut Ångström Archived 2022-07-30 at the Wayback Machine nobelprize.org
  8. ^ Nomination archive – Allvar Gullstrand Archived 2022-07-30 at the Wayback Machine nobelprize.org
  9. ^ Nomination archive – Nils G Dalén Archived 2022-07-30 at the Wayback Machine nobelprize.org
  10. ^ a b Nomination archive – Theodor Svedberg Archived 2022-08-14 at the Wayback Machine nobelprize.org
  11. ^ Nomination archive – Johannes Rydberg Archived 2022-05-26 at the Wayback Machine nobelprize.org
  12. ^ Nomination archive – Manne Karl Siegbahn Archived 2022-07-30 at the Wayback Machine nobelprize.org
  13. ^ Nomination archive – Tor Bergeron Archived 2022-07-30 at the Wayback Machine nobelprize.org
  14. ^ a b Nomination archive – Lise Meitner Archived 2020-06-12 at the Wayback Machine nobelprize.org
  15. ^ Nomination archive – Bengt Edlén Archived 2022-07-30 at the Wayback Machine nobelprize.org
  16. ^ Nomination archive – Hannes Alfvén Archived 2022-06-12 at the Wayback Machine nobelprize.org
  17. ^ Nomination archive – Gustaf Ising Archived 2022-07-30 at the Wayback Machine nobelprize.org
  18. ^ Nomination archive – Carl-Gustaf Arvid Rossby Archived 2022-07-30 at the Wayback Machine nobelprize.org
  19. ^ Nomination archive – Ivar Waller Archived 2022-10-07 at the Wayback Machine nobelprize.org
  20. ^ Nomination archive – J Liljendahl Archived 2022-10-07 at the Wayback Machine nobelprize.org
  21. ^ Nomination archive – Oskar Klein Archived 2022-09-28 at the Wayback Machine nobelprize.org
  22. ^ Nomination archive – Fredrik Kjellin Archived 2022-07-30 at the Wayback Machine nobelprize.org
  23. ^ Nomination archive – Knut J Beskow Archived 2022-07-31 at the Wayback Machine nobelprize.org
  24. ^ Nomination archive – Arthur Ramén Archived 2022-07-31 at the Wayback Machine nobelprize.org
  25. ^ Nomination archive – Hans K von Euler-Chelpin Archived 2022-07-31 at the Wayback Machine nobelprize.org
  26. ^ Nomination archive – Peter Klason Archived 2022-07-31 at the Wayback Machine nobelprize.org
  27. ^ Nomination archive – Erik Hägglund Archived 2022-07-31 at the Wayback Machine nobelprize.org
  28. ^ Nomination archive – Hugo A Theorell Archived 2022-07-31 at the Wayback Machine nobelprize.org
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