List of Nobel laureates from Sweden

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] The latest winner, Svante Pääbo, was a recipient in the field of Medicine.[2]

Laureates
YearLaureateBornDiedFieldRationale
1903 Svante Arrhenius February 19, 1859
Uppsala, Sweden		 October 2, 1927
Stockholm, Sweden		 Chemistry "for his electrolytic theory of dissociation."
1908 Klas Pontus Arnoldson October 27, 1844
Gothenburg, Sweden		 February 20, 1916
Stockholm, Sweden		 Peace "for his work as founder of the Swedish Peace and Arbitration League."
1909 Selma Lagerlöf November 20, 1858
Sunne, Sweden		 March 16, 1940
Sunne, Sweden		 Literature "in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings."
1911 Allvar Gullstrand June 5, 1862
Landskrona, Sweden		 July 28, 1930
Stockholm, Sweden		 Physiology or Medicine ""for his work on the dioptrics of the eye."
1912 Gustaf Dalén November 30, 1869
Falköping, Sweden		 December 9, 1937
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 July 6, 1859
Askersund, Sweden		 May 20, 1940
Motala, Sweden		 Literature "in recognition of his significance as the leading representative of a new era in our literature."
1921 Hjalmar Branting November 23, 1860
Stockholm, Sweden		 February 24, 1925
Stockholm, Sweden		 Peace "for his work in the League of Nations."
(awarded together with Christian Lous Lange)
1924 Manne Siegbahn December 3, 1886
Örebro, Sweden		 September 26, 1978
Stockholm, Sweden		 Physics "for his discoveries and research in the field of X-ray spectroscopy."
1926 Theodor Svedberg August 30, 1884
Gävle, Sweden		 February 25, 1971
Ljusnarsberg, Sweden		 Chemistry "for his work on disperse systems."
1929 Hans von Euler-Chelpin February 15, 1873
Augsburg, Germany		 November 6, 1964
Stockholm, Sweden		 Chemistry "for their investigations on the fermentation of sugar and fermentative enzymes."
(awarded together with Arthur Harden)
1930 Nathan Söderblom January 15, 1866
Uppsala, Sweden		 July 12, 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 July 20, 1864
Avesta, Sweden		 April 8, 1931
Stockholm, Sweden		 Literature "for the poetry of Erik Axel Karlfeldt." (awarded posthumously)
1948 Arne Tiselius August 10, 1902
Stockholm, Sweden		 October 29, 1971
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 May 23, 1891
Växjö, Sweden		 July 11, 1974
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 July 6, 1903
Linköping, Sweden		 August 15, 1982
Stockholm, Sweden		 Physiology or Medicine "for his discoveries concerning the nature and mode of action of oxidation enzymes."
1961 Dag Hammarskjöld July 29, 1905
Jönköping, Sweden		 September 18, 1961
Ndola, Zambia		 Peace "for strengthening the foundations of the United Nations Organization." (awarded posthumously)
1966 Nelly Sachs December 10, 1891
Berlin, Germany		 May 12, 1970
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 October 30, 1900
Riihimäki, Finland		 March 12, 1991
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 May 30, 1908
Norrköping, Sweden		 April 2, 1995
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 February 7, 1905
Stockholm, Sweden		 March 9, 1983
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 December 6, 1898
Orsa, Sweden		 May 17, 1987
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 July 29, 1900
Boden, Sweden		 August 25, 1976
Stockholm, Sweden		 Literature "for a narrative art, farseeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom."
Harry Martinson May 6, 1904
Olofström, Sweden		 February 11, 1978
Solna, Sweden		 "for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos."
1977 Bertil Ohlin April 23, 1899
Klippan, Sweden		 August 3, 1979
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 June 3, 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 April 20, 1918
Lund, Sweden		 July 20, 2007
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 January 10, 1916
Stockholm, Sweden		 August 15, 2004
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
Halmstad, Sweden
Alva Myrdal January 31, 1902
Uppsala, Sweden		 February 1, 1986
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 January 25, 1923
Uppsala, Sweden		 June 29, 2018
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 April 15, 1931
Stockholm, Sweden		 March 26, 2015
Stockholm, Sweden		 Literature "because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality."
2015 Tomas Lindahl January 28, 1938
Stockholm, Sweden		 Chemistry "for mechanistic studies of DNA repair."
2022 Svante Pääbo April 20, 1955 Stockholm, Sweden Physiology or Medicine "for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution."

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

References
  1. "The Nobel Prize". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  2. "Nobel Prize - Facts - Tomas Lindahl". Nobel Prize.org. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  3. Nomination archive – Svante A Arrhenius nobelprize.org
  4. Nomination archive – Adolf E Nordenskiöld nobelprize.org
  5. Nomination archive – Gustav de Laval nobelprize.org
  6. Nomination archive – Knut Ångström nobelprize.org
  7. Nomination archive – Allvar Gullstrand nobelprize.org
  8. Nomination archive – Nils G Dalén nobelprize.org
  9. Nomination archive – Theodor Svedberg nobelprize.org
  10. Nomination archive – Johannes Rydberg nobelprize.org
  11. Nomination archive – Manne Karl Siegbahn nobelprize.org
  12. Nomination archive – Tor Bergeron nobelprize.org
  13. Nomination archive – Lise Meitner nobelprize.org
  14. Nomination archive – Bengt Edlén nobelprize.org
  15. Nomination archive – Hannes Alfvén nobelprize.org
  16. Nomination archive – Gustaf Ising nobelprize.org
  17. Nomination archive – Carl-Gustaf Arvid Rossby nobelprize.org
  18. Nomination archive – Ivar Waller nobelprize.org
  19. Nomination archive – J Liljendahl nobelprize.org
  20. Nomination archive – Oskar Klein nobelprize.org
  21. Nomination archive – Fredrik Kjellin nobelprize.org
  22. Nomination archive – Knut J Beskow nobelprize.org
  23. Nomination archive – Arthur Ramén nobelprize.org
  24. Nomination archive – Hans K von Euler-Chelpin nobelprize.org
  25. Nomination archive – Peter Klason nobelprize.org
  26. Nomination archive – Erik Hägglund nobelprize.org
  27. Nomination archive – Hugo A Theorell nobelprize.org
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