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. The latest winner, Svante Pääbo, was a recipient in the field of Medicine. 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 Year Laureate Born Died Field Rationale 1903Svante Arrhenius19 February 1859 in Uppsala, Sweden2 October 1927 in Stockholm, SwedenChemistry"for his electrolytic theory of dissociation."1908Klas Pontus Arnoldson27 October 1844 in Gothenburg, Sweden20 February 1916 in Stockholm, SwedenPeace"for his work as founder of the Swedish Peace and Arbitration League."1909Selma Lagerlöf20 November 1858 in Sunne, Sweden16 March 1940 in Sunne, SwedenLiterature"in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings."1911Allvar Gullstrand5 June 1862 in Landskrona, Sweden28 July 1930 in Stockholm, SwedenPhysiology or Medicine"for his work on the dioptrics of the eye."1912Gustaf Dalén30 November 1869 in Falköping, Sweden9 December 1937 in Lidingö, SwedenPhysics"for his invention of automatic valves designed to be used in combination with gas accumulators in lighthouses and buoys."1916Verner von Heidenstam6 July 1859 i Askersund, Sweden20 May 20, 1940 in Motala, SwedenLiterature"in recognition of his significance as the leading representative of a new era in our literature."1921 Hjalmar Branting23 November 1860 in Stockholm, Sweden24 February 1925 in Stockholm, SwedenPeace "for his work in the League of Nations." (awarded together with Christian Lous Lange)1924Manne Siegbahn3 December 1886 in Örebro, Sweden26 September 1978 in Stockholm, SwedenPhysics"for his discoveries and research in the field of X-ray spectroscopy."1926Theodor Svedberg30 August 1884 in Gävle, Sweden25 February 1971 in Ljusnarsberg, SwedenChemistry"for his work on disperse systems."1929Hans von Euler-ChelpinFebruary 15, 1873 in Augsburg, GermanyNovember 6, 1964 in Stockholm, SwedenChemistry"for their investigations on the fermentation of sugar and fermentative enzymes." (awarded together with Arthur Harden)1930Nathan Söderblom15 January 1866 Uppsala, Sweden12 July 1931 Uppsala, SwedenPeace"for his efforts to involve the churches not only in work for ecumenical unity, but also for world peace."1931Erik Axel Karlfeldt20 July 1864 in Avesta, Sweden8 April 1931 in Stockholm, SwedenLiterature"for the poetry of Erik Axel Karlfeldt." (awarded posthumously)1948Arne Tiselius10 August 1902 in Stockholm, Sweden29 October 1971 in Uppsala, SwedenChemistry"for his research on electrophoresis and adsorption analysis, especially for his discoveries concerning the complex nature of the serum proteins."1951Pär Lagerkvist23 May 1891 in Växjö, Sweden11 July 1974 in Lidingö, SwedenLiterature""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."1955Hugo Theorell6 July 1903 in Linköping, Sweden15 August 1982 in Stockholm, SwedenPhysiology or Medicine"for his discoveries concerning the nature and mode of action of oxidation enzymes."1961Dag Hammarskjöld29 July 1905 in Jönköping, Sweden18 September 1961 in Ndola, ZambiaPeace"for strengthening the foundations of the United Nations Organization." (awarded posthumously)1966Nelly Sachs10 December 1891 in Berlin, Germany12 May 1970 in Stockholm, SwedenLiterature"for her outstanding lyrical and dramatic writing, which interprets Israel's destiny with touching strength." (awarded together with Shmuel Yosef Agnon)1967Ragnar Granit30 October 1900 in Riihimäki, Finland12 March 1991 in Stockholm, SwedenPhysiology 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)1970Hannes Alfvén30 May 1908 in Norrköping, Sweden2 April 1995 in Danderyd, SwedenPhysics"for fundamental work and discoveries in magneto-hydrodynamics with fruitful applications in different parts of plasma physics." (awarded together with Louis Néel)Ulf von Euler7 February 1905 in Stockholm, Sweden9 March 1983 in Stockholm, SwedenPhysiology 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)1974Gunnar Myrdal6 December in 1898 Orsa, Sweden17 May 1987 in Danderyd, SwedenEconomics"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 Johnson29 July 1900 in Boden, Sweden25 August 1976 in Stockholm, SwedenLiterature"for a narrative art, farseeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom."Harry Martinson6 May 1904 in Olofström, Sweden11 February 1978 in Solna, Sweden"for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos."1977Bertil Ohlin23 April 1899 in Klippan, Sweden3 August 1979 in Åre, SwedenEconomics"for their pathbreaking contribution to the theory of international trade and international capital movements." (awarded together with James Meade)1981Torsten Wiesel3 June 1924 Uppsala, SwedenPhysiology or Medicine"for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system." (awarded together with Roger Wolcott Sperry and David Hunter Hubel)Kai Siegbahn20 April 1918 in Lund, Sweden20 July 2007 in Ängelholm, SwedenPhysics"for his contribution to the development of high-resolution electron spectroscopy." (awarded together with Nicolaas Bloembergen and Arthur Leonard Schawlow)1982Sune Bergström10 January 1916 in Stockholm, Sweden15 August 2004 in Stockholm, SwedenPhysiology or Medicine"for their discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related biologically active substances." (awarded together with John Vane)Bengt Ingemar SamuelssonMay 21, 1934 in Halmstad, SwedenAlva Myrdal31 January 1902 in Uppsala, Sweden1 February 1986 in Danderyd, SwedenPeace"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)2000Arvid Carlsson25 January 1923 in Uppsala, Sweden29 June 2018 in Gothenburg, SwedenPhysiology or Medicine"for their discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system." (awarded together with Paul Greengard and Eric Kandel)2011Tomas Tranströmer15 April 1931 in Stockholm, Sweden26 March 2015 in Stockholm, SwedenLiterature"because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality."2015Tomas Lindahl28 January 1938 in Stockholm, SwedenChemistry"for mechanistic studies of DNA repair."(shared with Paul L. Modrich and Aziz Sancar)2022Svante Pääbo20 April 1955 in Stockholm, SwedenPhysiology or Medicine"for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution."2023Anne L’Huillier16 August 1958 in Paris, FrancePhysics"for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter."(shared with Pierre Agostini and Ferenc Krausz)
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