List of Nobel laureates from Sweden

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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, 38 Swedes have been awarded the Nobel Prize where it originates.^{[1][page needed]} The latest winner, Tomas Lindahl, was a recipient in the field of Chemistry.^[2]

Laureates[]

Year	Laureate		Born	Died	Field	Rationale
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."

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