Nobel Committee for Physics
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The Nobel Committee for Physics is the Nobel Committee responsible for proposing laureates for the Nobel Prize for Physics.[1] The Nobel Committee for Physics is appointed by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. It usually consists of Swedish professors of physics who are members of the Academy, although the Academy in principle could appoint anyone to the Committee.
The Committee is a working body without decision power, and the final decision to award the Nobel Prize for Physics is taken by the entire Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, after having a first discussion in the Academy's Class for Physics.[2]
Current members[]
The members of the Committee (as of 2019) are:[1]
- Mats Larsson (Chair)
- David Haviland
- Eva Olsson
- Thors Hans Hansson
- Gunnar Ingelman (Secretary)
Secretary[]
The secretary takes part in the meeting, but cannot cast a vote unless the secretary is also a member of the Committee. Until 1973, the Nobel Committees for Physics and Chemistry had a common secretary.
- , 1900–1926
- , 1926–1943
- Arne Ölander, 1943–1965
- , 1966–1973
- , 1974–1988
- Anders Bárány, 1989–2003
- Lars Bergström, 2004–2015
- Gunnar Ingelman, 2016–
Former members[]
- Hugo Hildebrand Hildebrandsson, 1900–1910
- Robert Thalén, 1900–1903
- , 1900–1922
- Knut Ångström, 1900–1909
- Svante Arrhenius, 1900–1927
- , 1904–1922
- , 1910–1934
- Allvar Gullstrand, 1911–1929
- Carl Wilhelm Oseen, 1923–1944
- Manne Siegbahn, 1923–1961 (chairman ?–1957)
- , 1928—1947
- , 1929–1962 (chairman 1958–1962)[dubious ]
- , 1935–1960
- Ivar Waller, 1945–1972
- Gustaf Ising, 1947–1953
- Oskar Klein, 1954–1965
- Bengt Edlén, 1961–1976
- , 1963–1972 (chairman 1963–1972)
- Kai Siegbahn, 1963–1974 (chairman 1973–1974)
- , 1966–1979 (chairman 1975–1979)
- Per-Olov Löwdin, 1972–1984
- A.M. Harun-ar-Rashid, 1972, 1986, 1993
- , 1973–1985 (chairman 1980–1985)
- , 1975–1986 (chairman 1986)
- Gösta Ekspong, 1975–1988 (chairman 1987–1988)
- , 1978–1991 (chairman 1989–1991)
- Carl Nordling, 1985–1997 (chairman 1992–1995)
- , 1986–1997
- , 1987–1998 (chairman 1997–1998)
- Cecilia Jarlskog, 1989–2000 (chairman 1999–2000)
- , 1992–2000
- , 1997–2005
- , 1998–2006
- , 1999–2007
- , 2001–2006
- Joseph Nordgren, 2001-2009 (chairman 2008–2009)
- Ingemar Lundström, 2006–? (chairman 2010–?)
- Anne L'Huillier, 2007-2015[3]
- , 2007–?
- Lars Brink, 2008–?
- Björn Jonson, 2009-?
- , around 2015
- Olle Inganäs, around 2015
- , around 2017 (chair)
- , around 2017
References[]
- ^ a b The Nobel Committee for Physics, accessed 2019-10-18
- ^ Nobelprize.org: Prize Awarder for the Nobel Prize in Physics, accessed 2010-06-19
- ^ "Prof. Anne L'huillier - AcademiaNet". www.academia-net.org. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
- Nobel Prize in Physics
- Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
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