Polhem Prize
The Polhem Prize (Polhemspriset) is a Swedish award for a high-level technological innovation or an ingenious solution to a technical problem. The innovation must be available and shown competitive on the open market. The prize is awarded by Swedish Association of Graduate Engineers (Sveriges Ingenjörer) (formerly Civilingenjörsförbundet and Svenska Teknologföreningen) The prize is named after Swedish scientist, inventor and industrialist Christopher Polhem (1661–1751).[1] [2]
Laureates[]
| Year | Laureate | Rationale | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1878 | |||
| 1879 | |||
| 1881 | |||
| 1882 | |||
| 1895 | |||
| 1900 | |||
| Johan August Brinell | |||
| 1904 | Carl Lundgren | ||
| 1911 | |||
| 1921 | and | ||
| 1925 | and Carl Munters | ||
| 1930 | and | ||
| and | |||
| 1936 | |||
| 1940 | Waloddi Weibull | a statistical theory of the strength of metals | |
| 1945 | Conny Palm | ||
| on the propagation of radio waves | |||
| 1950 | Hannes Alfvén | ||
| 1955 | |||
| a method for the continuous variation of the Mach number in a supersonic tunnel | |||
| 1960 | |||
| wool fabrics as garment construction materials | |||
| the measurement of rock pressure in mines | |||
| 1969 | Bertil Stålhane | ||
| 1974 | Per-Anders Persson | ||
| 1979 | |||
| 1980 | |||
| 1981 | |||
| 1982 | Torkel Wallmark | ||
| 1983 | |||
| 1984 | and | ||
| 1985 | |||
| 1986 | and | ||
| 1987 | |||
| 1988 | Lennart Gustavsson and | ||
| 1989 | |||
| 1990 | Harry Frank | ||
| 1991 | |||
| 1992 | |||
| 1993 | |||
| 1994 | and Martin Gren | ||
| 1995 | Håkan Lans | ||
| 1997 | |||
| 1999 | |||
| 2001 | |||
| 2003 | |||
| 2005 | |||
| 2007 | |||
| 2009 | Laila Ohlgren | Nordic Mobile Telephone dialing procedure[3] | |
| 2011 | |||
| 2013 | Petra Wadström | Solvatten | |
| 2014 | |||
| 2015 | John Elvesjö and Mårten Skogö | ||
| 2016 | |||
| 2017 | Daniel Stenberg | cURL | |
| 2018 | Lars Stigsson and Valeri Naydenov | ||
| 2019 | Peter Halldin, Hans von Holst and Svein Kleiven | ||
| 2020 | Ludvig Strigeus | μTorrent, Spotify |
References[]
- ^ "Om Polhemspriset". Polhemspriset. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
- ^ "Om Christopher Polhem". Polhemspriset. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
- ^ "Laila dials a winner". Ericsson History. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson and Centre for Business History.
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