Nobel Laureates

The Nobel Prize, awarded each year since 1901, is an international award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden. The Nobel Prize is known throughout the world as a symbol of extraordinary achievement. Four researchers from Stockholm University have received the Nobel Prize and a fifth has been awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.

Nobel Laureates

Stockholm University researchers in Nobel Committees

Several researchers at Stockholm University are part of the committees appointed to decide the winners of the Nobel Prizes and the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.

Stockholm University researchers in Nobel Committees

Tomas Tranströmer's poems go from strength to strength

"Tranströmer's poems continue to be emotive. They still bring a tear to my eye when I read some of them," says Torbjörn Schmidt, doctoral student at the Department of Literature and History of Ideas. He is nearing the completion of his dissertation on Tomas Tranströmer's career as an author; a writing career that he has spent just over ten years studying, both as a editor and as a researcher.

Tomas Tranströmer's poems go from strength to strength

Photo © Ulla Montan. Courtesy: Albert Bonniers Förlag

Nobel Laureate in Literature Stockholm University alumnus

The 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded on Thursday October 6 to the Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer. During the 1950s Tomas Tranströmer read literature and poetics at Stockholm University College, which in 1960 became Stockholm University.

Nobel Laureate in Literature Stockholm University alumnus

Paul Crutzen received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Paul Crutzen, Chemistry, 1995

Paul Crutzen (born 1933) received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research on the formation and decomposition of ozone in the atmosphere.

Paul Crutzen, Chemistry, 1995

Gunnar Myrdal awarded 1974 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel

Gunnar Myrdal, The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, 1974

Gunnar Myrdal (1898–1987) received the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel in 1974 for his work in the theory of money and economic fluctuations and for the analysis of the interdependence of economic, social and institutional phenomena.

Gunnar Myrdal, Economy Prize 1974

George de Hevesy received the 1943 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

George de Hevesy, Chemistry, 1943

George de Hevesy (1885–1966) received the 1943 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing the method of using isotopes to trace chemical reactions and processes in the body.

George de Hevesy, Chemistry, 1943

Hans von Euler-Chelpin received the 1929 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Hans von Euler-Chelpin, Chemistry, 1929

Hans von Euler-Chelpin (1873–1964) received the 1929 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research on the fermentation of sugar and the enzymes involved in the resulting complex reactions.

Hans von Euler-Chelpin, Chemistry, 1929

Svante Arrhenius received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Svante Arrhenius, Chemistry, 1903

Svante Arrhenius (1859–1927) received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery on how chemical compounds can carry electric current.

Svante Arrhenius, Chemistry, 1903

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