EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Lund, Sweden

Founding Date:
1666

Motto:
Ad utrumque

Enrollment:
42,500

Official Website:
http://www.lu.se/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ernst F. W. Alexanderson	Inventor	25-Jan-1878	14-May-1975	Developed radio and television at GE and RCA
Arvid Carlsson	Scientist	25-Jan-1923		Signal transduction in the nervous system
Ingvar Carlsson	Head of State	9-Nov-1934		Twice Prime Minister of Sweden
Tage Erlander	Head of State	13-Jun-1901	21-Jun-1985	Prime Minister of Sweden, 1946-69
Pehr Gyllenhammar	Business	28-Apr-1935		CEO of Volvo, 1971-90
Carolus Linnaeus	Botanist	23-May-1707	10-Jan-1778	Created a taxonomy of the species
Bertil Ohlin	Economist	23-Apr-1899	3-Aug-1979	Hecksher-Ohlin model of free trade
Johannes Rydberg	Physicist	8-Nov-1854	28-Dec-1919	Rydberg constant
Bengt I. Samuelsson	Scientist	21-May-1934		Prostaglandins
Manne Siegbahn	Physicist	3-Dec-1886	26-Sep-1978	X-Ray spectroscopy
Esaias Tegnér	Author	13-Nov-1782	2-Nov-1846	Frithjofs Saga

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Sune K. Bergström	Scientist	10-Jan-1916	15-Aug-2004	Prostaglandins
Arvid Carlsson	Scientist	25-Jan-1923		Signal transduction in the nervous system
Carl Charlier	Astronomer	1-Apr-1862	5-Nov-1934	Motion and the Distribution of the Stars
Johannes Rydberg	Physicist	8-Nov-1854	28-Dec-1919	Rydberg constant
Manne Siegbahn	Physicist	3-Dec-1886	26-Sep-1978	X-Ray spectroscopy

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Carl Charlier	Astronomer	1-Apr-1862	5-Nov-1934	Motion and the Distribution of the Stars

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