| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Hannes Alfvén |
Physicist |
30-May-1908 |
2-Apr-1995 |
Renegade Swedish astrophysicist |
| Anders Jonas Ångström |
Physicist |
13-Aug-1814 |
21-Jun-1874 |
Founder of spectroscopy |
| Svante Arrhenius |
Chemist |
19-Feb-1859 |
2-Oct-1927 |
Explored electrolytic conductivity |
| Jöns Jacob Berzelius |
Chemist |
20-Aug-1779 |
7-Aug-1848 |
Inventor of modern chemical notation |
| Hans Blix |
Government |
28-Jun-1928 |
|
Weapons inspector before Iraq War |
| Herbert Blomstedt |
Conductor |
11-Jul-1927 |
|
Director, Leipzig Gewandhaus, 1998-2005 |
| Hjalmar Branting |
Politician |
23-Nov-1860 |
24-Feb-1925 |
Swedish Prime Minister |
| Carl Charlier |
Astronomer |
1-Apr-1862 |
5-Nov-1934 |
Motion and the Distribution of the Stars |
| Per Theodor Cleve |
Chemist |
10-Feb-1840 |
18-Jun-1905 |
Discovered holmium (Ho) and thulium (Tm) |
| Allvar Gullstrand |
Doctor |
5-Jun-1862 |
28-Jul-1930 |
Ophthalmologist, refraction of light in the eye |
| Dag Hammarskjold |
Diplomat |
29-Jul-1905 |
18-Sep-1961 |
UN Secretary General, 1953-61 |
| Erik Axel Karlfeldt |
Poet |
20-Jul-1864 |
8-Apr-1931 |
Songs of the wilderness and love |
| Bertil Lindblad |
Astronomer |
26-Nov-1895 |
25-Jun-1965 |
Spiral structure of the galaxy |
| Anna Lindh |
Government |
19-Jun-1957 |
11-Sep-2003 |
Swedish Foreign Minister |
| Carolus Linnaeus |
Botanist |
23-May-1707 |
10-Jan-1778 |
Created a taxonomy of the species |
| Oscar II |
Royalty |
21-Jan-1829 |
8-Dec-1907 |
King of Sweden and Norway |
| Andrew V. Schally |
Scientist |
30-Nov-1926 |
|
Hypothalamic hormones (brain peptides) |
| Kai M. Siegbahn |
Physicist |
20-Apr-1918 |
20-Jul-2007 |
Electron spectroscopy |
| Nathan Söderblom |
Religion |
15-Jan-1866 |
12-Jul-1931 |
Archbishop of Sweden |
| August Strindberg |
Playwright |
22-Jan-1849 |
14-May-1912 |
Röda Rummet |
| The Svedberg |
Chemist |
30-Aug-1884 |
25-Feb-1971 |
Inventor of the ultracentrifuge |
| Emanuel Swedenborg |
Philosopher |
29-Jan-1688 |
29-Mar-1772 |
Swedish scientist turned Christian mystic |
| Hugo Theorell |
Scientist |
6-Jul-1903 |
15-Aug-1982 |
Oxidation enzymes |
| Arne Tiselius |
Chemist |
10-Aug-1902 |
29-Aug-1971 |
Electrophoresis |
| Waloddi Weibull |
Mathematician |
18-Jun-1887 |
12-Oct-1979 |
Weibull distribution |
