
#REDIRECT List of Uppsala University people
This is a list of notable people affiliated with Uppsala University. For a list of chancellors of the university, see Chancellor of Uppsala University. [[Image:Carolina Rediviva Linnaeus statue.jpg|thumb|The statue of Carolus Linnaeus in the entrance hall of Carolina Rediviva, the main building of the university library, Uppsala.]] ==Nobel laureates affiliated with Uppsala University== *Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927), Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1903 *Allvar Gullstrand (1862-1930), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1911 *Robert Bárány (1876-1936), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1914 *Theodor Svedberg (1884-1971), Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1926 *Manne Siegbahn (1886-1978), Nobel Prize in Physics 1924 *Arne Tiselius (1902-1971), Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1948. *Hannes Alfvén (1908-1995), Nobel Prize in Physics 1970 *Kai Siegbahn (1918-), Nobel Prize in Physics 1981. *Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864-1931), Nobel Prize in Literature 1931 (posthumously) *Pär Lagerkvist (1891-1974), Nobel Prize in Literature 1951. *Hjalmar Branting (1860-1925), Nobel Peace Prize in 1921. *Nathan Söderblom (1866-1931), Nobel Peace Prize in 1931 *Alva Myrdal (1902-1986), Nobel Peace Prize in 1982 *Hugo Theorell (1903-1982), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1955. (Worked at Uppsala University 1932-33 and 1935-36.) *Dag Hammarskjöld (1905-1961), Nobel Peace Prize in 1961 (posthumously). ==Government, politics and civil service== ===Royalty=== [[Image:Princes Carl and Gustaf in Uppsala 1846.jpg|thumb|350px|Crown Prince Carl (the later king Charles XV of Sweden) and his brother Prince Gustaf, known as a song composer (the two young men closest to the pulpit), attending a lecture held by Law Professor Johan Christopher Lindblad (1799-1876) in the Theatrum Œconomicum, Uppsala. (Lithograph from 1846.)]] *King Charles X of Sweden, matriculated 1638. *King Charles XV of Sweden, student in Uppsala 1843 and 1845 (spring semester 1844 in Christiania) *Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uplandia (1827-1852), song composer, matriculated 1844 and studied several semesters in Uppsala *King Oscar II of Sweden *Prince Carl, Duke of Westrogothia (1861-), student 1881-1882 *Prince Eugén, Duke of Nericia, artist and art collector *King Gustav V of Sweden *King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden, also known as an accomplished archaeologist and connoisseur of East Asian art *King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden ===International work=== [[Image:Dag Hammarskjöld june 1959.jpg|thumb|Dag Hammarskjöld]] *Hjalmar Branting (1860-1925), Prime Minister of Sweden (first Swedish Social Democratic Party in that position) for three periods from 1920 to 1925. Nobel Peace Prize in 1921. *Per Jacobsson (1894-1963), Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund 1956-1963 *Alva Myrdal (1902-1986), Politician, diplomat. Nobel Peace Prize in 1982. *Dag Hammarskjöld (1905-1961), UN Secretary General. Nobel Peace Prize in 1961 (posthumously). *Sture Linnér, diplomat (Ph.D. in Classical philology) *Hans Blix (b. 1928), Diplomat; Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs 1978-1979, Head of the IAEA 1981-1997, of the UNMOVIC 2000-2003. *Hans Corell (b. 1939), Diplomat; UN Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs *Anna Lindh (1957-2003), Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs. Assassinated in 2003. ===Various Swedish politicians=== ''Very incomplete'' *Gustaf Nils Algernon Stierneld (1791-1868), Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1838 to 1842, and from 1848 to 1856 *Nils Edén (1871-1945), historian and liberal politician, Prime Minister of Sweden 1917–1920. *Karl Gustaf Westman (1876-1944), Leader of Bondeförbundet, held several ministerial posts, Minister of Justice 1936-1944 *Östen Undén (1886-1974), professor of civil law at UU, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden 1924–1926 and 1945–1962 *Lena Sommestad (b. 1957), Minister for the Environment (as of 2005), Ph.D. in history (1992). ===Non-Swedes=== *Oresimo Silveira, Cap Verdean diplomat, politician and writer (Ph.D., Political science, 1976) *Stane Dolanc (1925-1999), Yugoslav (Slovenian) politician, head of the security service under Tito ==Religion== [[Image:Emanuel Swedenborg.jpg|thumb|Emanuel Swedenborg]] ''As Uppsala University has one of only two faculties of Theology in Sweden, and the older one of the two (the other one is in Lund), most Swedish churchmen of note have actually graduated from the university.'' *Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772), scientist, philosopher and religious mystic *Lars Levi Laestadius (1800-1861), clergyman and botanist, founder of the conservative laestadianism. *Nathan Söderblom (1866-1931), professor of comparative religion. Later archbishop of Uppsala and Nobel Peace Prize in 1931 ==Natural sciences and medicine== ===Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy=== [[image:celsius.jpg|thumb|Anders Celsius]] [[Image:AÅngström.jpg|thumb|Anders Jonas Ångström]] *Christopher Polhem (1661-1751), mechanical engineer and inventor *Samuel Klingenstierna (1698-1765), mathematician and physicist *Anders Celsius (1701-1744), physicist and astronomer, inventor of the centigrade scale, the predecessor of the Celsius scale *Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin (1717-1783), astronomer, first head of the Stockholm Observatory *Anders Jonas Ångström (1814-1874), physicist, eponym of the unit ångström *Tobias Robert Thalén (1827-1905), astronomer and physicist, awarded Rumford Medal 1884 "for his spectroscopic researches" *Nils Christoffer Dunér (1839-1914), astronomer, professor of astronomy in Uppsala from 1888, awarded the Rumford Medal in 1892. *Oskar Backlund (1846-1916), astronomer *Gösta Mittag-Leffler (1846-1927), mathematician, Professor and Rector at Stockholm University, founder of the journal Acta mathematica (1882-) and the Mittag-Leffler Institute (Ph.D. 1872) *Knut Ångström (1857-1910), physicist *Ivar Otto Bendixson (1861-1935), mathematician, Professor and Rector at Stockholm University (M.A. 1881, Ph.D. 1890)[http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Bendixson.html] *Carl Charlier (1862-1934), astronomer, awarded the James Craig Watson Medal in 1924 and the Bruce Medal in 1933. Professor and head of the Astronomical Observatory at Lund University. *Erik Ivar Fredholm (1866-1927), mathematician who established the modern theory of integral equations *Helge von Koch (1870-1924), mathematician *Thomas Hakon Grönwall (1877-1932), mathematician, taught at Princeton University and Columbia University (studied in Uppsala and Stockholm, awarded Ph.D. by Uppsala University in 1898)[http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Gronwall.html] *David Enskog (1884-1947), mathematician, Professor at the Royal Institute of Technology (Ph.D. 1917)[http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Enskog.html] *Manne Siegbahn (1886-1978), physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics 1924 *Fritz Carlson (1888-1952), mathematician, Professor at the Royal Institute of Technology and later at the Stockholm University (Ph.D. 1914)[http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Carlson.html] *Torsten Carleman (1892-1949), mathematician, Professor and Director of the Mittag-Leffler Institute in Stockholm (Ph.D. 1917)[http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Carleman.html] *Gunnar Malmquist (1893-1982), astronomer, Professor in Uppsala 1939-1959. *Bertil Lindblad (1895-1965), astronomer; Professor and head of the Stockholm Observatory. Awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society 1948 and the Bruce Medal 1954. *Rolf Maximilian Sievert (1896-1966), physicist, professor at Stockholm University, eponym of the unit sievert (M.A. 1919) *Åke Wallenquist (1904-1994), astronomer *Arne Beurling (1905-1986), mathematician *Hannes Alfvén (1908-1995), physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics 1970 *Kai Siegbahn (b. 1918), physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics 1981. Son of Manne Siegbahn. *Lennart Carleson (b. 1928), mathematician (Ph.D. 1950), prof. at UU, later (after retirement) at UCLA. Awarded the Wolf Prize in Mathematics in 1992. *Björn Engquist (b. 1945), mathematician (Ph.D. 1975), professor at the Royal Institute of Technology and Princeton University *Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist, astronomer *Johan Håstad (b. 1960), mathematician and computer scientist (M.Sc. 1984) ===Chemistry, geology and mineralogy=== [[Image:Jöns Jacob Berzelius from Familj-Journalen1873.png|thumb|Jöns Jakob Berzelius]] *Johan Gottschalk Wallerius (1709-1785), chemist and mineralogist *Torbern Bergman (1735-1784), chemist *Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745-1818), mineralogist, discoverer of manganese *Johan Gadolin (1760-1852), chemist, physicist and mineralogist *Anders Gustaf Ekeberg (1767-1813), chemist, discoverer of tantalum *Jöns Jakob Berzelius (1779-1848), physician and chemist, considered one of the fathers of modern chemistry; invented modern chemical notation and discovered the elements silicon, selenium, thorium, and cerium *Nils Gabriel Sefström (1787-1845), chemist, discoverer of vanadium *Johan August Arfwedson (1792-1841), chemist, discoverer of lithium *Lars Fredrik Nilson (1840-1899), chemist, discoverer of scandium *Per Teodor Cleve (1840-1905), chemist and geologist. *Gerard De Geer (1848-1943), geologist who made significant contributions to Quaternary geology. *Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927), physicist and chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1903 *Abraham Langlet, chemist who discovered helium in 1895 together with Per Teodor Cleve, independently from William Ramsay) and defined its atomic weight correctly. Later professor at the Chalmers University of Technology. *V. Walfrid Ekman (1874-1954), oceanographer (Ph.D. 1902) *Theodor Svedberg (1884-1971), chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1926 ===Medicine and life sciences=== *Olaus Rudbeckius (1630-1702), a physician and professor of medicine as well as an engineer, architect and an imaginative writer of chauvinistic pseudohistory *Olaus Rudbeckius, junior (1660-1740), botanist *Peter Artedi (1705-1735), naturalist and friend of Linnaeus, called "the father of Ichtyology" *Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778), botanist, the father of taxonomy *Students of Linnaeus: **Pehr Kalm (1716-1779), botanist **Fredric Hasselquist (1722-1752), naturalist and traveller **Peter Forsskål (1732-1763), explorer, orientalist and naturalist **Daniel Solander (1733-1782), botanist **Johann Beckmann (1739-1811), German scientific author, coiner of the word technology **Adam Kuhn (1741-1817), one of the first professors of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and thus one of the first in North America (probably the only American student of Linnaeus) **Johan Zoega (1742-1788), Danish botanist and economist **Carl Peter Thunberg (1743-1828), botanist **Johan Christian Fabricius (1745-1808), Danish entomologist. **Anders Sparrman (1748-1820), physician and naturalist **Adam Afzelius (1750-1837), botanist **Anders Dahl (1751-1789), botanist for whom the dahlia flower is named **Jonas C. Dryander, naturalist and bibliographer, Librarian of the Royal Society, Vice-President of the Linnean Society of London **Peter Gustaf Tengmalm (1754-1803), physician and naturalist **Erik Acharius (1757-1819), botanist *Göran Wahlenberg (1780-1851), botanist *Elias Magnus Fries (1794-1878), botanist, the father of modern mushroom taxonomy *Adolf Appellöf (1857-1921), teuthologist *Allvar Gullstrand (1862-1930), ophthalmologist; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1911 *Robert Bárány (1876-1936), physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1914 (professor in Uppsala from 1917) *Erik Stensiö (1891-1984), paleozoologist, Professor at the Museum of Natural History, Stockholm. Awarded the Linnean Medal of the Linnean Society of London 1957. *Arne Tiselius (1902-1971), biochemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1948. *Svante Pääbo (b. 1955), evolutionary biologist ===Explorers=== *Sven Hedin (1865-1952; fil. kand. 1888; honorary doctorate 1935), known for his travels through Central Asia. The last person to be ennobled in Sweden. *Finn Malmgren (1895-1928), arctic explorer (Ph.D. in meteorology 1927, participated in several arctic expeditions and died in one 1928.) ==Humanities and social sciences== *Johan Ihre, philologist *Anders Berch, economist *Anders Chydenius, clergyman, economist *August Ludwig von Schlözer, studied 1755/56 with Johan Ihre *Carl Gustaf Nordin (1749-1812), historian, antiquarian and politician, Bishop of Härnösand from 1812. *Erik Gustaf Geijer, historian, poet, composer *Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, poet, professor of poetry *Artur Hazelius (1833–1901), founder of the Nordic Museum and the open-air museum Skansen in Stockholm. (Ph.D. 1860) *Oscar Montelius, archaeologist *Johan Gunnar Andersson, archaeologist *Knut Wicksell (1851-1926), economist *Rudolf Kjellén, political scientist *Gerhard Lindblom (1887-1969), ethnographer, working in East Africa *Eli Heckscher, economic historian *Bernhard Karlgren, sinologist *Henrik Samuel Nyberg, orientalist *Åke W. Sjöberg, assyriologist. Professor emeritus of Sumerian at the University of Pennsylvania, first editor of The Sumerian dictionary of the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania *Tor Andræ, scholar of Comparative religion, orientalist, Bishop *Geo Widengren, comparative religion *Torgny Säve-Söderbergh, egyptologist *Georges Dumézil, scholar of comparative religion, lecturer of French 1931-1933 *Michel Foucault, lecturer of French 1954-1958 (received the position through Dumézil) ==Industry== *Gustaf de Laval (1845-1913), engineer, co-founder of the present Alfa Laval ==Arts== [[Image:August_Strindberg_photographic_selfportrait_2.jpg|thumb|August Strindberg, photographic selfportrait]] ===Literature=== *Georg Stiernhielm *Carl Michael Bellman (1740-1795), poet and composer (matriculated 1758 but left after less than a year) *Erik Gustaf Geijer (1783-1847), historian, poet and composer *Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, poet *August Strindberg (1849-1912), novelist and playwright *Gustaf Fröding (1860-1911), poet *Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864-1931), poet. Nobel Prize in Literature 1931 (posthumously) *Pär Lagerkvist (1891-1974), novelist, playwright. Nobel Prize in Literature 1951. *Karin Boye (1900-1941), poet and novelist *Sara Lidman (1923-2004), novelist *Håkan Nesser (b. 1950), detective novelist *Per Olov Enquist, novelist *Lars Gustafsson, novelist *Ola Larsmo, novelist *Peter Nilson, novelist, essayist and astronomer *Gösta Knutsson, radio producer and author of children's books ===Music=== *Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uplandia (1827-1852), song composer, matriculated 1844 and studied several semesters in Uppsala *Gunnar Wennerberg, composer, politician and civil servant *Jacob Axel Josephson, studied in Uppsala, composer, director musices of Uppsala University *Hugo Alfvén, composer, director musices of Uppsala University *Wilhelm Stenhammar, composer, director musices of Uppsala University *Lars-Erik Larsson, composer, director musices of Uppsala University *Herbert Blomstedt, orchestral conductor *Petter Askergren, (known as "Petter"), Swedish rap music *Rickard Westman, member of folk music group Garmarna ===Theatre and entertainment=== *Svante Hedin (1822-1896), studied 1840-45, actor in the Royal Theatre in Stockholm *Tage Danielsson, writer and entertainer (matriculated 1949, MA 1955, was vice chairman of Uppsala Student Union) Uppsala University Lists of people by university affiliation
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This is a list of notable people affiliated with Uppsala University. For a list of chancellors of the university, see Chancellor of Uppsala University. [[Image:Carolina Rediviva Linnaeus statue.jpg|thumb|The statue of Carolus Linnaeus in the entrance hall of Carolina Rediviva, the main building of the university library, Uppsala.]] ==Nobel laureates affiliated with Uppsala University== *Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927), Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1903 *Allvar Gullstrand (1862-1930), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1911 *Robert Bárány (1876-1936), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1914 *Theodor Svedberg (1884-1971), Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1926 *Manne Siegbahn (1886-1978), Nobel Prize in Physics 1924 *Arne Tiselius (1902-1971), Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1948. *Hannes Alfvén (1908-1995), Nobel Prize in Physics 1970 *Kai Siegbahn (1918-), Nobel Prize in Physics 1981. *Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864-1931), Nobel Prize in Literature 1931 (posthumously) *Pär Lagerkvist (1891-1974), Nobel Prize in Literature 1951. *Hjalmar Branting (1860-1925), Nobel Peace Prize in 1921. *Nathan Söderblom (1866-1931), Nobel Peace Prize in 1931 *Alva Myrdal (1902-1986), Nobel Peace Prize in 1982 *Hugo Theorell (1903-1982), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1955. (Worked at Uppsala University 1932-33 and 1935-36.) *Dag Hammarskjöld (1905-1961), Nobel Peace Prize in 1961 (posthumously). ==Government, politics and civil service== ===Royalty=== [[Image:Princes Carl and Gustaf in Uppsala 1846.jpg|thumb|350px|Crown Prince Carl (the later king Charles XV of Sweden) and his brother Prince Gustaf, known as a song composer (the two young men closest to the pulpit), attending a lecture held by Law Professor Johan Christopher Lindblad (1799-1876) in the Theatrum Œconomicum, Uppsala. (Lithograph from 1846.)]] *King Charles X of Sweden, matriculated 1638. *King Charles XV of Sweden, student in Uppsala 1843 and 1845 (spring semester 1844 in Christiania) *Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uplandia (1827-1852), song composer, matriculated 1844 and studied several semesters in Uppsala *King Oscar II of Sweden *Prince Carl, Duke of Westrogothia (1861-), student 1881-1882 *Prince Eugén, Duke of Nericia, artist and art collector *King Gustav V of Sweden *King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden, also known as an accomplished archaeologist and connoisseur of East Asian art *King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden ===International work=== [[Image:Dag Hammarskjöld june 1959.jpg|thumb|Dag Hammarskjöld]] *Hjalmar Branting (1860-1925), Prime Minister of Sweden (first Swedish Social Democratic Party in that position) for three periods from 1920 to 1925. Nobel Peace Prize in 1921. *Per Jacobsson (1894-1963), Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund 1956-1963 *Alva Myrdal (1902-1986), Politician, diplomat. Nobel Peace Prize in 1982. *Dag Hammarskjöld (1905-1961), UN Secretary General. Nobel Peace Prize in 1961 (posthumously). *Sture Linnér, diplomat (Ph.D. in Classical philology) *Hans Blix (b. 1928), Diplomat; Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs 1978-1979, Head of the IAEA 1981-1997, of the UNMOVIC 2000-2003. *Hans Corell (b. 1939), Diplomat; UN Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs *Anna Lindh (1957-2003), Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs. Assassinated in 2003. ===Various Swedish politicians=== ''Very incomplete'' *Gustaf Nils Algernon Stierneld (1791-1868), Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1838 to 1842, and from 1848 to 1856 *Nils Edén (1871-1945), historian and liberal politician, Prime Minister of Sweden 1917–1920. *Karl Gustaf Westman (1876-1944), Leader of Bondeförbundet, held several ministerial posts, Minister of Justice 1936-1944 *Östen Undén (1886-1974), professor of civil law at UU, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden 1924–1926 and 1945–1962 *Lena Sommestad (b. 1957), Minister for the Environment (as of 2005), Ph.D. in history (1992). ===Non-Swedes=== *Oresimo Silveira, Cap Verdean diplomat, politician and writer (Ph.D., Political science, 1976) *Stane Dolanc (1925-1999), Yugoslav (Slovenian) politician, head of the security service under Tito ==Religion== [[Image:Emanuel Swedenborg.jpg|thumb|Emanuel Swedenborg]] ''As Uppsala University has one of only two faculties of Theology in Sweden, and the older one of the two (the other one is in Lund), most Swedish churchmen of note have actually graduated from the university.'' *Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772), scientist, philosopher and religious mystic *Lars Levi Laestadius (1800-1861), clergyman and botanist, founder of the conservative laestadianism. *Nathan Söderblom (1866-1931), professor of comparative religion. Later archbishop of Uppsala and Nobel Peace Prize in 1931 ==Natural sciences and medicine== ===Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy=== [[image:celsius.jpg|thumb|Anders Celsius]] [[Image:AÅngström.jpg|thumb|Anders Jonas Ångström]] *Christopher Polhem (1661-1751), mechanical engineer and inventor *Samuel Klingenstierna (1698-1765), mathematician and physicist *Anders Celsius (1701-1744), physicist and astronomer, inventor of the centigrade scale, the predecessor of the Celsius scale *Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin (1717-1783), astronomer, first head of the Stockholm Observatory *Anders Jonas Ångström (1814-1874), physicist, eponym of the unit ångström *Tobias Robert Thalén (1827-1905), astronomer and physicist, awarded Rumford Medal 1884 "for his spectroscopic researches" *Nils Christoffer Dunér (1839-1914), astronomer, professor of astronomy in Uppsala from 1888, awarded the Rumford Medal in 1892. *Oskar Backlund (1846-1916), astronomer *Gösta Mittag-Leffler (1846-1927), mathematician, Professor and Rector at Stockholm University, founder of the journal Acta mathematica (1882-) and the Mittag-Leffler Institute (Ph.D. 1872) *Knut Ångström (1857-1910), physicist *Ivar Otto Bendixson (1861-1935), mathematician, Professor and Rector at Stockholm University (M.A. 1881, Ph.D. 1890)[http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Bendixson.html] *Carl Charlier (1862-1934), astronomer, awarded the James Craig Watson Medal in 1924 and the Bruce Medal in 1933. Professor and head of the Astronomical Observatory at Lund University. *Erik Ivar Fredholm (1866-1927), mathematician who established the modern theory of integral equations *Helge von Koch (1870-1924), mathematician *Thomas Hakon Grönwall (1877-1932), mathematician, taught at Princeton University and Columbia University (studied in Uppsala and Stockholm, awarded Ph.D. by Uppsala University in 1898)[http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Gronwall.html] *David Enskog (1884-1947), mathematician, Professor at the Royal Institute of Technology (Ph.D. 1917)[http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Enskog.html] *Manne Siegbahn (1886-1978), physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics 1924 *Fritz Carlson (1888-1952), mathematician, Professor at the Royal Institute of Technology and later at the Stockholm University (Ph.D. 1914)[http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Carlson.html] *Torsten Carleman (1892-1949), mathematician, Professor and Director of the Mittag-Leffler Institute in Stockholm (Ph.D. 1917)[http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Carleman.html] *Gunnar Malmquist (1893-1982), astronomer, Professor in Uppsala 1939-1959. *Bertil Lindblad (1895-1965), astronomer; Professor and head of the Stockholm Observatory. Awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society 1948 and the Bruce Medal 1954. *Rolf Maximilian Sievert (1896-1966), physicist, professor at Stockholm University, eponym of the unit sievert (M.A. 1919) *Åke Wallenquist (1904-1994), astronomer *Arne Beurling (1905-1986), mathematician *Hannes Alfvén (1908-1995), physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics 1970 *Kai Siegbahn (b. 1918), physicist; Nobel Prize in Physics 1981. Son of Manne Siegbahn. *Lennart Carleson (b. 1928), mathematician (Ph.D. 1950), prof. at UU, later (after retirement) at UCLA. Awarded the Wolf Prize in Mathematics in 1992. *Björn Engquist (b. 1945), mathematician (Ph.D. 1975), professor at the Royal Institute of Technology and Princeton University *Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist, astronomer *Johan Håstad (b. 1960), mathematician and computer scientist (M.Sc. 1984) ===Chemistry, geology and mineralogy=== [[Image:Jöns Jacob Berzelius from Familj-Journalen1873.png|thumb|Jöns Jakob Berzelius]] *Johan Gottschalk Wallerius (1709-1785), chemist and mineralogist *Torbern Bergman (1735-1784), chemist *Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745-1818), mineralogist, discoverer of manganese *Johan Gadolin (1760-1852), chemist, physicist and mineralogist *Anders Gustaf Ekeberg (1767-1813), chemist, discoverer of tantalum *Jöns Jakob Berzelius (1779-1848), physician and chemist, considered one of the fathers of modern chemistry; invented modern chemical notation and discovered the elements silicon, selenium, thorium, and cerium *Nils Gabriel Sefström (1787-1845), chemist, discoverer of vanadium *Johan August Arfwedson (1792-1841), chemist, discoverer of lithium *Lars Fredrik Nilson (1840-1899), chemist, discoverer of scandium *Per Teodor Cleve (1840-1905), chemist and geologist. *Gerard De Geer (1848-1943), geologist who made significant contributions to Quaternary geology. *Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927), physicist and chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1903 *Abraham Langlet, chemist who discovered helium in 1895 together with Per Teodor Cleve, independently from William Ramsay) and defined its atomic weight correctly. Later professor at the Chalmers University of Technology. *V. Walfrid Ekman (1874-1954), oceanographer (Ph.D. 1902) *Theodor Svedberg (1884-1971), chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1926 ===Medicine and life sciences=== *Olaus Rudbeckius (1630-1702), a physician and professor of medicine as well as an engineer, architect and an imaginative writer of chauvinistic pseudohistory *Olaus Rudbeckius, junior (1660-1740), botanist *Peter Artedi (1705-1735), naturalist and friend of Linnaeus, called "the father of Ichtyology" *Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778), botanist, the father of taxonomy *Students of Linnaeus: **Pehr Kalm (1716-1779), botanist **Fredric Hasselquist (1722-1752), naturalist and traveller **Peter Forsskål (1732-1763), explorer, orientalist and naturalist **Daniel Solander (1733-1782), botanist **Johann Beckmann (1739-1811), German scientific author, coiner of the word technology **Adam Kuhn (1741-1817), one of the first professors of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and thus one of the first in North America (probably the only American student of Linnaeus) **Johan Zoega (1742-1788), Danish botanist and economist **Carl Peter Thunberg (1743-1828), botanist **Johan Christian Fabricius (1745-1808), Danish entomologist. **Anders Sparrman (1748-1820), physician and naturalist **Adam Afzelius (1750-1837), botanist **Anders Dahl (1751-1789), botanist for whom the dahlia flower is named **Jonas C. Dryander, naturalist and bibliographer, Librarian of the Royal Society, Vice-President of the Linnean Society of London **Peter Gustaf Tengmalm (1754-1803), physician and naturalist **Erik Acharius (1757-1819), botanist *Göran Wahlenberg (1780-1851), botanist *Elias Magnus Fries (1794-1878), botanist, the father of modern mushroom taxonomy *Adolf Appellöf (1857-1921), teuthologist *Allvar Gullstrand (1862-1930), ophthalmologist; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1911 *Robert Bárány (1876-1936), physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1914 (professor in Uppsala from 1917) *Erik Stensiö (1891-1984), paleozoologist, Professor at the Museum of Natural History, Stockholm. Awarded the Linnean Medal of the Linnean Society of London 1957. *Arne Tiselius (1902-1971), biochemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1948. *Svante Pääbo (b. 1955), evolutionary biologist ===Explorers=== *Sven Hedin (1865-1952; fil. kand. 1888; honorary doctorate 1935), known for his travels through Central Asia. The last person to be ennobled in Sweden. *Finn Malmgren (1895-1928), arctic explorer (Ph.D. in meteorology 1927, participated in several arctic expeditions and died in one 1928.) ==Humanities and social sciences== *Johan Ihre, philologist *Anders Berch, economist *Anders Chydenius, clergyman, economist *August Ludwig von Schlözer, studied 1755/56 with Johan Ihre *Carl Gustaf Nordin (1749-1812), historian, antiquarian and politician, Bishop of Härnösand from 1812. *Erik Gustaf Geijer, historian, poet, composer *Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, poet, professor of poetry *Artur Hazelius (1833–1901), founder of the Nordic Museum and the open-air museum Skansen in Stockholm. (Ph.D. 1860) *Oscar Montelius, archaeologist *Johan Gunnar Andersson, archaeologist *Knut Wicksell (1851-1926), economist *Rudolf Kjellén, political scientist *Gerhard Lindblom (1887-1969), ethnographer, working in East Africa *Eli Heckscher, economic historian *Bernhard Karlgren, sinologist *Henrik Samuel Nyberg, orientalist *Åke W. Sjöberg, assyriologist. Professor emeritus of Sumerian at the University of Pennsylvania, first editor of The Sumerian dictionary of the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania *Tor Andræ, scholar of Comparative religion, orientalist, Bishop *Geo Widengren, comparative religion *Torgny Säve-Söderbergh, egyptologist *Georges Dumézil, scholar of comparative religion, lecturer of French 1931-1933 *Michel Foucault, lecturer of French 1954-1958 (received the position through Dumézil) ==Industry== *Gustaf de Laval (1845-1913), engineer, co-founder of the present Alfa Laval ==Arts== [[Image:August_Strindberg_photographic_selfportrait_2.jpg|thumb|August Strindberg, photographic selfportrait]] ===Literature=== *Georg Stiernhielm *Carl Michael Bellman (1740-1795), poet and composer (matriculated 1758 but left after less than a year) *Erik Gustaf Geijer (1783-1847), historian, poet and composer *Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, poet *August Strindberg (1849-1912), novelist and playwright *Gustaf Fröding (1860-1911), poet *Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864-1931), poet. Nobel Prize in Literature 1931 (posthumously) *Pär Lagerkvist (1891-1974), novelist, playwright. Nobel Prize in Literature 1951. *Karin Boye (1900-1941), poet and novelist *Sara Lidman (1923-2004), novelist *Håkan Nesser (b. 1950), detective novelist *Per Olov Enquist, novelist *Lars Gustafsson, novelist *Ola Larsmo, novelist *Peter Nilson, novelist, essayist and astronomer *Gösta Knutsson, radio producer and author of children's books ===Music=== *Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uplandia (1827-1852), song composer, matriculated 1844 and studied several semesters in Uppsala *Gunnar Wennerberg, composer, politician and civil servant *Jacob Axel Josephson, studied in Uppsala, composer, director musices of Uppsala University *Hugo Alfvén, composer, director musices of Uppsala University *Wilhelm Stenhammar, composer, director musices of Uppsala University *Lars-Erik Larsson, composer, director musices of Uppsala University *Herbert Blomstedt, orchestral conductor *Petter Askergren, (known as "Petter"), Swedish rap music *Rickard Westman, member of folk music group Garmarna ===Theatre and entertainment=== *Svante Hedin (1822-1896), studied 1840-45, actor in the Royal Theatre in Stockholm *Tage Danielsson, writer and entertainer (matriculated 1949, MA 1955, was vice chairman of Uppsala Student Union) Uppsala University Lists of people by university affiliation
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