Here are all 33 of Sweden’s Nobel laureates
Most Nobel Prizes over the years have been awarded to the United States. They have collected around 400 medals since the Nobel Prize began to be awarded. But the fact is that Sweden does well in an international comparison, only four countries have more award winners. Here are all 33 of Sweden’s award winners.
2022 – Svante Pääbo, physiology or medicine
2015 – Tomas Lindahl, chemistry
2011 – Tomas Tranströmer, literature
2000 – Arvid Carlsson, physiology or medicine
1982 – Alva Myrdal, the peace prize
1982 – Sune Bergström, physiology or medicine
1982 – Bengt I Samuelsson, physiology or medicine
1981 – Kai Siegbahn, Physics
1981 – Torsten Wiesel, physiology or medicine
1977 – Bertil Ohlin, economics (Sveriges Riksbank’s prize in economic science in memory of Alfred Nobel)
1974 – Eyvind Johnson, literature
1974 – Harry Martinson, literature
1974 – Gunnar Myrdal, economics
1970 – Ulf von Euler, physiology or medicine
1970 – Hannes Alfvén, physics
1967 – Ragnar Granit, physiology or medicine (had both Swedish and Finnish citizenship)
1966 – Nelly Sachs, literature (born in Germany)
1961 – Dag Hammarskjöld, Peace Prize (received posthumously)
1955 – Hugo Theorell, physiology or medicine
1951 – Pär Lagerkvist, literature
1948 – Arne Tiselius, chemistry
1931 – Erik Axel Karlfeldt, literature (received it posthumously)
1930 – Nathan Söderblom, the Peace Prize
1929 – Hans von Euler-Chelpin, chemistry (also a German citizen)
1926 – Theodor Svedberg, chemistry
1924 – Karl Manne Siegbahn, physics
1921 – Hjalmar Branting, the peace prize
1916 – Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam, literature
1912 – Gustaf Dalén, physics
1911 – Allvar Gullstrand, physiology or medicine
1909 – Selma Lagerlöf, literature
1908 – Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Peace Prize
1903 – Svante Arrhenius, chemistry
