List of Lund University people

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This is a list of notable people affiliated with Lund University, either as students or as researchers and academic teachers (or both). Lund University, located in the town of Lund in Skåne, Sweden, was founded in 1666.

Contents 1 Nobel laureates affiliated with Lund University 2 Government, politics and civil service 3 Natural sciences and medicine 3.1 Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy 3.2 Geography 3.3 Medicine and life sciences 3.4 Engineering 4 Humanities and social sciences 5 Arts 5.1 Literature 5.2 Music 5.3 Theatre and entertainment 5.4 Honorary doctorates

[edit] Nobel laureates affiliated with Lund University

• Manne Siegbahn (1886-1978), professor at Uppsala University, Nobel Laureate in Physics 1924. (B.A. 1908, Ph.D. 1911)
• Bertil Ohlin (1899-1979), prof. at the Stockholm School of Economics, winner of the 1977, Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, leader of the liberal Folkpartiet from 1944 to 1967. (B.A. 1917)
• Sune Bergström (b. 1916), Nobel Laureate in medicine or physiology 1982 (professor in Lund 1947-1958, later professor at Karolinska Institutet)
• Arvid Carlsson (b. 1923), Nobel Laureate in medicine or physiology 2000 (M.D. 1951)
• Kofi Annan, Nobel Peace Prize in 2000. 1999 Honorary Doctor of Law at the University of Lund.

[edit] Government, politics and civil service

• Gunnar Jarring, diplomat and scholar of Turkic languages
• Arvid Posse, Prime Minister of Sweden
• Ernst Wigforss (1881-1977), linguist and politician, Minister of Finance
• Östen Undén (1886-1974), Law professor and Rector magnificus at Uppsala University, held various cabinet posts, notably as Minister for Foreign Affairs 1924-26, 1945-1962; Swedish University Chancellor 1937-1951. (B.A. 1905, LL.B. 1910, LL.D. 1912)
• Per Edvin Sköld (1891-1972), held various cabinet posts from 1932, Minister of Finance 1949-1955 (B.A. 1917)
• Bertil Ohlin (1899-1979), liberal leader and economist, see above
• Tage Erlander (1901-1985), longest serving Prime Minister of Sweden, 1946-1969 (B.A. 1928)
• Tarja Cronberg (b. 1943), Finnish Green Party politician, Member of the European Parliament (LL.B.)
• Lena Ek (b. 1958), Member of the European Parliament (Ph.D.)

[edit] Natural sciences and medicine

[edit] Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy

• Axel Möller (1830-1896), astronomer (Ph.D. 1853, professor 1863-1895)
• Janne Rydberg discovered the Rydberg formula at Lund University in 1888
• Albert Victor Bäcklund (1845-1912), mathematician and physicist (Ph.D. 1868, professor from 1878)
• 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.
• Elis Strömgren (1870-1947), astronomer; Professor and Director of the Observatory at Copenhagen University. Father of the astronomer Bengt Strömgren.
• V. Walfrid Ekman (1874-1954), oceanographer
• Manne Siegbahn (1886-1978), professor at Uppsala University, Nobel Prize in Physics 1924. (Ph.D. 1911)
• Gunnar Malmquist (1893-1982), astronomer
• Oskar Klein (1894-1977), physicist, worked in Lund 1926-1930
• Lars Hörmander, mathematician, awarded the Fields medal in 1962.

[edit] Geography

• Torsten Hägerstrand

[edit] Medicine and life sciences

• Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778), naturalist who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of taxonomy (studied his first year in Lund, before transferring to Uppsala)
• Anders Jahan Retzius (1742-1821), naturalist
• Carl Adolph Agardh (1785-1859), naturalist (botanist) and clergyman, finally bishop of Karlstad
• Anders Retzius (1796-1860), anatomist
• Carl Fredrik Fallén (1764-1830), botanist and entomologist
• Axel Gustaf Gyllenkrok (1783-1865), zoologist
• Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt (1785-1874), entomologist
• Elias Magnus Fries (1794-1878), mycologist, (student in Lund 1811, professor in Lund 1824, from 1834 professor at Uppsala University)
• Anders Gustaf Dahlbom (1806–1859), entomologist.
• Jacob Georg Agardh (1813-1901), botanist
• Gustaf Retzius (1842-1919), anatomist. Professor at Karolinska Institutet 1877-1890; member of the Swedish Academy. Began his studies in Uppsala, where he took his med.kand., later transferred to KI and Lund University
• Medical ultrasonography in echocardiography of the heart was pioneered by Inge Edler and Carl Hellmuth Hertz in cooperation between the department of cardiology and the department of electrical measurements in 1953
• Sune Bergström (b. 1916), Nobel Laureate in medicine or physiology 1982 (professor 1947-1958, later professor at Karolinska Institutet
• Arvid Carlsson (b. 1923), Nobel Laureate in medicine or physiology 2000 (M.D. 1951)

[edit] Engineering

• Boris Smeds (b. 1944), radio engineer at ESA
• Per Georg Scheutz graduated as a student of law in 1805 before moving to Stockholm and turning to mechanical engineering
• Martin Wiberg, inventor, invented a logarithmic table generating machine in 1875

[edit] Humanities and social sciences

• Samuel Pufendorf (1632-1694), German jurist, political scientist and historian (professor in Lund 1670-1677)
• Knut Wicksell (1851-1926), economist (professor in Lund 1900-1916)
• Torgny Segerstedt (1876-1945), scholar of comparative religion, but best known as an anti-nazi journalist

[edit] Arts

[edit] Literature

• Bengt Lidner (1757-1793), poet
• Thomas Thorild (1759-1808), poet, critic and philosopher
• Esaias Tegnér (1782-1846), poet, bishop of Växjö
• Frans Gunnar Bengtsson (1894-1954) studied in Lund from 1912 until receiving his Licentiate in Philosophy in 1930. He then wrote the world-famous book The Long Ships.

[edit] Music

• Otto Lindblad (1809-1864), composer

[edit] Theatre and entertainment

• Hans Alfredson (b. 1931), writer, entertainer and film director, former head of Skansen.

[edit] Honorary doctorates

• Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary General, Honorary Doctor of Law (1999).