The Cedergren Medal is a rarely granted honor awarded to outstanding scientists in
electrical engineering
Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...
by the Cedergren Foundation. Only 14 have been issued since the recognition was created in 1914.
[Cedergren Medal for Bjoern Ottersten]
/ref> Mathematics genius and electrical engineering pioneer Charles P. Steinmetz was the first recipient of the honor's silver medal.
The award is administered on behalf of the foundation by the KTH - Royal Institute of Technology
The KTH Royal Institute of Technology ( sv, Kungliga Tekniska högskolan, lit=Royal Institute of Technology), abbreviated KTH, is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden. KTH conducts research and education in engineering and technol ...
,[ one of Europe's leading technical and engineering universities.][KTH - Royal Institute of Technology]
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In addition to funding the honor, the foundation, which was established in 1909, also uses its endowment fund's investment returns for scholarships to Swedish electro technicians. Namesake Henrik Tore Cedergren (1853-1909) was the founder of Stockholms Allmänna Telefon AB which merged with Lars Magnus Ericsson’s company in 1918 to become Allmänna Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson. Today, Ericsson is the world’s largest mobile communication network provider, holding 35% market share.
Partial list of recipients
* Charles P. Steinmetz, #1 (1914)
* Ernst Alexanderson, (1944)
* Reinhold Rudenberg, (1950)
* John Robinson Pierce, (1964)
* Hannes Alfvén, (1988)
* Björn Ottersten, #12 (2014)Cedergren Medal for Björn Ottersten
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* Lennart Ljung, (2019)
References
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Swedish science and technology awards