The Nobel Committee for Physics is the

Nobel Committee A Nobel Committee is a working body responsible for most of the work involved in selecting Nobel Prize laureates. There are five Nobel Committees, one for each Nobel Prize. Four of these committees (for prizes in physics, chemistry, physiolog ...

responsible for proposing laureates for the

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accessed 2022-05-31 The Nobel Committee for Physics is appointed by the

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ( sv, Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien) is one of the Swedish Royal Academies, royal academies of Sweden. Founded on 2 June 1739, it is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization that takes special ...

. It usually consists of Swedish professors of physics who are members of the Academy, although the Academy in principle could appoint anyone to the Committee. The Committee is a working body without decision power, and the final decision to award the Nobel Prize for Physics is taken by the entire Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, after having a first discussion in the Academy's Class for Physics.

Current members

The members of the Committee (as of 2022) are: * David Haviland * John Wettlaufer *

Eva Olsson Eva Olsson (born 2 September 1951) is a Swedish former cross-country skier. She competed at the 1972, 1976 and the 1980 Winter Olympics The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, w ...

* Thors Hans Hansson * Anders Irbäck (Chair) * Ulf Danielsson(Secretary)

Co-opted members

* Mats Larsson * Ellen Moons * Gunnar Ingelman

Secretary

The secretary takes part in the meeting, but cannot cast a vote unless the secretary is also a member of the Committee. Until 1973, the Nobel Committees for Physics and Chemistry had a common secretary. *

Wilhelm Palmær Wilhelm may refer to: People and fictional characters * William Charles John Pitcher, costume designer known professionally as "Wilhelm" * Wilhelm (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname Other uses * Moun ...

, 1900–1926 * Arne Westgren, 1926–1943 *

Arne Ölander Gustav Arne Ölander (31 December 1902 in Stockholm – 13 May 1984 in Stockholm) was a Swedish chemist, known for his discovery of the shape-memory effect in metal alloys. He was the son of Gustaf Ölander and Hilda Ölander née Norrman. Ölan ...

, 1943–1965 * Arne Magnéli, 1966–1973 * Bengt Nagel, 1974–1988 *

Anders Bárány John "Anders" Bárány (born 13 July 1942) is a Swedish scientist working in the field of theoretical physics. Career Bárány became a doctor of philosophy in theoretical physics at Uppsala University in 1973 and later became university doctor ...

, 1989–2003 * Lars Bergström, 2004–2015 * Gunnar Ingelman, 2016–present

Former members

Hugo Hildebrand Hildebrandsson Hugo Hildebrand Hildebrandsson (19 August 1838 – 29 July 1925) was a Swedish meteorologist and professor at Uppsala university between 1878 and 1907. Biography Hildebrandsson was born in Stockholm, and educated at the Stockholm gymnasium and t ...

, 1900–1910 *

Robert Thalén Tobias Robert Thalén Hon. FRSE (28 December 1827 – 27 July 1905) was a Swedish physicist. He was awarded the Rumford Medal in 1884 for his spectroscopic researches. He was an expert on terrestrial magnetism and spectrum analysis. He gives ...

, 1900–1903 *

Klas Bernhard Hasselberg Klas or KLAS may refer to: * Klas (restaurant), a Czech restaurant in Cicero, Illinois, which operated from 1922 to 2016 * KLAS-TV, a television station (channel 8 analog/7 digital) licensed to Las Vegas, Nevada, United States * The ICAO airport c ...

, 1900–1922 * Knut Ångström, 1900–1909 *

Svante Arrhenius Svante August Arrhenius ( , ; 19 February 1859 – 2 October 1927) was a Swedes, Swedish scientist. Originally a physicist, but often referred to as a chemist, Arrhenius was one of the founders of the science of physical chemistry. He received ...

, 1900–1927 * Gustaf Granqvist, 1904–1922 *

Vilhelm Carlheim-Gyllensköld Vilhelm is a masculine given name, the Scandinavian form of William and Wilhelm. Notable people with the name include: * Vilhelm Ahlmann (1852-1928), Danish-Swedish architect * Vilhelm Andersen (1864–1953), Danish author, literary historian and ...

, 1910–1934 *

Allvar Gullstrand Allvar Gullstrand (5 June 1862 – 28 July 1930) was a Swedish ophthalmologist and optician. Life Born at Landskrona, Sweden, Gullstrand was professor (1894–1927) successively of eye therapy and of optics at the University of Uppsala. He ap ...

, 1911–1929 *

Carl Wilhelm Oseen Carl Wilhelm Oseen (17 April 1879 in Lund – 7 November 1944 in Uppsala) was a theoretical physicist in Uppsala and Director of the Nobel Institute for Theoretical Physics in Stockholm. Life Oseen was born in Lund, and took a Fil. Kand. degre ...

, 1923–1944 *

Manne Siegbahn Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn FRS(For) HFRSE (3 December 1886 – 26 September 1978) was a Swedish physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1924 "for his discoveries and research in the field of X-ray spectroscopy". Biography Siegbahn ...

, 1923–1961 (chairman ?–1957) * Henning Pleijel, 1928–1947 * Erik Hulthén, 1929–1962 (chairman 1958–1962) * Axel E. Lindh, 1935–1960 *

Ivar Waller Ivar Waller (11 June 1898 – 12 April 1991) was a Swedish professor of theoretical physics at Uppsala University. He developed the theory of X-ray scattering by lattice vibrations of a crystal, building upon the prior work of Peter Debye. The De ...

, 1945–1972 * Gustaf Ising, 1947–1953 * Oskar Klein, 1954–1965 *

Bengt Edlén Bengt Edlén (2 November 1906, Gusum – 10 February 1993, Lund) was a Swedish professor of physics and astronomer who specialized in spectroscopy. He was the first who identified the unknown coronal spectral lines in the Corona, which was us ...

, 1961–1976 * Erik Rudberg, 1963–1972 (chairman 1963–1972) *

Kai Siegbahn Kai Manne Börje Siegbahn (20 April 1918 – 20 July 2007) was a Swedish physicist who was awarded the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics. Biography Siegbahn was born in Lund, Sweden, son of Manne Siegbahn the 1924 physics Nobel Prize winner. Siegbah ...

, 1963–1974 (chairman 1973–1974) *

Lamek Hulthén Lamech may refer to: * Lamech (descendant of Cain) * Lamech (father of Noah) Lamech (; he, ''Lemeḵ'', in pausa ''Lāmeḵ''; gr, Λάμεχ ''Lámekh'') was a patriarch in the genealogies of Adam in the Book of Genesis. He is part of th ...

, 1966–1979 (chairman 1975–1979) *

Per-Olov Löwdin Per-Olov Löwdin (October 28, 1916 – October 6, 2000) was a Swedish physicist, professor at the University of Uppsala from 1960 to 1983, and in parallel at the University of Florida until 1993. A former graduate student under Ivar Waller, Löwd ...

, 1972–1984 * A.M. Harun-ar-Rashid, 1972, 1986, 1993 * Stig Lundqvist, 1973–1985 (chairman 1980–1985) * Sven Johansson, 1975–1986 (chairman 1986) * Gösta Ekspong, 1975–1988 (chairman 1987–1988) * Ingvar Lindgren, 1978–1991 (chairman 1989–1991) *

Carl Nordling Carl Nordling (6 February 1931 – 1 April 2016) was a Swedish physicist who was a professor of physics at Uppsala University. He was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and served as the chairman of the Nobel Committee for Physics. ...

, 1985–1997 (chairman 1992–1995) * Bengt Nagel, 1986–1997 *

Erik Karlsson Erik Sven Gunnar Karlsson (; born 31 May 1990) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman and alternate captain for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Karlsson was drafted in the first round, 15th overall, by the Otta ...

, 1987–1998 (chairman 1997–1998) * Cecilia Jarlskog, 1989–2000 (chairman 1999–2000) * Tord Claeson, 1992–2000 * Mats Jonson, 1997–2005 * Sune Svanberg, 1998–2006 * Per Carlson, 1999–2007 * Lennart Stenflo, 2001–2006 * Joseph Nordgren, 2001–2009 (chairman 2008–2009) * Ingemar Lundström, 2006–? (chairman 2010–?) *

Anne L'Huillier Anne L'Huillier (born 1958 in Paris) is a French physicist, and professor of atomic physics at Lund University in Sweden. Life L'Huillier first pursued an education and was awarded a Master of Science in theoretical physics and mathematics, but s ...

, 2007–2015 * Börje Johansson, 2007–? *

Lars Brink Lars Elof Gustaf Brink (born 12 November 1943 - died 29 October 2022) was a Swedish theoretical physicist. He made significant and well-cited contributions in supersymmetry, supergravity, superspace, and superstrings., and the connections amon ...

, 2008–? * Björn Jonson, 2006–present * Per Delsing, 2007–2015 * Olle Inganäs, 2012–2016 * Nils Mårtensson, around 2017 (chair) * Olga Botner, 2010–2018

References

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