List of Lund University people

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.

Nobel laureates affiliated with Lund University

*Manne Siegbahn (1886-1978), Physics 1924. Professor at Uppsala University. (B.A. 1908, Ph.D. 1911)
*Bertil Ohlin (1899-1979), Economics 1977. Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics, leader of the liberal Liberal People's Party from 1944 to 1967. (B.A. 1917)
*Sune Bergström (1916-2004), Medicine 1982. (Professor 1947-1958)
*Arvid Carlsson (1923-), Medicine 2000. (M.D. 1951, Assistant Professor 1951-1959)

Government, politics and civil service

*Arvid Posse (1820-1901), Prime Minister of Sweden 1880-1883. (B.A. 1840)
*Östen Undén (1886-1974), Rector Magnificus of Uppsala University and politician, notably Minister for Foreign Affairs 1924-26, 1945-62. (B.A. 1905, LL.B. 1910, LL.D. 1912)
*Ernst Wigforss (1881-1977), linguist and politician, Swedish Minister of Finance. (Ph.D. 1913)
*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, Nobel laureate, "see above"
*Tage Erlander (1901-1985), Prime Minister of Sweden, 1946-1969. (B.A. 1928)
*Gunnar Jarring (1907-2002), ambassador, UN diplomat and scholar of Turkic languages. (Ph.D. 1933)
*Ingvar Carlsson (1934-), Prime Minister of Sweden 1986-91, 1994-96. (B.A. 1958)
*Tarja Cronberg (1943-), Finnish Green Party politician, Member of the European Parliament. (Eng. D. 1973)
*Lena Ek (1958-), Member of the European Parliament (J.D., LL.D.)

Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy

*Axel Möller (1830-1896), astronomer (Ph.D. 1853, professor 1863-1895)
*Albert Victor Bäcklund (1845-1912), mathematician and physicist (Bäcklund transform). (Ph.D. 1868, professor from 1878)
*Johannes Rydberg (1854-1919), physicist (Rydberg formula, Rydberg constant). (Ph.D. 1873, Professor from 1897)
*Carl Charlier (1862-1934), astronomer, awarded the James Craig Watson Medal in 1924 and the Bruce Medal in 1933. (Professor from 1897, head of the Lund Observatory)
*Elis Strömgren (1870-1947), astronomer, Director of the Observatory at Copenhagen University. (Ph. D 1898)
*V. Walfrid Ekman (1874-1954), oceanographer (Ekman spiral, Ekman number). (Professor 1910-1939)
*Manne Siegbahn (1886-1978), physicist, Nobel laureate, "see above"
* Anders Lindstedt (1954-1939) mathematician, astronomer and pioneer of actuarial science.
*Knut Lundmark (1889-1958), astronomer. (Professor, head of Lund Observatory, 1929-1955)
*Gunnar Malmquist (1893-1982), astronomer. (Ph.D. 1921)
*Oskar Klein (1894-1977), physicist. (Docent 1926-30)
*Marcel Riesz (1886-1969), mathematician (Riesz function, Riesz theorems, Riesz mean, Riesz potential). (Professor from 1926)
*Lars Gårding (1919-), mathematician (Gårding's inequality). (Professor)
*Lars Hörmander (1931-), mathematician, awarded the Fields medal in 1962. (Ph.D. 1955, Professor from 1968)

Medicine and life sciences

*Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778), father of modern taxonomy. (studied his first year in Lund, transferred 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 from 1811, Professor from 1824, from 1834 professor at Uppsala)
*Anders Gustaf Dahlbom (1806–1859), entomologist.
*Jacob Georg Agardh (1813-1901), botanist.
*Gustaf Retzius (1842-1919), anatomist.
*Rune Elmqvist (1906-1996), developed first implantable pacemaker. (M.D.)
*Sune Bergström (1916-2004), biochemist, Nobel laureate, "see above"
*Arvid Carlsson (1923-), physician, Nobel laureate, "see above"

Engineering

*Per Georg Scheutz (1785-1873), computing pioneer, Scheutzian calculation engine. (J.D. 1805)
*Martin Wiberg (1826-1905), inventor, logarithmic table generating machines. (Ph.D. 1850)
*Carl Hellmuth Hertz (1920-1990) pioneered medical ultrasonography (with Inge Edler). (Professor)
*Michael Treschow (1943-), Businessman, chairman of Ericsson. (M.Eng.)
*Boris Smeds (1944-), radio engineer at ESA (M. Eng., Licentiate 1972, Honorary Doctor, 2006)

Humanities and social sciences

*Samuel Pufendorf (1632-1694), German jurist, political scientist and historian. (Professor 1670-1677)
*Carl August Hagberg (1810-1864), linguist and translator
*Knut Wicksell (1851-1926), economist. (Professor 1900-1916)
*Torgny Segerstedt (1876-1945), scholar of comparative religion, anti-Nazi journalist. (B.A. 1901, Docent 1903)
*Torsten Hägerstrand (1916-2004), cultural geographer. (Ph.D. 1953, Professor)
*Axel Leijonhufvud (1933-), economist. (B.A.)

Literature

*Bengt Lidner (1757-1793), poet. (Student 1774-1776)
*Thomas Thorild (1759-1808), poet, critic and philosopher.
*Esaias Tegnér (1782-1846), poet, bishop of Växjö. (B.A. 1802, Professor 1812-1824)
*Frans Gunnar Bengtsson (1894-1954), author, "The Long Ships". (Licentiate 1930)

Music, Theatre, and Entertainment

*Otto Lindblad (1809-1864), composer. (Student 1829-1836)
*Hans Alfredson (1931-), writer, entertainer and film director, former head of Skansen. (B.A. 1956)

Honorary doctorates

*John Ericsson (1803-1889) Inventor, father of the USS Monitor. (1868)
*Carver Mead (1934-) Computer Scientist. (1987)
*Gustavus Simmons (1930-) Cryptographer. (1991)
*Kofi Annan (1938-), UN Secretary General. (1999)
*Santiago Calatrava (1951-) Architect. (1999)