List of Swedish inventors and discoverers
List of Swedish inventors and discoverers in alphabetical order by family name.
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- Karl Johan Andersson : Discovery of the Okawango and the Etosha Pan
- Jonas Ångström is different : co-founder of astrospectroscopy
- Johan August Arfwedson : chemist, discovery of the chemical element lithium
- Svante Arrhenius : (Nobel Prize) - Proof that salts are present as ions in water .
- Ernst Fredrik Werner Alexanderson : Sweden / USA - machine transmitter, Alexanderson alternator, fax transmission
- Nils Alwall : Artificial Kidney
- Hannes Alfvén : (Nobel Prize 1970) - fundamental achievements and discoveries in magnetohydrodynamics with fruitful applications in various parts of plasma physics
- Peter Artedi , biologist, "father" of ichthyology
B.
- Sune K. Bergström : (Nobel Prize 1982) - groundbreaking work on prostaglandins and closely related biologically active substances
- Jöns Jakob Berzelius : Introduction of the chemical sign language with the letters for the chemical elements and for the first time precisely determined a large number of the atomic masses of elements; he developed a first model for understanding electrolysis and the conversion of substances by assuming a positive and a negative charge in each Particle (dualistic theory); Discovery of the elements cerium , selenium and thorium ); other elements were first represented by him in elemental form ( silicon , zirconium , titanium , tantalum and vanadium .
- Nils Bohlin : three-point seat belt 1959
- Per-Ingvar Brånemark : Osseointegration (titanium implants) in the early 1950s
C.
- Arvid Carlsson : (Nobel Prize 2000) - Discoveries relating to signal transmission in the nervous system
- Unlike Celsius : 100-degree thermometer ; Temperature unit degrees Celsius
- Axel Frederic Cronstedt : chemist, discovery of the element nickel
D.
- Gustaf Dalén : (Nobel Prize) - AGA cooker ; Dalén light; Agamassan
- Arvid Damm : Rotor cipher machine 1919
E.
- Anders Gustaf Ekeberg : chemist, discovery of the chemical element tantalum , 1802
- Rune Elmqvist : Heart-lung machine 1947/48 (with Clarence Crafoord), pacemaker 1958 (with Åke Senning )
- John Ericsson : Sweden / USA - heat engine 1820s, two-blade ship propeller (Ericsson propeller) 1830s, solar machine
- Lars Magnus Ericsson
- Hans Karl August Simon from Euler-Chelpin , 1929
- Ulf von Euler : (Nobel Prize 1970) - isolated and described the prostaglandins in human sperm for the first time in 1935 independently of MW Goldblatt and also discovered that noradrenaline functions as a chemical transmitter of information in the nerve fibers.
- Pehr Edman : In 1950 he developed the Edman breakdown named after him , which makes it possible to determine the sequence of the amino acid building blocks in proteins .
G
- Ragnar Granit : (Nobel Prize 1967) - Work on the chemical-physiological processes in the retina of the eye
- Allvar Gullstrand : (Nobel Prize 1911) - Work on the optical properties of the eye
H
- Victor Hasselblad : 6x6 cm reflex camera Hasselblad 1600 F (with Sixten Sason)
- Hellmuth Hertz (Germany / Sweden): Echocardiography ( ultrasound )
J
- Carl Edvard Johansson : Gauge Blocks
- Johan Petter Johansson : water pump pliers (pipe wrench) 1886, Englishman (tool) (adjustable wrench) 1892
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L.
- Sven Torbjörn Lagerwall : ferroelectric liquid crystals 1979 (with Noel Clark)
- Uno Lamm : Transmission of high voltage direct current HVDC
- Håkan Lans : color graphics processor, digitizer, automatic identification system (satellite navigation system)
- Tolbert Lanston : Monotype typesetting machine 1887 or 1897
- Gustav de Laval : Constant pressure steam turbine for milk separator (cream separator) 1883, Laval nozzle 1883 (with Ernst Körting), and other machine elements
- Mats Leijon : high voltage generator
- Lars Leksell : Radiation Meter for Brain Surgery 1968 ( Gamma Knife )
- Frans Wilhelm Lindqvist : Kerosene stove with compressed air
- Carl von Linné : Taxonomy in Biology
- Birger Ljungström and Fredrik Ljungström : Svea bicycle 1892, Ljungström turbine 1900s
- Nils Löfgren local anesthetic lidocaine 1943 (with Bengt Lundqvist )
- Göran Lundahl : Flofreeze process for food 1961 (with Per Oscar Persson )
- Bengt Lundqvist : local anesthetic lidocaine 1943 (with Nils Löfgren)
M.
- Bengt Gunnar Magnusson : AX telephone system
- René Malaise : Malaise trap for insects
- Sven Mattisson : Co-inventor of Bluetooth (Ericcson)
- Karl Oskar Medin : Discovery of the contagious character of the disease polio
- Carl Gustav Mosander : Discovery of yttrium , erbium and terbium in 1843
- Carl Munters : absorption refrigeration machine with hydrogen as auxiliary gas (together with Baltzar von Platen and John Tandberg )
- Gunnar Myrdal : (Nobel Prize 1974) - Pioneering work in the field of money and business cycle theory
N
- Lars Fredrik Nilson : chemist, discovery of the chemical element scandium , 1879
- Alfred Nobel : dynamite 1866/67, explosive gelatine 1875, ballistite 1887, plywood
- Immanuel Nobel : rapid fire rifle, sea mines, waterproof inflatable military backpack made of rubber
- Carl Richard Nyberg : Blowtorch 1881/82
O
- Willgodt Theophil Odhner Sweden / Russia - Odhner Arithmometer (Sprossenrad calculating machine) 1876
- Bertil Ohlin : (Nobel Prize 2000) - Heckscher-Ohlin Theorem
P
- Helge Palmcrantz : Nordenfelt machine gun
- Gustaf Erik Pasch : Safety match , patent 1844
- Per Oscar Persson Flofreeze process for food 1961 (with Göran Lundahl )
- Baltzar von Platen : Gas absorber refrigerator (diffusion absorption refrigerator) around 1925
- Christopher Polhem (Christopher Polhammar): padlock early 18th century, mechanical alphabet, ore mining
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- Olof Rudbeck the Elder : Discovery of the lymph vessels
- Johannes Rydberg : physicist, Rydberg state , Rydberg constant , Rydberg formula , Rydberg atom
S.
- Bengt I. Samuelsson : (Nobel Prize 1982) - Work on prostaglandins and closely related biologically active substances
- Åke Senning : Pacemaker 1958 (with Rune Elmqvist )
- Kai Siegbahn and Karl Manne Siegbahn : (Nobel Prize)
- Gideon Sundbäck : Co-inventor of the zipper 1912, patent 1913
- Theodor Svedberg : (Nobel Prize) - Work on disperse systems
T
- Hugo Theorell : (Nobel Prize 1955) - Discoveries about the nature and mode of action of the oxidation enzymes
- Arne Tiselius : (Nobel Prize 1948) - Research on electrophoresis and adsorption in analytics, especially for his discoveries about the complex nature of blood serum proteins
W.
- Erik Wallenberg : Tetra-Pak packaging 1951
- Jonas Wenström three-phase alternating current (three-phase current) 1887–90 (with Tesla, Bradley, Haselwander, Dolivo-Dobrowolsky)
- Kjell Wetterlin : Turbohaler (inhaler for asthma sufferers) around 1972
- Ivar Wickman : demonstrated the epidemic character of polio in field studies
- Torsten N. Wiesel : (Nobel Prize 1981) - Research on the structure and information processing of the visual cortex
- Charles Wilson : solar desalination plant 1872
- Sven Gustaf Wingqvist : Spherical roller bearing (spherical ball bearing) 1907
- Arvid Wretlind : intravenous nutrition 1940s and 1961
Z
- Gustav Zander : Medico-mechanical therapy , 1850s
- Niklas Zennström : Co-developer of the Kazaa exchange and of the IP telephony software Skype