Chemists from Sweden

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Swedish Chemists of all time. This list of famous Swedish Chemists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Swedish Chemists.

1. #1

   

   Alfred Nobel

   1833 - 1896

   HPI 88.86159 langs

   Alfred Nobel is most famous for inventing dynamite.

2. #2

   

   Svante Arrhenius

   1859 - 1927

   HPI 80.5593 langs

   Svante Arrhenius was a Swedish chemist and physicist who is most famous for his work in thermodynamics. He is also known for his discovery...Read moreShow less

   Svante Arrhenius was a Swedish chemist and physicist who is most famous for his work in thermodynamics. He is also known for his discovery of the greenhouse effect.

3. #3

   

   Jöns Jacob Berzelius

   1779 - 1848

   HPI 80.1376 langs

   Jöns Jacob Berzelius was a Swedish chemist who is most famous for his work with chemical elements and the development of the periodic table.

4. #4

   

   Theodor Svedberg

   1884 - 1971

   HPI 74.0064 langs

   Theodor Svedberg was a Swedish scientist who is most famous for his work in the field of colloid chemistry. He is credited with inventing...Read moreShow less

   Theodor Svedberg was a Swedish scientist who is most famous for his work in the field of colloid chemistry. He is credited with inventing the ultracentrifuge, which is a device used to separate particles in a fluid by their size.

5. #5

   

   Arne Tiselius

   1902 - 1971

   HPI 73.7963 langs

   Arne Tiselius was a Swedish chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1948 for his work on electrophoresis, a technique for separating...Read moreShow less

   Arne Tiselius was a Swedish chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1948 for his work on electrophoresis, a technique for separating molecules by their electric charge.

6. #6

   

   Sune Bergström

   1916 - 2004

   HPI 71.7450 langs

   Sune Bergström is most famous for his discovery of the first antibiotic, penicillin.

7. #7

   

   Bengt I. Samuelsson

   1934 - 2024

   HPI 71.1148 langs

   Bengt I. Samuelsson is most famous for being the first person to win three consecutive James Beard Awards for Outstanding Chef.

8. #8

   

   Johan Gottlieb Gahn

   1745 - 1818

   HPI 68.7831 langs

   Swedish chemist (1745-1818)

9. #9

   

   Johan August Arfwedson

   1792 - 1841

   HPI 67.5535 langs

   Johan August Arfwedson was a Swedish explorer who was most famous for the discovery of the Arfwedson Glacier in Greenland.

10. #10

    

    Georg Brandt

    1694 - 1768

    HPI 66.8928 langs

    Swedish chemist and mineralogist