Björkén Prize
The Björkén Prize (Swedish: Björkénska priset) is a scientific award given by Uppsala University. It is awarded for outstanding research in science and the theoretical branches of medicine. The prize was established in 1893 from a donation given by university lecturer John Björkén (1833–1893). Björkén was a physician and medical assistant professor in surgery and obstetrics at Uppsala. The prize was first awarded in 1902 on the day of his death.[1][2][3]
The Björkén Prize is alternately awarded for achievement in four different fields:
- Botany, zoology, and landscape planning
- Chemistry, mineralogy, metallurgy, and geology
- Physics, mechanics, and engineering science
- Theoretical disciplines of medical sciences
Winners[edit]
- 1902 – Tycho Tullberg
- 1903 – Olof Hammarsten
- 1904 – Alfred Elis Törnebohm
- 1905 – Knut Ångström
- 1906 – Allvar Gullstrand
- 1907 – Arvid Högbom
- 1908 – Gustaf Gröndal
- 1909 – August Hammar
- 1910 – Ivar Fredholm
- 1911 – Gottfrid A. Adlerz & Herman Nilsson-Ehle
- 1912 – Sven Gustaf Hedin
- 1913 – Henrik Munthe & The Svedberg
- 1914 – Carl Wilhelm Oseen
- 1915 – Carl Thore Mörner
- 1916 – Svante Murbeck
- 1917 – Gerard De Geer
- 1918 – Alfred Pettersson
- 1919 – Carl Wilhelm Oseen & Manne Siegbahn
- 1920 – Oscar Juel
- 1921 – Ivar Broman
- 1922 – Ernhold Hede & Sven Odén
- 1923 – Manne Siegbahn & The Svedberg
- 1924 – John Forssman & Gustaf Göthlin
- 1925 – Elias Melin & Erik Stensiö
- 1926 – The Svedberg
- 1927 – Torsten Thunberg
- 1928 – Carl Wilhelm Oseen
- 1929 – Erik Stensiö
- 1930 – Göran Liljestrand & Carl Næslund
- 1931 – Bror Holmberg
- 1932 – Erik Hulthén
- 1933 – Carl Kling
- 1934 – Nils Holmgren
- 1935 – Arne Westgren & Gregori Aminoff
- 1936 – Hugo Theorell
- 1937 – Erik Bäcklin & Oskar Klein
- 1938 – Sven Ekman
- 1939 – Erik Widmark
- 1940 – Arvid Hedvall & Arne Tiselius
- 1941 – Torsten Carleman & Bengt Edlén
- 1942 – Einar Hammarsten
- 1943 – Rudolf Florin & Gunnar Säve-Söderbergh
- 1944 – Gunnar Hägg
- 1945 – Torbjörn Caspersson
- 1946 – Hannes Alfvén & Nils Ryde
- 1947 – Nils Svedelius
- 1948 – Ragnar Granit
- 1949 – Ole Lamm & Harry von Eckermann
- 1950 – No prize awarded.
- 1951 – Jörgen Lehmann
- 1952 – Erik Jarvik & John Runnström
- 1953 – Arne Fredga
- 1954 – Arne Engström
- 1955 – Hilding Köhler & Kai Siegbahn
- 1956 – Erik Hultén
- 1957 – Torsten Teorell
- 1958 – Erik Norin
- 1959 – Gudmund Borelius
- 1960 – Gunnar Blixt
- 1961 – Heinrich Skuja
- 1962 – Einar Stenhagen
- 1963 – Börje Uvnäs
- 1964 – Ivar Waller
- 1965 – Bertil Kullenberg
- 1966 – Sune Bergström
- 1967 – Lars Gunnar Sillén
- 1968 – Bengt Edlén
- 1969 – Ernst Bárány
- 1970 – Per Eric Lindahl
- 1971 – Stig Claesson
- 1972 – Peter Reichard
- 1973 – Per-Olov Löwdin & Olof Rydbeck
- 1974 – Nils Fries & Sven Hörstadius
- 1975 – Albert Levan
- 1976 – Jerker Porath
- 1977 – Kai Siegbahn
- 1978 – Eva Klein & Georg Klein
- 1979 – Bengt Kihlman & Anders Rapp
- 1980 – Hans Ramberg & Eric Welin
- 1981 – Arvid Carlsson
- 1982 – Sven A.E. Johansson
- 1983 – Tore Hultin & Peter Perlmann
- 1984 – John Sjöquist & Lars Terenius
- 1985 – Stellan Hjertén
- 1986 – Ingemar Lundström
- 1987 – Viktor Mutt
- 1988 – Hans G. Boman
- 1989 – Mats Hillert & Richard A. Reyment
- 1990 – Torvard C. Laurent
- 1991 – Ingmar Bergström
- 1992 – Carl-Ivar Brändén & Tage Eriksson
- 1993 – Lore Zech
- 1994 – Jan Backman & Håkan Wennerström
- 1995 – Arne Johansson & Erik B. Karlsson
- 1996 – Karl-Erik Hagbarth
- 1997 – Malte Andersson
- 1998 – Jan Bergström & Gunnar von Heijne
- 1999 – Lennart Philipson & Jan Pontén
- 2000 – Sven Kullander
- 2001 – Birgitta Bergman
- 2002 – Bengt Westermark
- 2003 – Jan-Erling Bäckvall
- 2004 – Börje Johansson & Peter Stoica
- 2005 – Lars Olson
- 2006 – Karna Lidmar-Bergström & Thomas Nyström
- 2007 – Astrid Gräslund & Svante Björck
- 2008 – Kurt Nordström
- 2009 – Tord Ekelöf & Mats Leijon
- 2010 – Måns Ehrenberg
- 2011 – Ulf Landegren
- 2012 – Anders Lindroth & Bengt Mannervik
- 2013 – Olle Eriksson & Erik Hagersten
- 2014 – Leif Wide
- 2015 – Sandra Baldauf
- 2016 – Anders Hagfeldt & Auli Niemi
- 2017 – Leif Andersson & Kerstin Lindblad-Toh
- 2018 – Joseph Minahan & Maria Strømme
- 2019 – Per E. Ahlberg & Lars Holmer
- 2020 – Christer Betsholtz
- 2021 – Kristina Edström
- 2022 – Marika Edoff and Nikolai Piskunov
- 2023 – Dan I. Andersson and Lena Claesson-Welsh
References[edit]
- ^ "John Björkén". NE Nationalencyklopedin AB. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
- ^ "Björkén, John 1833–1893". Alvin. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
- ^ "Björkén Prize". Uppsala University, Department of Physics and Astronomy. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
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