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 six awarding committees from four institutions, one for each Nobel Prize. Five of these committees are working bodies ...

responsible for proposing laureates for the

Nobel Prize for Physics The Nobel Prize in Physics () is an annual award given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for those who have made the most outstanding contributions to mankind in the field of physics. It is one of the five Nobel Prize, Nobel Prizes establi ...

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

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences () 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 responsibility for promoting nat ...

. 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 2023) are: * Ulf Danielsson (Secretary) * David Haviland * Anders Irbäck * Eva Olsson (Chair) * John Wettlaufer * Ellen Moons

Co-opted members

Source: * Mats Larsson * Olle Eriksson * Göran Johansson * Mark Pearce

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, 1900–1926 * Arne Westgren, 1926–1943 * Arne Ölander, 1943–1965 * Arne Magnéli, 1966–1973 * Bengt Nagel, 1974–1988 * Anders Bárány, 1989–2003 * Lars Bergström, 2004–2015 * Gunnar Ingelman, 2016–present

Former members

* Hugo Hildebrand Hildebrandsson, 1900–1910 * Robert Thalén, 1900–1903 * Klas Bernhard Hasselberg, 1900–1922 * Knut Ångström, 1900–1909 *

Svante Arrhenius Svante August Arrhenius ( , ; 19 February 1859 – 2 October 1927) was a Swedish scientist. Originally a physicist, but often referred to as a chemist, Arrhenius was one of the founders of the science of physical chemistry. In 1903, he received ...

, 1900–1927 * Gustaf Granqvist, 1904–1922 * Vilhelm Carlheim-Gyllensköld, 1910–1934 * Allvar Gullstrand, 1911–1929 * Carl Wilhelm Oseen, 1923–1944 * Manne Siegbahn, 1923–1961 (chairman ?–1957) * Henning Pleijel, 1928–1947 * Erik Hulthén, 1929–1962 (chairman 1958–1962) * Axel E. Lindh, 1935–1960 * Ivar Waller, 1945–1972 *

Gustaf Ising Gustaf Adolf Ising (; 19 February 1883 - 5 February 1960) was a Swedish metrology, metrologist, geophysics, geophysicist, and accelerator physics, accelerator physicist. Biography Ising earned his first academic degree (''filosofie kandidat''/Bac ...

, 1947–1953 *

Oskar Klein Oskar Benjamin Klein (; 15 September 1894 – 5 February 1977) was a Swedish theoretical physics, theoretical physicist. Oskar Klein is known for his work on Kaluza–Klein theory, which is partially named after him. Biography Klein was born ...

, 1954–1965 * Bengt Edlén, 1961–1976 * Erik Rudberg, 1963–1972 (chairman 1963–1972) * Kai Siegbahn, 1963–1974 (chairman 1973–1974) *

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, 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, Löw ...

, 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, 1985–1997 (chairman 1992–1995) * Bengt Nagel, 1986–1997 * Erik Karlsson, 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, 2007–2015 * Börje Johansson, 2007–? * Lars Brink, 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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