The Nobel Committee for Chemistry 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 five Nobel Committees, one for each Nobel Prize. Four of these committees (for prizes in physics, chemistry, physiolo ...

responsible for proposing laureates for the

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.Nobelprize.org: The Nobel Committee for Chemistry
accessed 2010-06-19 The Nobel Committee for Chemistry is appointed by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. It usually consists of Swedish professors of chemistry 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 Chemistry is taken by the entire Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, after having a first discussion in the Academy's Class for Chemistry.Nobelprize.org: Prize Awarder for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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Current members

The current members of the Committee are: * Johan Åqvist, Chairman * Peter Brzezinski, also Secretary * Claes Gustafsson * Heiner Linke * Olof Ramström *Peter Somfai * Pernilla Wittung Stafshede (co-opted member) * Xiaodong Zou (co-opted member)

Secretary

The secretary takes part in the Committee meetings, but can not 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. * Arne Westgren (1926–1943) *

Arne Ölander Gustav Arne Ölander (31 December 1902 in Stockholm – 13 May 1984 in Stockholm) was a Swedish chemist, known for his discovery of the shape-memory effect in metal alloys. He was the son of Gustaf Ölander and Hilda Ölander née Norrman. Ölan ...

(1943–1965) * Arne Magnéli (1966–1986) * Peder Kierkegaard (1987–1995) * Astrid Gräslund (1996–, also member 2010–) *

Gunnar von Heijne Professor Nils ''Gunnar'' Hansson von Heijne, born 10 June 1951 in Gothenburg, is a Swedish scientist working on signal peptides, membrane proteins and bioinformatics at the Stockholm Center for Biomembrane Research at Stockholm University. Educa ...

(2015–2020, also member 2001–2009 (chair 2007–2009)) *Peter Brzezinski (2021-)

Former members

* Oskar Widman, 1900–1928 *

Per Teodor Cleve Per Teodor Cleve (10 February 1840 – 18 June 1905) was a Swedish chemist, biologist, mineralogist and oceanographer. He is best known for his discovery of the chemical elements holmium and thulium. Born in Stockholm in 1840, Cleve earned his B ...

, 1900–1905 * Otto Pettersson, 1900–1912 * Johan Peter Klason, 1900–1925 * Henrik Gustaf Söderbaum, 1900–1933 *

Olof Hammarsten Olov (or Olof) is a Swedish form of Olav/Olaf, meaning "ancestor's descendant". A common short form of the name is ''Olle''. The name may refer to: *Per-Olov Ahrén (1926–2004), Swedish clergyman, bishop of Lund from 1980 to 1992 * Per-Olov Br ...

, 1905–1926 * Åke Gerhard Ekstrand, 1913–1924 * The Svedberg, 1925–1964 * Wilhelm Palmær, 1926–1942 * Ludvig Ramberg, 1927–1940 *

Hans von Euler-Chelpin Hans Karl August Simon von Euler-Chelpin (15 February 1873 – 6 November 1964) was a German-born Swedish biochemist. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1929 with Arthur Harden for their investigations on the fermentation of sugar and enzy ...

, 1929–1946 * Bror Holmberg, 1934–1953 * Arne Westgren, 1942–1964 (chairman 1944-1964) * Arne Fredga, 1944–1975 (chairman 1972-1975) *

Arne Tiselius Arne Wilhelm Kaurin Tiselius (10 August 1902 – 29 October 1971) was a Swedish biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1948 "for his research on electrophoresis and adsorption analysis, especially for his discoveries concerning ...

, 1947–1971 (chairman 1965-1971) * Karl Myrbäck, 1954–1975 * Gunnar Hägg, 1965–1976 (chairman 1976) *

, 1965–1974 * Einar Stenhagen, 1972–1973 * Bo G. Malmström, 1973–1988 (chairman 1977-1988) * Göran Bergson, 1974–1984 * Børge Bak, 1974–? * Stig Claesson, 1975–1983 * Bengt Lindberg, 1976–? *

Lars Ernster Lars Ernster ( hu, Ernster László; 4 May 1920 – 4 November 1998) was a professor of biochemistry, and a member of the Board of the Nobel Foundation. Biography Lars Ernster was born in Hungary and came to Sweden in 1946. He played a promine ...

, 1977–1988 * Sture Forsén, 1983–1995 * Ingvar Lindqvist, 1986–? (associate 1985) * Björn Roos, 1988–2000 (associate 1986-1987) * Salo Gronowitz, 1988–1996 (associate 1986-1987, chairman 1991-1996) *

Bertil Andersson Bertil Andersson is a Swedish college administrator and academic who served as the third president of Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Andersson received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science at Umeå University and his PhD and ...

, 1989–1997 * Carl-Ivar Brändén, 1990–2000 *

Lennart Eberson Lennart Eugén Eberson, (5 January 1933 – 1 February 2000) was a Swedish chemist. Eberson graduated with a Ph.D. degree in 1959 from Lund University with a thesis entitled "Studies in the Succinic and Glutaric Acid Series". From 1979 unt ...

, 1995–? (associate -1994, chairman 1997-) * Ingmar Grenthe, 1999–? (associate -1995) * Torvard C. Laurent, 1996–1998 (associate 1992-1995) * Bengt Nordén, 1995–2004 (chairman 2000-2003) *

, 2001-2009 (chairman 2007-2009) * Håkan Wennerström, 2001-2009

References

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