Rydberg may refer to:

People

*Gerda Rydberg (1858–1928), Swedish artist better known as

Gerda Tirén Gerda Maria Tirén, née Rydberg (11 January 1858, Stockholm - 9 October 1928, Länna Parish, Uppland) was a Swedish painter and illustrator. She did landscapes from France and Sweden, children's portraits, and Genre art, genre scenes. Her illust ...

Jan Rydberg Jan Rydberg (1923–2015) was a Sweden, Swedish academic who spent much of his working life at Chalmers University of Technology. He was known for his work on solvent extraction which he did while working in the Nuclear Chemistry section at Chal ...

, (1923-2015), Swedish chemist who worked on nuclear chemistry and recycling at Chalmers University of Technology *

Johannes Rydberg Johannes (Janne) Robert Rydberg (; 8 November 1854 – 28 December 1919) was a Swedish physicist mainly known for devising the Rydberg formula, in 1888, which is used to describe the wavelengths of photons (of visible light and other electrom ...

(1854–1919), Swedish physicist and deviser of the Rydberg formula *

Kaisu-Mirjami Rydberg Karin Aino Mirjami (Kaisu-Mirjami) Rydberg (April 27, 1905 in Mäntsälä – August 31, 1959 in Helsinki) was a Finnish journalist, writer and politician. Politically she began her career in the Social Democratic Party, but later joined the C ...

(1905–1959), Finnish journalist and politician *

Per Axel Rydberg Per Axel Rydberg (July 6, 1860 – July 25, 1931) was a Swedish-born, American botanist who was the first curator of the New York Botanical Garden Herbarium. Biography Per Axel Rydberg was born in Odh, Västergötland, Sweden and emigrated to t ...

(1860–1931), Swedish-American botanist *

Sam Rydberg Sam Hjalmar Rydberg (27 October 1885 – 25 March 1956) was a Swedish composer. Biography Sam Rydberg was born in Nyköping, Sweden, in 1885. He started as a military musician at age 13 as a drummer at the Södermanland Regiment. After that ...

(1885–1956), Swedish composer * Viktor Rydberg (1828–1895), Swedish author, poet, and mythographer *

Viktor Crus Rydberg Victor Crus Rydberg (born March 21, 1995) is a Swedish ice hockey player. He is currently playing with the Kalmar HC of the Hockeyettan (Division.1). He previously played originally with Linköpings in the Swedish J20 SuperElit and Elitserien. R ...

(1995—), Swedish ice hockey player

Physics

* Rydberg constant, a constant related to atomic spectra * Rydberg formula, a formula describing wavelengths * Rydberg atom, an excited atomic state *

Rydberg molecule A Rydberg molecule is an electronically excited chemical species. Electronically excited molecular states are generally quite different in character from electronically excited atomic states. However, particularly for highly electronically excited ...

, an electronically excited chemical substance *Rydberg unit of energy (symbol Ry), derived from the Rydberg constant

Places

Rydberg (crater) Rydberg is a lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon, just past the southwest limb. It lies due south of the Mare Orientale, in the outer skirt of ejecta that surrounds the Orientale impact feature. Just to the southeast i ...

, a lunar crater named after Johannes Rydberg {{disambig, surname