Stockholm University - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

• See also Category:Stockholm University alumni
• Svante Arrhenius (1859–1927), awarded Nobel Prize in chemistry 1903; professor and rector of the University.
• Ingmar Bergman, film director.
• Hans Bielenstein, sinologist.
• Carl Bildt, Prime Minister of Sweden 1991-1994, and Foreign Minister since 2006.
• Hans Blix (LLD), diplomat.
• Horace Engdahl, former permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy.
• Hans von Euler-Chelpin, awarded Nobel Prize in chemistry 1929.
• Harry Flam, Swedish economist, Dean of the School of Business.
• Dag Hammarskjöld (Doctorate in Economics 1933), U.N. Secretary General.
• Signe Hammarsten-Jansson (1882–1970), Class of 1905 - Swedish illustrator.
• Princess Madeleine of Sweden, studied Art History and Ethnology.
• Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden studied Political Science.
• Karin Kock-Lindberg, first woman to hold a Ministerial position in Sweden, and first female professor of national economy in Sweden.
• Barbro Osher, diplomat and philanthropist.
• Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden.
• Andreas Papandreou, Greek prime minister. Taught at the university 1968-1969.
• Georgios Papandreou, Greek prime minister. Studied sociology 1972-1973.
• Fredrik Reinfeldt, Prime Minister of Sweden.
• Thomas Bodström, former Swedish Minister of Justice.
• Tomas Tranströmer, (Psychology degree 1956), poet and author, recipient of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature.
• Jens Lapidus, criminal defense lawyer and best-selling author.
• Johan Stael von Holstein Swedish Entrepreneur.
• Peter Lindgren (musician), former guitarist of Opeth
• Christer Fuglesang, Swedish Astronaut. First Swede, and Scandinavian, in Space.