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List of Uppsala University people

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This is a list of notable people affiliated with Uppsala University.

For a list of chancellors of the university, see Chancellor of Uppsala University.

The statue of Linnaeus in the entrance hall of Carolina Rediviva, the main building of the university library, Uppsala

Nobel laureates affiliated with Uppsala University

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Government, politics and civil service

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Royalty

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Crown Prince Carl (the later king Charles XV) and his brother Prince Gustaf, known as a song composer (the two young men closest to the pulpit), attending a lecture held by Law Professor Johan Christopher Lindblad (1799–1876) in the Theatrum Œconomicum, Uppsala. (Lithograph from 1846.)

International work

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Swedish politicians

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Non-Swedes

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Religion

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Emanuel Swedenborg

As Uppsala University has one of only two faculties of theology in Sweden, and the older one of the two (the other is in Lund), most Swedish churchmen of note have actually graduated from the university.

Natural sciences and medicine

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Mathematics, physics and astronomy

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Anders Celsius
Anders Jonas Ångström

Chemistry, geology and mineralogy

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Jöns Jakob Berzelius

Medicine and life sciences

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Explorers

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  • Sven Hedin (1865–1952; fil. kand. 1888; honorary doctorate 1935), known for his travels through Central Asia; last person to be ennobled in Sweden
  • Finn Malmgren (1895–1928), Arctic explorer (Ph.D. in meteorology 1927, participated in several Arctic expeditions and died in one 1928)

Humanities and social sciences

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Industry

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Arts

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August Strindberg, photographic self-portrait

Literature

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Music

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Theatre and entertainment

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References

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  1. ^ Kronprinsessan tar examen vid Uppsala universitet
  2. ^ "Map of Sweden". World Digital Library. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Ivar Bendixson - Biography".
  4. ^ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Thomas Hakon Grönwall", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
  5. ^ "David Enskog - Biography".
  6. ^ "Don Carlson - Biography".
  7. ^ "Torsten Carleman - Biography".