EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Stockholm, Sweden

Founding Date:
1878

Enrollment:
37,000

Official Website:
http://www.su.se/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Edward P. Abraham	Chemist	10-Jun-1913	8-May-1999	Cephalosporins
Ingmar Bergman	Film Director	14-Jul-1918	30-Jul-2007	Scenes from a Marriage
Hans Blix	Government	28-Jun-1928		Weapons inspector before Iraq War
Antony Burgmans	Business	13-Feb-1947		Chairman of Unilever, 1999-2007
Carl Charlier	Astronomer	1-Apr-1862	5-Nov-1934	Motion and the Distribution of the Stars
Paul J. Crutzen	Physicist	3-Dec-1933		Ozone depletion
Allvar Gullstrand	Doctor	5-Jun-1862	28-Jul-1930	Ophthalmologist, refraction of light in the eye
Dag Hammarskjold	Diplomat	29-Jul-1905	18-Sep-1961	UN Secretary General, 1953-61
Maria Lilja	Business	May-1944		Head of American Express Europe, 1996-2000
Bertil Lindblad	Astronomer	26-Nov-1895	25-Jun-1965	Spiral structure of the galaxy
Alva Myrdal	Politician	31-Jan-1902	1-Feb-1986	Swedish diplomat, Nobel Prize recipient
Gunnar Myrdal	Economist	6-Dec-1898	17-May-1987	Monetary Equilibrium
Bertil Ohlin	Economist	23-Apr-1899	3-Aug-1979	Hecksher-Ohlin model of free trade
Olof Palme	Head of State	30-Jan-1927	28-Feb-1986	Swedish Prime Minister, assassinated
Robert Pierpoint	Journalist	16-May-1925	22-Oct-2011	CBS White House Correspondent
Stanley B. Prusiner	Scientist	28-May-1942		Prions
Fredrik Reinfeldt	Head of State	4-Aug-1965		Prime Minister of Sweden
Sven Sandström	Business	c. 1942		Former Managing Director, World Bank
Kai M. Siegbahn	Physicist	20-Apr-1918	20-Jul-2007	Electron spectroscopy
Tomas Tranströmer	Poet	15-Apr-1931	26-Mar-2015	Scandinavian poet
Artturi Virtanen	Chemist	15-Jan-1895	11-Nov-1973	AIV method of fodder preservation
Lars Westerberg	Business	1948		Chairman of Autoliv

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Hans Blix	Government	28-Jun-1928		Weapons inspector before Iraq War
Allvar Gullstrand	Doctor	5-Jun-1862	28-Jul-1930	Ophthalmologist, refraction of light in the eye
George de Hevesy	Chemist	1-Aug-1885	5-Jul-1966	Radioisotope researcher
Gunnar Myrdal	Economist	6-Dec-1898	17-May-1987	Monetary Equilibrium
Bertil Ohlin	Economist	23-Apr-1899	3-Aug-1979	Hecksher-Ohlin model of free trade
Bengt I. Samuelsson	Scientist	21-May-1934		Prostaglandins
Manne Siegbahn	Physicist	3-Dec-1886	26-Sep-1978	X-Ray spectroscopy

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Bertil Lindblad	Astronomer	26-Nov-1895	25-Jun-1965	Spiral structure of the galaxy
Manne Siegbahn	Physicist	3-Dec-1886	26-Sep-1978	X-Ray spectroscopy

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