The Oscar Prize

On September 5, 1877, the first of the three days the University devoted to celebrating its 400th Anniversary, King Oscar II signed a deed of gift donating 40,000 crowns to the University. He did so as a token of his feelings for what the University had accomplished in the cultivation of science in Sweden.

The annual yield was to fund a prize for a young scientist at Uppsala University, to someone whose scientific writing is the most deserving and offers the greatest promise of continued academic writings at the University.

The University Board selects the recipient of the prize, which is awarded at the University’s anniversary celebration in October.

Recipients of the Oscar Prize

2024: Chang Hyun Park and Johanna Chamberlain
2023: Elin Svensson and Josefin Lindgren
2022: Nina von Uexkull and Andreas Frick
2021: Pontus Ekberg and Ashish KC
2020: Marcus Lindskog and Ocean Cheung
2019: Yaffa Epstein and Grzegorz Niedzwiedzki
2018: Weronica Ek and Ylva Söderfeldt
2017: Eric Cullhed and Oskar Karlsson
2016: Terje Falck-Ytter and Jonathan Scragg
2015: Josef Pallas and Tove Fall
2014: Christian Benedict and Steffi Burchardt
2013: Linda Wedlin and Philipp Rümmer
2012: David Håkansson and Joel Samuelsson
2011: Karin Brocki and Albert Mihranyan
2010: Anna-Karin Olsson and Fredrik Palm
2009: Oleg Kochukhov and Petri Laukka
2008: Mikael Alm and Mathias Hallberg
2007: Eleonor Alhager and Wendelin Reich
2006: Petra Jönsson and Anders Tengholm
2005: Leelo Keevallik and Neil Price
2004: Eva Mörk and Anna Qvarnström
2003: Petter Asp and Tobias Ekholm
2002: Mats Larhed and Christian Sundberg
2001: Mats Eriksson and Maria Strömme
2000: Igor Abrikosov and Torbjörn Andersson
1999: Hans Ellegren and Maria Ågren
1998: Peter Juslin and Mikael Stenmark
1997: Ian Cameron and Kurt Otto
1996: Claes Ahlund and Håkan Melhus
1995: Pehr G. Andersson and Mats Ekström
1994: Stefan Brink and Anders Nilsson
1993: Mats Karlsson and Lars Sundström
1992: Cristina Grenholm and Peter Lindblad
1991: Bert Lehrberg and Ruud Weijermars
1990: Jonas Nycander and Johan Svedjedal
1989: Christer Betsholtz and Mats Morell
1988: Henrik Egnéll and Kersti Hermansson
1987: Uli Hacksell and Kent Larsson
1986: Berit Hagekull and Kaj Århem
1985: Sture Bergström and Bengt Långström
1984: Carl-Henrik Heldin and Kenneth Söderhäll
1983: Mehari Gebre-Medhin and Nils Mårtensson
1982: Ted Ebendal and Jan Fredrik Kindstrand
1981: Arne Andersson and Peter Stilbs
1980: Anders Hultgård and Christer Wahlberg
1979: Alf Claesson and Lennart Lundqvist
1978: Bengt Landgren and Leif Tibell
1977: Sten Eklund and Jarl Hemberg
1976: Nils Jareborg and Olof Vingsbo
1975: Tore Frängsmyr and Lars-Gustav Lundin
1974: Birger Bergh and Torgny Unestam
1973: Anders Jeffner and Tore Sigeman
1972: Bror Strandberg
1971: Leif Lewin
1970: Lars Erik Ahlsson and Thure Stenström
1969: Karl Gustav Jöreskog and Bengt Rosén
1968: Anders Bill and Lennart Åqvist
1967: Utdelades ej
1966: Utdelades ej
1965: Torvard C. Laurent and Marianne Rasmuson
1964: Sture Brunnsåker and Frithiof Rundgren
1963: Gunnar Boklund and Bo Hellman
1962: Karl-Erik Fichtelius and Bo Malmström
1961: Erik Anners and Bertil Gärtner
1960: Rudolf Zeitler
1959: Bengt Kihlman and Karl Johan Öbrink
1958: Per Gustaf Hamberg
1957: Józef Trypucko
1956: Svante Bergström and Helmer Ringgren
1955: Sören Halldén
1954: Lennart Breitholz and Markus Båth
1953: Arne Frantzell and Sven Göransson
1952: Sven Ulric Palme
1951: Lennart Carlesson
1950: Olle Snellman and Olof Zetterholm
1949: Gunnar Hoppe and Olof Mellander
1948: Arne Furumark and Nils Hylander
1947: Ingemar Hedenius and Nils Törnblom
1946: Torsten Krokström and Åke Åkerström
1945: Nils Fries and Ruben Josefson
1944: Dag Norberg and Einar Stenhagen
1943: Åke Wallenquist
1942: Torvald Höjer and Gösta Jägersten
1941: Filip Hjulström and Gösta Säflund
1940: Bengt Edlén and Valter Jansson
1939: Birger Bohlin
1938: Erik Hallén and Ivar Modéer
1937: Sven Blomgren and Douglas Melin
1936: Jan-Eric Almquist and Georg Landberg
1935: Einar Gjerstad
1934: John Axel Nannfeldt and Gunnar Westin
1933: Gunnar Dahlberg
1932: Carl Schalén and Johannes Wallenberg
1931: Herbert Tingsten
1930: Hilding Köhler and Hugo Odeberg
1929: Ivar Waller
1928: John Holmberg
1927: Henrik Cornell and Knut Lundmark
1926: H.S. Nyberg and Ivar Waller
1925: Hugo Osvald and Einar Tegen
1924: Erik Noréen and Nils Zeilon
1923: Torsten Carleman and Jarl Charpentier
1922: Bertil Lindblad
1921: Nils Åberg
1920: Gustaf Thörnell and Nils Zeilon
1919: Emanuel Linderholm and Sven Odén
1918: Gunnar Rexius
1917: Gunnar Rudberg and Knut Westman
1916: Johannes Lindblom and Nils von Hofsten
1915: August Hahr and Carl Skottsberg
1914: Johan Mortensen and Percy Quensel
1913: Herman Lundborg
1912: Gustaf Aulén and Martin Lamm
1911: Håkan Sjögren and Hugo von Zeipel
1910: Einar Löfstedt
1909: Sidney Alrutz
1908: Erik Staaff and The Svedberg
1907: Gustaf Göthlin and Axel Hägerström
1906: Elsa Eschelsson and Bengt Hesselman
1905: Ragnar Friberger and Hugo von Zeipel
1904: Tore Torbiörnsson
1903: Otto von Friesen and Fredrik Zachrisson
1902: Frans von Schéele and Carl Wiman
1901: Tore Almén and Erik Björkman
1900: Oscar Juel and Vilhelm Lundström
1899: Elis Wadstein
1898: Evald Lidén and Erik Stave
1897: Henrik Munthe and K.B. Wiklund
1896: Karl Bohlin and Oscar Levertin
1895: Carl Wahlund
1894: Alexander Berger and Fredrik Tamm
1893: Adolf Bladin and Karl Ferdinand Johansson
1892: Per Persson
1891: Svante Arrhenius
1890: Axel N. Lundström and Henrik Schück
1889: Hugo Blomberg
1888: Olof August Danielsson and Axel Wirén
1887: Erik Olof Burman and Alexander Berger
1886: Karl Piehl and Gerhard Holm
1885: Henrik Schück and Oskar Widman
1884: Axel N. Lundström and Adolf Noreen
1883: Frans Kjellman
1882: Hjalmar Theel
1881: Magnus Blix
1880: Oscar Alin and F.A. Gustaf Bergman
1879: Claes Annerstedt