The Polhem Prize (Polhemspriset) is a Swedish award for a high-level technological innovation or an ingenious solution to a technical problem. The innovation must be available and shown competitive on the open market. The prize is awarded by Swedish Association of Graduate Engineers (Sveriges Ingenjörer) (formerly Civilingenjörsförbundet and Svenska Teknologföreningen) The prize is named after Swedish scientist, inventor and industrialist Christopher Polhem (1661–1751).[1] [2]
Laureates
| Year | Laureate | Rationale |
|---|---|---|
| 1878 | Werner Cronquist | |
| 1879 | Otto Fahnehjelm | |
| 1881 | Elis Bedoire | |
| 1882 | Carl Ångström | |
| 1895 | Ernst Danielson | |
| Johan Gustaf Richert | ||
| 1900 | Martin Ekenberg | |
| Johan August Brinell | ||
| 1904 | Carl Lundgren | |
| Sigurd Nauckhoff | ||
| 1911 | Richard Ekwall | |
| 1921 | Franz Ragnar Berwald and Bo Hellström | |
| 1925 | Baltzar von Platen and Carl Munters | |
| 1930 | Erik Öman and Elis Göth | |
| Mauritz Vos and Håkan Sterky | ||
| 1936 | Walter Kjellman | |
| Lennart Forsén | ||
| 1940 | Waloddi Weibull | a statistical theory of the strength of metals |
| 1945 | Conny Palm | |
| Olof Rydbeck | the propagation of radio waves | |
| 1950 | Hannes Alfvén | |
| K H Gustavson | ||
| 1955 | Gunnar Pleijel | |
| Georg Drougge | the continuous variation of the Mach number in a supersonic tunnel | |
| 1960 | Ragnar Lundholm | |
| K Joel Lindberg | wool fabrics as garment construction materials | |
| Nils Hast | the measurement of rock pressure in mines | |
| 1969 | Bertil Stålhane | |
| 1974 | Per-Anders Persson | |
| Sigvard Strandh | ||
| 1979 | Bengt Gunnar Magnusson | |
| 1980 | Georg Vogl | |
| 1981 | Sven Brohult | |
| 1982 | Torkel Wallmark | |
| 1983 | Ove Pettersson | |
| 1984 | Arne Berlie and Hadar Lidén | |
| 1985 | Kåre Hannerz | |
| 1986 | Sven Benktander and Sture Åsberg | |
| 1987 | Ove Fernö | |
| 1988 | Lennart Gustavsson and Leif Lindau | |
| 1989 | Olle Siwersson | |
| 1990 | Harry Frank | |
| 1991 | Karl Dunkers | |
| 1992 | Per Siversson | |
| 1993 | Claes Ericsson | |
| 1994 | Mikael Karlsson and Martin Gren | |
| 1995 | Håkan Lans | |
| 1997 | Hans Hellsten | |
| 1999 | Gunnar Asplund | |
| 2001 | Mats Leijon | |
| 2003 | Ove Öhman | |
| 2005 | Lars Ingvarsson | |
| 2007 | Karl Gustaf Derman | |
| 2009 | Laila Ohlgren | Nordic Mobile Telephone dialing procedure[3] |
| 2011 | Georgios Psaros | |
| 2013 | Petra Wadström | Solvatten |
| 2014 | Hans Björklund | |
| 2015 | John Elvesjö and Mårten Skogö | |
| 2016 | Lennart Lindblad | |
| 2017 | Daniel Stenberg | cURL |
| 2018 | Lars Stigsson and Valeri Naydenov | |
| 2019 | Peter Halldin, Hans von Holst and Svein Kleiven | |
| 2020 | Ludvig Strigeus | μTorrent, Spotify |
| 2021 | Rickard Öste and Angeliki Triantafyllou | |
| 2022 | Staffan Gestrelius |
References
- ^ "Om Polhemspriset". Polhemspriset. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
- ^ "Om Christopher Polhem". Polhemspriset. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
- ^ "Laila dials a winner". Ericsson History. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson and Centre for Business History.
External links
- Official website (in Swedish)
- About the Polhem Prize (in Swedish)
- All Winners of the Polhem Prize (in Swedish)
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