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Harry Nyquist was a Swedish electronic engineer and physicist best remembered for his contributions to communication theory. His work earned him many prestigious awards such as the IRE Medal of Honor, the Stuart Ballantine Medal, and the Rufus Oldenburger Medal. Harry Nyquist is also remembered for his association with Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Lars Hörmander was a Swedish mathematician whose four-volume textbook titled Analysis of Linear Partial Differential Operators is regarded as a foundational work on linear partial differential equations. In 2006, his book earned him the Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition. Lars Hörmander was also a recipient of the Fields Medal and the Wolf Prize.
Helge von Koch was a Swedish mathematician who served as a professor at the Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University College. He is credited with describing a popular fractal known as the Koch curve, which is named after him. Helge von Koch is also credited with writing many papers on number theory.
Gösta Mittag-Leffler was a Swedish mathematician whose contributions are connected mainly with the theory of functions or complex analysis as it is known today. A fierce advocate of women's rights, Gösta Mittag-Leffler played a major role in making Russian mathematician Sofia Kovalevskaya a full professor in Stockholm, the first woman to hold that position.
Lennart Carleson is a Swedish mathematician best known for his contribution to the field of harmonic analysis for which he was honored with the Abel Prize in 2006. Over the years, Lennart Carleson has also been honored with other prestigious awards such as the Wolf Prize in Mathematics, the Sylvester Medal, and the Lomonosov Gold Medal.
Swedish civil servant and author Georg Stiernhielm is regarded as the father of Swedish poetry. Best known for his epic poem Hercules, he had also penned works on philology and history and was a mathematician, too. He also laid stress on the use of Swedish words, eliminating foreign words from his vocabulary.
