Stockholm University Alumni

International Students

5

% of international students in the university

1136

Total International Students in the university

Here’s a casual lineup of some remarkable SU alumni—luminaries across science, politics, arts, and beyond:

Alumni Name

Notable Achievement / Famous For

Degree

Graduating Year

Svante Arrhenius

Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1903)

N/A

N/A

Hans von Euler-Chelpin

Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1929)

N/A

N/A

George de Hevesy

Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1943)

N/A

N/A

Paul J. Crutzen

Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1995)

N/A

N/A

Frank Wilczek

Nobel Prize in Physics (2004); physicist and professor

N/A

N/A

Tomas Tranströmer

Nobel Prize in Literature (2011)

N/A

N/A

Gunnar Myrdal

Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1974)

N/A

N/A

Christer Fuglesang

ESA astronaut, first Swede in space; PhD from SU

PhD

~1987

Dag Hammarskjöld

UN Secretary-General; earned Doctorate in Economics at SU (1933)

PhD

1933

Carl Bildt

Prime Minister & Foreign Minister of Sweden

N/A

N/A

Olof Palme

Prime Minister of Sweden; studied law at SU

Law studies

N/A Wikipedia+1

Fredrik Reinfeldt

Prime Minister of Sweden (2006–2014)

N/A

N/A

Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden

Studied Political Science at SU

Political Science

N/A

Annika Falkengren

CEO of SEB (banking)

N/A

N/A

Johan Stael von Holstein

Entrepreneur

N/A

N/A

Hédi Fried

Holocaust survivor, psychologist, and author

Psychology (studies)

N/A

Johan Norberg

Author and historian of ideas, wrote In Defense of Global Capitalism (2001)

N/A

N/A

Sara Danius

Literature professor, member of Swedish Academy

N/A

N/A

Ebba Witt-Brattström

Literature professor

N/A

N/A

Bert Bolin

Meteorologist; first chair of the IPCC

N/A

N/A

Students

10

Yocketers Applied

7

Yocketers Admitted

120

Yocketers Interested

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