59 Notable alumni of
Chalmers University of Technology
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The Chalmers University of Technology is 1174th in the world, 413th in Europe, and 11th in Sweden by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 59 notable alumni from the Chalmers University of Technology sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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PewDiePie
- Occupations
- gamerwriterYouTuberInternet celebritytelevision producer
- Biography
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Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, better known as PewDiePie, is a Swedish YouTuber known for his comedic videos. Kjellberg's popularity on YouTube and extensive media coverage has made him one of the most noted online personalities and content creators. He has been portrayed in the media as a figurehead for YouTube, especially in the genre of gaming.
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Linn Berggren
- Occupations
- songwritersinger
- Biography
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Malin Sofia Katarina Berggren is a Swedish singer-songwriter, best known as a former member of the pop music band Ace of Base. Having been interested and involved in music since her childhood, she formed the band in 1987, along with her sister Jenny, her brother Jonas and their friend Ulf Ekberg. Before forming Ace of Base, Malin sang in her church's choir. She was born in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Gustaf Dalén
- Occupations
- industrialistphysicistentrepreneurchemistbusiness executive
- Biography
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Nils Gustaf Dalén was a Swedish Nobel laureate and industrialist, engineer, inventor and long-term CEO of the AGA company and inventor of the AGA cooker and the Dalén light. In 1912 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his "invention of automatic regulators for use in conjunction with gas accumulators for illuminating lighthouses and buoys".
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Gert Wingårdh
- Occupations
- architect
- Biography
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Gert Wingårdh is a Swedish architect whose company, Wingårdh arkitektkontor, maintains an international practice.
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Leif Johansson
- Enrolled in the Chalmers University of Technology
- In 1977 graduated with Master of Science in Engineering in mechanical engineering
- Occupations
- engineerentrepreneur
- Biography
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Leif Valdemar Johansson is a Swedish businessman. He was President and CEO of the Volvo Group from 1997 to 2011 and Chairman of Ericsson from 2011 until 2017 and is currently Chairman of AstraZeneca plc. In 2012, the Fokus Magazine ranked him as Sweden's 6th most powerful person.
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Jan Rippe
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Jan Torbjörn Rippe is a Swedish actor, singer, and comedian. He is known as a member of the comedic groups Galenskaparna and After Shave. He also had a role in the comedy series Macken.
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Ivar Jacobson
- Occupations
- inventorcomputer scientist
- Biography
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Ivar Hjalmar Jacobson is a Swedish computer scientist and software engineer, known as a major contributor to UML, Objectory, Rational Unified Process (RUP), aspect-oriented software development and Essence.
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Sigurd Lewerentz
- Enrolled in the Chalmers University of Technology
- Studied in 1908
- Occupations
- architect
- Biography
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Sigurd Lewerentz was a Swedish architect.
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Sigfrid Edström
- Occupations
- athletics competitorengineerpoliticianbusinessperson
- Biography
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Johannes Sigfrid Edström was a Swedish industrialist, chairman of the Sweden-America Foundation, and 4th President of the International Olympic Committee.
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Erik Johansson
- Occupations
- visual artistphotographer
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Erik Johansson is a Swedish-born artist based in Prague who creates surreal images by combining photographic elements and other materials into surreal scenes. He combines images to create what looks like a real photograph, but creates logical inconsistencies to impart an effect of surrealism.
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Leif Östling
- Occupations
- businesspersonmechanical engineerinternational forum participant
- Biography
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Leif Albert Östling is a Swedish chief executive officer and former head of the Scania AB truck company, owned by the German Volkswagen Group. In spring 2016, he was appointed Chairman of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, a post he left in advance in November 2017.
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Martin Lundstedt
- Occupations
- engineerbusiness executiveinternational forum participantbusinessperson
- Biography
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Martin Lundstedt is a Swedish businessman and has been President and CEO of the Volvo Group since 22 October 2015. He has 25 years experience of development, production and sales within the heavy automotive industry.
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Nima Sanandaji
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Nima Sanandaji is a center-right liberal-conservative Iranian-Swedish social and natural researcher. As of 2023, he has above 400 scientific mentions related to economics, social sciences, history, biotechnology, polymer technology, and physical chemistry. He has published over 30 books on innovation, entrepreneurship, women’s career opportunities,crime prevention, preventive social work, the history of enterprise, and the Nordic welfare states.
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Ivar Tengbom
- Occupations
- architectuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Ivar Justus Tengbom was a Swedish architect and one of the best-known representatives of the Swedish neo-classical architecture of the 1910s and 1920s.
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Bernhard Schmidt
- Occupations
- astronomerphysicist
- Biography
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Bernhard Woldemar Schmidt was an Estonian optician. In 1930 he invented the Schmidt telescope which corrected for the optical errors of spherical aberration, coma, and astigmatism, making possible for the first time the construction of very large, wide-angled reflective cameras of short exposure time for astronomical research.
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Caroline Farberger
- Years
- 1967-.. (age 57)
- Occupations
- business executive
- Biography
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Caroline Farberger is a Swedish business executive currently working as chairwoman, board advisor and board member on several boards. She previously served as the CEO of the Swedish company ICA Insurance, part of the ICA Group, from 2016 to 2022. Formerly having lived as a man, Farberger is known for being the first Swedish top CEO coming out as transgender. She came out at the age of 49.
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Torsten Kreuger
- Occupations
- financierbusiness executiveengineer
- Biography
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Torsten Kreuger was a Swedish engineer, industrialist, newspaper owner and banker.
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Hjalmar Lundbohm
- Occupations
- chemistbusinesspersonart collectorgeologist
- Biography
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Johan Olof Hjalmar Lundbohm was a Swedish geologist and chemist and the first managing director of LKAB (Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag) in Kiruna. He made a strong contribution to the design of the new community of Kiruna in Lapland.
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Håkan Buskhe
- Occupations
- chief executive officerbusinessperson
- Biography
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Kurt Ove Håkan Buskhe is a Swedish businessman, better known as the president and CEO of the Swedish aerospace and defence company Saab Group, a role he has been in since September 2010.
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Jesper Brodin
- Occupations
- chief executive officerbusinesspersoninternational forum participant
- Biography
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Jesper Brodin is a Swedish business leader and the chief executive officer (CEO) of Ingka Group. During his career at IKEA, Brodin has held a number of different roles including assistant to Ingvar Kamprad, Business Area Manager Kitchen and Dining, as well as managing director for Range & Supply, Inter IKEA Group.
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Zbigniew Karkowski
- Occupations
- composer
- Biography
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Zbigniew Karkowski was a Polish experimental musician and composer.
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Cyrillus Johansson
- Occupations
- architect
- Biography
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Cyrillus Johansson was a Swedish architect.
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Emil Victor Langlet
- Occupations
- architect
- Biography
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Emil Victor Langlet was a Swedish architect. He is most commonly associated with his design for the Norwegian Parliament Building in Oslo, Norway.
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Janne Wallenius
- Years
- 1968-.. (age 56)
- Occupations
- physicistnuclear physicist
- Biography
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Janne Wallenius is a Swedish reactor physicist. He is a professor at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Olav Kallenberg
- Occupations
- university teacherstatisticianmathematician
- Biography
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Olav Kallenberg is a probability theorist known for his work on exchangeable stochastic processes and for his graduate-level textbooks and monographs. Kallenberg is a professor of mathematics at Auburn University in Alabama in the USA.
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Peter Nordin
- Occupations
- computer scientistbusinesspersonartificial intelligence researcher
- Biography
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Peter Nordin was a Swedish computer scientist, entrepreneur and author who has contributed to artificial intelligence, automatic programming, machine learning, and evolutionary robotics.
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Marcus Wandt
- Occupations
- astronautengineerair force officerfighter pilot
- Biography
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Marcus Wandt is a Swedish test pilot and member of the 2022 European Space Agency Astronaut Group. In January 2024, he became the third Swedish astronaut to visit space, after Christer Fuglesang and Jessica Meir.
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Carl Abraham Pihl
- Occupations
- engineerrailway engineercivil engineer
- Biography
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Carl Abraham Pihl was a Norwegian civil engineer and director of the Norwegian State Railways (NSB) from 1865 until his death. Pihl was one of the main architects of the use of narrow-gauge railways in Norway.
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Vera Sandberg
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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Vera Helfrid Victoria Sandberg was a Swedish engineer. In 1917, she became Sweden's first female engineer.
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Olle Häggström
- Years
- 1967-.. (age 57)
- Occupations
- mathematician
- Biography
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Olle Häggström is a professor of mathematical statistics at Chalmers University of Technology. Häggström earned his doctorate in 1994 at Chalmers University of Technology with Jeffrey Steif as supervisor. He became an associate professor in the same university in 1997, and professor of mathematical statistics at University of Gothenburg in 2000. In 2002 he was back at Chalmers University of Technology as professor. He mainly researches on probability theory such as Markov chains, percolation theory and other models in statistical mechanics.
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Claes Adelsköld
- Occupations
- Esperantistwriterrailway engineerarchitectpolitician
- Biography
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Claes Adolf Adelsköld was a Swedish civil engineer, railway engineer, author, Army officer and member of the upper house of the Parliament of Sweden
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Tanel Tammet
- Occupations
- computer scientist
- Biography
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Tanel Tammet is an Estonian computer scientist, professor, software engineer, and computer programmer. He was also one of the founding members of the Estonian Greens party, and helped found the IT College in Tallinn.
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Arvid Wallman
- Enrolled in the Chalmers University of Technology
- Graduated with Master of Science in Engineering
- Occupations
- competitive diver
- Biography
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Arvid Håkan Herbert Carlsson "Fågeln" Wallman was a Swedish diver. He competed in the plain high diving event at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics and finished in first and eighth place, respectively. After graduating in 1923 from the Chalmers University of Technology he worked as a civil engineer. His granddaughter Susanne Wetteskog also became an Olympic diver.
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Helge Zimdal
- Occupations
- architectuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Helge Zimdal, originally Zimdahl was a Swedish architect and professor of architecture at Chalmers University of Technology, known for his many school buildings.
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Axel Darvik
- Years
- 1982-.. (age 42)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Axhil Darvik is a Swedish Liberal People's Party politician, member of the Riksdag 2002–2006.
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Pam Fredman
- Occupations
- chemical engineer
- Biography
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Pam Fredman is a Swedish professor of neuroscience and former rector of the University of Gothenburg. From 2016, Fredman is the President of the International Association of Universities
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Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede
- Occupations
- biochemistuniversity teacherchemist
- Biography
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Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede is a Swedish biophysical chemist, born in 1968, who is a professor of chemical biology at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg. In 2019 she was named by International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry as a Distinguished Woman in Chemistry.
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Claes-Göran Granqvist
- Occupations
- engineerphysicist
- Biography
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Claes-Göran Sture Granqvist is a materials physicist and Professor of Solid State Physics at Uppsala University in Sweden. Granqvist is considered a pioneer and expert in photochromic materials and energy-efficient building materials such as glass, paint, and wood.
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Anna Dubois
- Years
- 1962-.. (age 62)
- Occupations
- business theoristmechanical engineeracademiceconomist
- Biography
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Anna Dubois is a Swedish organizational theorist and professor of technology management and economics at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, and director of Chalmers Transport Area of Advance. She is best known for her work with Lars-Erik Gadde on case study research, boundaries of the firm, and managing suppliers interfaces.
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Jan Lennartsson
- Occupations
- handball player
- Biography
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Jan Lennartsson is a Swedish handball player. He started his professional career in 2000 playing for IK Sävehof, Gothenburg. After six seasons with the club, he was contracted by the Danish club AaB Håndbold in 2007. He also has played 125 games and scored 277 goals with the Swedish national handball team.
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Hjalmar Kumlien
- Occupations
- architect
- Biography
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Knut Hjalmar Kumlien was a Swedish architect.
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Abraham Coates Fitzgibbon
- Occupations
- surveyorengineer
- Biography
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Abraham 'Abram' Fitzgibbon was an Irish-born railroad engineer and a pioneer for narrow-gauge railways.
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Annelie Enochson
- Years
- 1953-.. (age 71)
- Occupations
- politicianarchitect
- Biography
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Annelie Enochson is a Swedish Christian Democratic politician and architect. She has been a member of the Riksdag since 2000. In the Riksdag, she has been part of the former Committee on Housing (2000–2002), the Committee on the Labour Market and the Committee on European Union Affairs (2002–2006). She also served as a regular member of the OSCE-delegation between 2002–2006 and is now a deputy member. After the election 2006, Annelie is her party's spokeswoman in traffic-related issues and a regular member of the Committee on the Transport and Communications. She also continues to serve in the OSCE-delegation.
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Ingemar Lundström
- Occupations
- physicist
- Biography
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Ingemar Lundström, born 9 May 1941 in Skellefteå, Sweden, is a Swedish professor of applied physics at Linköping University.
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Lars Samuelson
- Occupations
- physicist
- Biography
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Lars Ivar Samuelson is a Swedish physicist and professor in nanotechnology and semiconductor electronics at Lund University.
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Hugo Hammar
- Occupations
- politicianbusinessperson
- Biography
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Hugo Hammar was a Swedish businessman.
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Ragnar Svensson
- Occupations
- sailordrawing teacherarchitectartist
- Biography
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Ragnar Svensson was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. He was a crew member of the Swedish boat Elsie, which won the silver medal in the 40 m class.
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Bengt Ollén
- Occupations
- conductor
- Biography
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Bengt Ollén is a Swedish choral conductor, music teacher, adjudicator and lecturer. In 1995 Ollén founded Sofia Vokalensemble that has emerged as one of the world's leading amateur choirs.
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Fredrik Hiorth
- Occupations
- business magnateengineer
- Biography
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Fredrik Wilhelm Louis Hiorth was a Norwegian engineer and industrialist.
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Margit Hall
- Occupations
- furniture designerarchitect
- Biography
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Margit Dagmar Hall was a Swedish architect. She was the first woman to take the architect examination at Chalmers Technical Institute in Gothenburg and the first woman in Sweden to graduate in architecture as an ordinary student.
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Bengt G. Olsson
- Occupations
- electrical engineerentrepreneurinventor
- Biography
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Bengt Gustaf Olsson was a Swedish inventor and entrepreneur. He was active both in Sweden as well as in the United States as an electrical engineer within the field of analog electronics. He also founded the Swedish electronics company Xelex AB that provided electronic equipment for professional use as well as HiFi equipment for personal use.
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Anders Szepessy
- Years
- 1960-.. (age 64)
- Enrolled in the Chalmers University of Technology
- Graduated with Doctor of Technology
- Occupations
- mathematician
- Biography
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Anders Szepessy is a Swedish mathematician.
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Peter Nordlander
- Years
- 1955-.. (age 69)
- Occupations
- physicist
- Biography
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Peter J. Nordlander is a Swedish physicist.
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Hjalmar Cornilsen
- Occupations
- architect
- Biography
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Hjalmar Algot Cornilsen was a Swedish architect.
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Ghirmai Efrem
- Occupations
- swimmer
- Biography
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Ghirmai Efrem is a Swedish-born Eritrean swimmer. He competed in the men's 50 metre freestyle at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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Knut Beckeman
- Occupations
- architect
- Biography
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Knut Wilhelm Malcolm Beckeman was a Swedish architect.
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Nicolay Nicolaysen Sontum
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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Nicolay Nicolaysen Sontum was a Norwegian engineer, businessperson and contractor.
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María Gudjónsdóttir
- Years
- 1980-.. (age 44)
- Occupations
- researcher
- Biography
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María Guðjónsdóttir is a professor of food science at the University of Iceland.
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Sofia Börjesson
- Years
- 1964-.. (age 60)
- Occupations
- scientist
- Biography
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Sofia Börjesson is a Swedish Professor (chair) in Technology Management Department at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg Sweden. Her academic research field evolves around questions of how large, mature organizations change and develop, with focus on the management of innovation work. She works on applying innovation as an organizational transformation and in particular in a context of business model innovation. She applies qualitative methods, often collaborative research methods, cooperating with industrial partners with the intent to create actionable knowledge. She has published her work in journals such as R&D Management, Journal of Change Management, Int. J. Operations and Production Management, Technovation and Creativity and Innovation Management.
