The Nobel Committee for Chemistry is the Nobel Committee responsible for proposing laureates for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The Nobel Committee for Chemistry is appointed by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. It usually consists of Swedish professors of chemistry who are members of the Academy, although the Academy in principle could appoint anyone to the Committee.
The Committee is a working body without decision power, and the final decision to award the Nobel Prize for Chemistry is taken by the entire Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, after having a first discussion in the Academy's Class for Chemistry.
The current members of the Committee are:
Sara Snogerup Linse, chairman
Jan-Erling Bäckvall
Peter Brzezinski
Gunnar von Heine, also secretary
Claes Gustafsson
Sven Lidin
Olof Ramström
Johan Åqvist
The secretary takes part in the meeting, but can not cast a vote unless the secretary is also a member of the Committee. Until 1973 the Nobel Committees for Physics and Chemistry had a common secretary.
Arne Westgren (1926–1943)
Arne Ölander (1943–1965)
Arne Magnéli (1966–1986)
Peder Kierkegaard (1987–1995)
Astrid Gräslund (1996–, also member 2010–)
Oskar Widman, 1900–1928
Per Teodor Cleve, 1900–1905
Otto Pettersson, 1900–1912
Johan Peter Klason, 1900–1925
Henrik Gustaf Söderbaum, 1900–1933
Olof Hammarsten, 1905–1926
Åke Gerhard Ekstrand, 1913–1924
The Svedberg, 1925–1964
Wilhelm Palmær, 1926–1942
Ludvig Ramberg, 1927–1940
Hans von Euler-Chelpin, 1929–1946
Bror Holmberg, 1934–1953
Arne Westgren, 1942–1964 (chairman 1944-1964)
Arne Fredga, 1944–1975 (chairman 1972-1975)
Arne Tiselius, 1947–1971 (chairman 1965-1971)
Karl Myrbäck, 1954–1975
Gunnar Hägg, 1965–1976 (chairman 1976)
Arne Ölander, 1965–1974
Einar Stenhagen, 1972–1973
Bo G. Malmström, 1973–1988 (chairman 1977-1988)
Göran Bergson, 1974–1984
Børge Bak, 1974–?
Stig Claesson, 1975–1983
Bengt Lindberg, 1976–?
Lars Ernster, 1977–1988
Sture Forsén, 1983–1995
Ingvar Lindqvist, 1986–? (associate 1985)
Björn Roos, 1988–2000 (associate 1986-1987)
Salo Gronowitz, 1988–1996 (associate 1986-1987, chairman 1991-1996)
Bertil Andersson, 1989–1997
Carl-Ivar Brändén, 1990–2000
Lennart Eberson, 1995–? (associate -1994, chairman 1997-)
Ingmar Grenthe, 1999–? (associate -1995)
Torvard C. Laurent, 1996–1998 (associate 1992-1995)
Bengt Nordén, 1998–?
Gunnar von Heijne, 2001-2009 (chairman 2007-2009)
Håkan Wennerström, 2001-2009
