The Nobel Committee for Physics is the Nobel Committee responsible for proposing laureates for the Nobel Prize for Physics. The Nobel Committee for Physics is appointed by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. It usually consists of Swedish professors of physics 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 Physics is taken by the entire Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, after having a first discussion in the Academy's Class for Physics.
The current members of the Committee are:
Anne L'Huillier, chairman
Olga Botner
Per Delsing
Claes Fransson
Thors Hans Hansson
Olle Inganäs
Nils Mårtensson
The secretary takes part in the meeting, but cannot 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.
Wilhelm Palmær, 1900–1926
Arne Westgren, 1926–1943
Arne Ölander, 1943–1965
Arne Magnéli, 1966–1973
Bengt Nagel, 1974–1988
Anders Bárány, 1989–2003
Lars Bergström, 2004–2015
Gunnar Ingelman (physicist), Deputy secretary
Hugo Hildebrand Hildebrandsson, 1900–1910
Robert Thalén, 1900–1903
Klas Bernhard Hasselberg, 1900–1922
Knut Ångström, 1900–1909
Svante Arrhenius, 1900–1927
Gustaf Granqvist, 1904–1922
Vilhelm Carlheim-Gyllensköld, 1910–1934
Allvar Gullstrand, 1911–1929
Carl Wilhelm Oseen, 1923–1944
Manne Siegbahn, 1923–1961 (chairman ?–1957)
Henning Pleijel, 1928—1947
Erik Hulthén, 1929–1962 (chairman 1958–1962)
Axel E. Lindh, 1935–1960
Ivar Waller, 1945–1972
Gustaf Ising, 1947–1953
Oskar Klein, 1954–1965
Bengt Edlén, 1961–1976
Erik Rudberg, 1963–1972 (chairman 1963–1972)
Kai Siegbahn, 1963–1974 (chairman 1973–1974)
Lamek Hulthén, 1966–1979 (chairman 1975–1979)
Per-Olov Löwdin, 1972–1984
A.M. Harun-ar-Rashid, 1972, 1986, 1993
Stig Lundqvist, 1973–1985 (chairman 1980–1985)
Sven Johansson, 1975–1986 (chairman 1986)
Gösta Ekspong, 1975–1988 (chairman 1987–1988)
Ingvar Lindgren, 1978–1991 (chairman 1989–1991)
Carl Nordling, 1985–1997 (chairman 1992–1995)
Bengt Nagel, 1986–1997
Erik Karlsson, 1987–1998 (chairman 1997–1998)
Cecilia Jarlskog, 1989–2000 (chairman 1999–2000)
Tord Claeson, 1992–2000
Mats Jonson, 1997–2005
Sune Svanberg, 1998–2006
Per Carlson, 1999–2007
Lennart Stenflo, 2001–2006
Joseph Nordgren, 2001-2009 (chairman 2008–2009)
Ingemar Lundström, 2006–? (chairman 2010–?)
Lars Brink, 2008–?
Börje Johansson, 2007–?
Björn Jonson, 2009-?
