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, chairmanOlga BotnerPer DelsingClaes FranssonThors Hans HanssonOlle InganäsNils MårtenssonThe 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, 1900–1926Arne Westgren, 1926–1943Arne Ölander, 1943–1965Arne Magnéli, 1966–1973Bengt Nagel, 1974–1988Anders Bárány, 1989–2003Lars Bergström, 2004–2015Gunnar Ingelman (physicist), Deputy secretaryHugo Hildebrand Hildebrandsson, 1900–1910Robert Thalén, 1900–1903Klas Bernhard Hasselberg, 1900–1922Knut Ångström, 1900–1909Svante Arrhenius, 1900–1927Gustaf Granqvist, 1904–1922Vilhelm Carlheim-Gyllensköld, 1910–1934Allvar Gullstrand, 1911–1929Carl Wilhelm Oseen, 1923–1944Manne Siegbahn, 1923–1961 (chairman ?–1957)Henning Pleijel, 1928—1947Erik Hulthén, 1929–1962 (chairman 1958–1962)Axel E. Lindh, 1935–1960Ivar Waller, 1945–1972Gustaf Ising, 1947–1953Oskar Klein, 1954–1965Bengt Edlén, 1961–1976Erik Rudberg, 1963–1972 (chairman 1963–1972)Kai Siegbahn, 1963–1974 (chairman 1973–1974)Lamek Hulthén, 1966–1979 (chairman 1975–1979)Per-Olov Löwdin, 1972–1984A.M. Harun-ar-Rashid, 1972, 1986, 1993Stig 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, 1986–1997Erik Karlsson, 1987–1998 (chairman 1997–1998)Cecilia Jarlskog, 1989–2000 (chairman 1999–2000)Tord Claeson, 1992–2000Mats Jonson, 1997–2005Sune Svanberg, 1998–2006Per Carlson, 1999–2007Lennart Stenflo, 2001–2006Joseph Nordgren, 2001-2009 (chairman 2008–2009)Ingemar Lundström, 2006–? (chairman 2010–?)Lars Brink, 2008–?Börje Johansson, 2007–?Björn Jonson, 2009-?
