Science and technology in Sweden

The Nobel Prizes are awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind". The prizes were first awarded in 1901, marking the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death. The original Nobel Prizes covered five fields: physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace, specified in Nobel's will. A sixth prize, the Prize in Economic Sciences, was established in 1968 by Sveriges Riksbank in memory of Alfred Nobel. The Nobel Prizes are widely regarded as the most prestigious awards available in their respective fields.

Sweden's national academy of sciences

thumb|Ytterby quarry thumb|Terbiumvägen (Terbium Road) and Gruvvägen (Mine Road) close to the Ytterby mine ()

museum in Stockholm, Sweden

world's largest permanent scale model of the Solar System

Esrange Space Center or Esrange is Sweden's space and research center located about 40 kilometers east of the town of Kiruna in northern Sweden, owned and operated by the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC). The base itself covers 20 square kilometers, while the impact area for rockets is 5,600 km2. Located 200 km north of the Arctic Circle, the geographic location of Esrange is advantageous thanks to the limited light pollution, allowing for studies of northern lights. The stable climate, limited commercial air traffic and sparsely populated area are further reasons why the location is well suite

Swedish administrative authority

unit of length in Norway and Sweden

astronomical observatory in Onsala, Sweden

wealthy Swedish entrepreneur (1881-1961)

home computer

Alweg was a German transportation company known for its development of straddle-beam monorail technology. ==History== thumb|Disneyland-Alweg Monorail System, pictured in 1963 Alweg was established in January 1953 by Swedish industrialist Axel Lennart Wenner-Gren as Alweg-Forschung, GmbH (), based in Fühlingen, a suburb of Cologne in West Germany. The company originated from the Verkehrsbahn-Studiengesellschaft (), which had presented early monorail designs and prototypes the previous year. The name "Alweg" is derived from Wenner-Gren’s full name. thumb|Seattle Center Monorail, pictured in 2008

Swedish learned society

first Arctic expedition to navigate through the Northeast Passage

Swedish research satellite

Swedish artificial satellite

organization based in Sweden

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Swedish satellite

early Swedish relay computer

office-versions of the ABC 80 home computer

Swedish communications satellite operator

Research station in Sweden

Swedish administrative authority

Swedish oceanographic expedition in 1947 and 1948

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Archaeological research institute in Sweden

prototype computer

thumb|BESK control panel thumb|Drum memory (bottom) and core memory (upper right) for the BESK computer