Government, Politics and Civil Service
- Peter Estenberg (1686-1740), Greek Scholar, Professor, and advisor to King Stanislaw (Stanisław Leszczyński) of Poland in the early 18th century.
- Lars von Engeström (1751-1826), statesman and diplomat, first Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs 1809–1824, Chancellor of Lund University 1810–1824
- Arvid Posse (1820-1901), Prime Minister of Sweden 1880-1883. (B.A. 1840)
- Östen Undén (1886-1974), Rector Magnificus of Uppsala University and politician, notably Minister for Foreign Affairs 1924-26, 1945-62. (B.A. 1905, LL.B. 1910, LL.D. 1912)
- Ernst Wigforss (1881-1977), linguist and politician, Swedish Minister of Finance. (Ph.D. 1913)
- Per Edvin Sköld (1891-1972), held various cabinet posts from 1932, Minister of Finance 1949-1955. (B.A. 1917)
- Bertil Ohlin (1899-1979), liberal leader and economist, Nobel laureate, see above
- Tage Erlander (1901-1985), Prime Minister of Sweden, 1946-1969. (B.A. 1928)
- Gunnar Jarring (1907-2002), ambassador, UN diplomat and scholar of Turkic languages. (Ph.D. 1933)
- Ingvar Carlsson (1934-), Prime Minister of Sweden 1986-91, 1994-96. (B.A. 1958)
- Tarja Cronberg (1943-), Finnish Green Party politician, Member of the European Parliament. (Eng. D. 1973)
- Lena Ek (1958-), Member of the European Parliament (J.D., LL.D.)
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court since 1993. Studied at Lund in the 1960s.
- Rupiah Banda (1937 - ), President of Zambia 2008- (B.A. 1964)
- H. M. G. S. Palihakkara (1948-), Sri Lankan ambassador and UN diplomat, (Studied at Lund in the 1980s)
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The psalm, the sorrow, and the simple praise
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