Notable Alumni
- Manne Siegbahn, physicist. Winner of Nobel Prize in Physics for his discoveries and research in the field of X-ray spectroscopy. Father of Nobel Prize winner Kai Siegbahn.
- Lars Gyllensten, author and physician. Member of the Swedish Academy.
- Helge von Koch, mathematician. Gave his name to Koch snowflake.
- Gunnar Myrdal, economist, politician and Nobel Prize winner. Married to Nobel Peace Prize winner, Alva Myrdal.
- Nils Strindberg, photographer. Member of S. A. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897.
- Jonas Gardell, novelist and playwright.
- Horace Engdahl, former permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy.
- Leif GW Persson, novelist.
- Göran Liljestrand, pharmacologist, known for the discovery of the Euler-Liljestrand mechanism.
- Claes Elfsberg, television journalist.
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