Sweden

Swedish writer, poet, and former sailor, Harry Martinson was a Nobel laureate in Literature in 1974, known for his ability to 'catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos'

Swedish author and journalist who created the internationally bestselling Millennium crime trilogy, published posthumously starting in 2005

Swedish biochemist and Nobel laureate known for his investigations on the fermentation of sugar and enzymes

King of Sweden and Norway, French field marshal, and founder of the Bernadotte dynasty

Swedish physicist who shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work in electron spectroscopy

Swedish writer and Nobel laureate known for his groundbreaking novels and narrative art in the service of freedom

King of Sweden from 1872 to 1907 and Norway from 1872 to 1905, presiding over a period of significant change in Scandinavian history

Swedish politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Sweden for two terms, leading the Social Democratic Party

Swedish Nobel Laureate and industrialist who invented automatic regulators for lighthouses and buoys, significantly improving maritime safety

King of Sweden and Norway, Carl XV was the first Bernadotte monarch born in Sweden, raised speaking Swedish and in the Lutheran faith

King of Sweden from 1771 to 1792, born in Stockholm and assassinated there