COUNTRY ARCHIVE · 1939—2016
Nobel Prize winners
from Finland.
5 laureates associated by birthplace or headquarters, with 5 recipient awards across 5 Nobel categories.
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Winners associated with Finland
5 total
- Artturi Ilmari Virtanen
Born in Helsinki, Finland. Recognized “for his research and inventions in agricultural and nutrition chemistry, especially for his fodder preservation method”.
- 1945Chemistry
- Bengt Holmström
Born in Helsinki, Finland. Recognized “for their contributions to contract theory”.
- 2016Economic Sciences
- Frans Eemil Sillanpää
Born in Hämeenkyrö, Finland. Recognized “for his deep understanding of his country's peasantry and the exquisite art with which he has portrayed their way of life and their relationship with Nature”.
- 1939Literature
- Martti Ahtisaari
Born in Viipuri, Finland. Recognized “for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts”.
- 2008Peace
- Ragnar Granit
Born in Helsinki, Finland. Recognized “for their discoveries concerning the primary physiological and chemical visual processes in the eye”.
- 1967Medicine
COUNTRY TRENDS
Awards by category and decade
Recipient-award counts
Prize category
- Chemistry
- 1
- Medicine
- 1
- Literature
- 1
- Peace
- 1
- Economic Sciences
- 1
Award decade
- 2010s
- 1
- 2000s
- 1
- 1960s
- 1
- 1940s
- 1
- 1930s
- 1