There have been as many Swedish chemists as in other leading countries, but there are two names who stick out the most, historically. Alfred Nobel (not a pure chemist per say, but more of an inventer) and Svante Arrhenius.
Svante Arrhenius is most known for the Arrhenius equation, an accomplishment, among others, for which he received the Nobel Prize.
The name of nobelium is derived from the name of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel.
It was named the Nobel Prize after Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite. It was named after him because his will established them in 1895.
The Nobel Prize is named after Alfred Nobel, a Swedish chemist, engineer, and inventor known for inventing dynamite.
Jons Jacob Berzelius a swedish chemist
Manganese was first discovered in Stockholm, Sweden by Johann Gottlieb Gahn, a Swedish mineralogist and chemist, in 1774 and it was first recognized as an element by a Swedish chemist named C.W. Scheele.
Thulium is named after the ancient name for Scandinavia, Thule. This element was discovered in 1879 by Swedish chemist Per Teodor Cleve.
Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (a Swedish chemist) in 1751
It was discovered by a Swedish chemist named Georg Brandt in 1735
Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (a Swedish chemist) in 1751
it was discovered by a swedish chemist, Carl Wilhelm Scheele in 1772
Acetaldehyde was discovered in 1774. It was a Swedish chemist and pharmacist named Carl Wilhelm Scheele who first discovered the chemical compound.
Two elements were discovered in 1830: terbium and cerium. Terbium was discovered by Swedish chemist Carl Gustaf Mosander, while cerium was independently discovered by Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius and German chemist Martin Heinrich Klaproth.