When was Sune Bergström born?

Sune Bergström was born on 10 January 1916 in Kungsholm parish.

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Sune Bergström was educated at Stockholm University.

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Sune Bergström

Swedish biochemist (1916–2004)

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Karl Sune Detlof Bergström (10 January 1916 – 15 August 2004) was a Swedish biochemist. In 1975, he was appointed to the Nobel Foundation Board of Directors in Sweden, and was awarded the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University, together with Bengt I. Samuelsson.

Quick facts

Born: 10 January 1916 wd
Place of birth: Kungsholm parish wd
Died: 15 August 2004 wd
Place of death: Stockholm wd
Citizenship: Sweden wd
Occupation: biochemist, chemist wd
Education: Stockholm University wd
Spouse: Maj Nelly Nelly Bergström wd

Awards wd

Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1977)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1982)
Canada Gairdner International Award (1972)
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1975)
Welch Award in Chemistry (1980)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Björkén Prize (1966)
Cameron Prize of the University of Edinburgh
Amory Prize (1975)
Illis quorum
Knight Grand Officer of the Order of the Polar Star (1974)

About

He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Bengt I. Samuelsson and John R. Vane in 1982, for discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related substances.

Bergström was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1965, and its president in 1983. In 1965, he was also elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1966. He was also a member of both the United States National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. Bergström was awarded the Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh in 1977. In 1985, he was appointed member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. He was awarded the Illis quorum in 1985.

In 1943, Bergström married Maj Gernandt. He had two sons, the businessman Rurik Reenstierna, with Maj Gernandt; and the evolutionary geneticist Svante Pääbo (winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine), from an extramarital affair with Karin Pääbo, an Estonian chemist. Both sons were born in 1955, and Rurik learned about the existence of his half-brother Svante only around 2004.

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When was Sune Bergström born?: Sune Bergström was born on 10 January 1916 in Kungsholm parish.
Where did Sune Bergström study?: Sune Bergström was educated at Stockholm University.

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