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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."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"10 January 1916","date":"1916-01-10"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q295696#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Kungsholm parish","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10550317"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q295696#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"15 August 2004","date":"2004-08-15"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q295696#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Stockholm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1754"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q295696#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Sweden","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q295696#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"biochemist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2919046"},{"text":"chemist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q593644"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q295696#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Stockholm University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q221645"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q295696#P69"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Maj Nelly Nelly Bergström","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q129570996"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q295696#P26"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q999734","date":"1977"},{"text":"Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80061","date":"1982"},{"text":"Canada Gairdner International Award","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1031994","date":"1972"},{"text":"Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q899039","date":"1975"},{"text":"Welch Award in Chemistry","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1632244","date":"1980"},{"text":"Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52382875"},{"text":"Björkén Prize","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10430643","date":"1966"},{"text":"Cameron Prize of the University of Edinburgh","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29026864"},{"text":"Amory Prize","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18410199","date":"1975"},{"text":"Illis quorum","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3432215"},{"text":"Knight Grand Officer of the Order of the Polar Star","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20899919","date":"1974"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q295696#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sune_Bergstr%C3%B6m","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q295696"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Sune Bergström born?","a":"Sune Bergström was born on 10 January 1916 in Kungsholm parish."},{"q":"Where did Sune Bergström study?","a":"Sune Bergström was educated at Stockholm University."}],"related":[{"name":"Allvar Gullstrand","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/allvar-gullstrand"},{"name":"Arne Tiselius","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/arne-tiselius"},{"name":"Arvid Carlsson","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/arvid-carlsson"},{"name":"Bengt I. 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