The Nobel Committee for Physics

The Nobel Committee at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is responsible for the selection of candidates from the names submitted for consideration by qualified nominators, who have been invited through formal letters. Committee members are elected for a period of 3 years from among the members of the Academy. In assessing the qualifications of the candidates, the Committee is assisted by specially appointed expert advisers.

Nobel Committee for Physics 2008

Joseph Nordgren (Chairman)
Professor of Soft X-ray Physics

Lars Bergström (Secretary)
Professor of Theoretical Physics

Lars Brink
Professor of Theoretical Particle Physics (Member)

Börje Johansson (Member)
Professor of Condensed Matter Physics

Björn Jonson (Member)
Professor of Fundamental Physics

Ingemar Lundström (Member)
Professor of Applied Physics