Welcome to the Crafoord Prize

The Crafoord Prize is one of the world´s most prestigious science prizes awarded in mathematics and astronomy, polyarthritis, geosciences and biosciences since 1982.

About the Prize

Prizes

Press release 2026-01-29

Crafoord Prize Laureate showed that many factors affect the climate

Veerabhadran Ramanathan has laid the foundation for our understanding of how small particles and gases that accumulate in the atmosphere contribute to climate change. This knowledge is vitally important for combatting global warming. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is now awarding him the Crafoord Prize in Geosciences, worth eight...

Press release 2025-01-30
2025-01-30
Crafoord Prize Laureates discovered mechanisms that prevent autoimmune disease
Press release 2024-01-30
2024-01-30
This year’s Crafoord Laureates can see inside stars and describe geometric shapes
Press release 2023-01-30
2023-01-30
Studies of how new species arise are rewarded with the Crafoord Prize

Prize Laureates

Mathematics and Astronomy

Polyarthritis

Geosciences

Biosciences

Welcome to the Crafoord Prize

Prizes

Crafoord Prize Laureate showed that many factors affect the climate

Crafoord Prize Laureates discovered mechanisms that prevent autoimmune disease

This year’s Crafoord Laureates can see inside stars and describe geometric shapes

Studies of how new species arise are rewarded with the Crafoord Prize

Prize Laureates