This page describes inventors and inventions. It can be helpful in creating a report or poster to supplement various outreach activities.

General sources regarding inventions

• Swedish tourism page about inventions
• A list of Swedish inventions
• Chronology of Sweden
• List of Swedish innovations from Swedish Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Botany and modern taxonomy

• Carl Von Linné
  • Information from University of California, Berkeley
  • Information from the Natural History Museum of Sweden
  • Information from Wikipedia

Designs

• Coca Cola bottle, introduced in 1916: designed by Alex Samuelson (a Swedish American)
  • A private page discussing the history of the coke bottle design
  • A discussion of the contour bottle design from the Vigo Count Historical Society
• Zipper
  • American Elias has the first patent in 1851, but the teeth were individually sewn into the fabric
  • Gideon Sundbäck came up with the idea to sew them to a fabric band in 1913
  • A discussion from about.com
  • A discussion on the ideafinder.com site
  • A discussion on the design-technology.info page

Technical inventions

• Blow torch: Carl Richard Nyberg
  • Article on Wikipedia
• Computer Mouse: Håkan Lanz
  • Nordic Way article
  • Brief history from Näsbydalskolan in Täby
• Celsius thermometer: Anders Celsius (1701-1744)
• Article from the Astronomy Dept. at Uppsala University
• An article about Celsius as "The Astronomer who didn't come to Astronomy"
• Wikipedia article about Celsius
• Dynamite: Alfred Nobel (1833-1895)
  • Biographical article from the Nobel Prize website
  • About.com article about Nobel
  • Wikipedia article about Nobel
• Propane stove: Frans Wilhelm Lindqvist (1862-1931)
  • Intelius article about Lindqvist
  • Wikipedia article about Lindqvist
• Gas lighthouse: Nils Gustav Dahlén
  • Wikipedia article about Dalén
• Ball bearings: Sven Wingquist
  • Wikipedia article about Wingquist
• Refrigerator: Baltzar von Platen (1898-1984)
  • Wikipedia article about von Platen
• Pacemaker: Rune Elmqvist and Åke Senning
  • NationMaster.com article about Elmqvist
  • Heart Rhythm Society article about Senning
  • Wikipedia articles about Elmqvist and Senning
• Milking machine and separator: Gustaf de Laval (1845- 1913)
  • Wikipedia article about de Laval
  • Article about de Laval from the Internet Encyclopedia of Science
• Propeller: John Ericsson (1803-1889)
  • About.com article about John Ericsson
  • Wikipedia article about John Ericsson
• Safety match: Gustaf Erik Pasch (1788-1862)
  • Wikipedia article about Pasch
• Telephone handset: Lars Magnus Ericsson (1846-1926)
  • Wikipedia article about Lars Magnus Ericsson
• Tetra Pak: Ruben Rausing (1895-1983)
  • Wikipedia article about Rausing
  • Wikipedia article about Tetra_Pak

Tools

• Adustable Wrench: Johan Petter Johansson (1853-1943)
  • Wikipedia article about Johansson