Arrhenius Plaque

{{Short description|Annual award}}

The Arrhenius Plaque (Swedish: Arrhenius-plaketten) is awarded annually by the Swedish Chemical Society in memory of Svante Arrhenius,{{cite journal |last1=Koester |first1=Vera |last2=Goedecke |first2=Catharina |title=Physical Chemistry Pioneer: Svante Arrhenius (1859 – 1927) |journal=ChemViews |date=2023 |doi=10.1002/chemv.202300014}} a Swedish physicist, chemist, and long-time member of the society, "to a person or persons who have distinguished themselves through outstanding research in the field of chemistry or who have performed valuable work for the good of the Swedish Chemical Society".{{cite web |title=Arrhenius-plaketten |url=https://kemisamfundet.se/utmarkelser/arrhenius-plaketten/ |publisher=The Swedish Chemical Society |access-date=31 October 2024}}{{Cite web |title=The Swedish Chemical Society - Arrhenius Plaque {{!}} EFG - European Funding Guide |url=https://www.european-funding-guide.eu/awardprize/5264-arrhenius-plaque |access-date=2024-11-06 |website=www.european-funding-guide.eu |language=en}}

Past recipients include Ragnar Ryhage (1962), Jerker Porath and Per Flodin (1963),{{cite journal |title=The M.S. Tswett Chromatography Medal 1979 |journal=Chromatographia |date=October 1979 |volume=12 |issue=10 |pages=679 |doi=10.1007/BF02302945}}{{cite journal |last1=Ettre |first1=L.S. |last2=Zlatkis |first2=A. |title=Per Flodin |journal=Journal of Chromatography Library |date=1 January 1979 |volume=17 |pages=67–74 |doi=10.1016/S0301-4770(08)60636-3|isbn=978-0-444-41754-1 }} Carl-Ivar Brändén (1976), Svante Wold (1984), Gunnar von Heijne (1997), Per Claesson (2008),{{cite journal |last1=Dėdinaitė |first1=Andra |last2=Claesson |first2=Per M. |title=Synergies in lubrication |journal=Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics |date=2017 |volume=19 |issue=35 |pages=23677–23689 |doi=10.1039/C7CP03517A|pmid=28681896 |doi-access=free }} Jonas Bergquist (2009), Lisbeth Olsson (2018){{cite web |title=Professor Lisbeth Olsson receives the Arrhenius plaque |date=2 January 2019 |url=https://wwsc.se/professor-lisbeth-olsson-receives-the-arrhenius-plaque/ |access-date=31 October 2024}} and Berit Olofsson (2021){{cite web |title=Arrhenius-plaketten till kemiprofessor Berit Olofsson |url=https://www.su.se/nyheter/arrhenius-plaketten-till-kemiprofessor-berit-olofsson-1.630329}}