Svante August Arrhenius was a Swedish scientist. Originally a physicist, but often referred to as a chemist, Arrhenius was one of the founders of the science of physical chemistry. In 1903, he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, becoming the first Swedish Nobel laureate. In 1905, he became the director of the Nobel Institute, where he remained until his death. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1903, announced November 12, 1903. Svante Arrhenius, “in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered to the advancement of chemistry by his electrolytic theory of dissociation”. Svante Arrhenius: born 1859, Vik, Sweden. Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).