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Per Eystein Lønning
Per Eystein Lønning, also published as Per E. Lønning, is a Norwegian oncologist and University of Bergen professor known for research on breast cancer treatment resistance.
Per F. Peterson
Per F. Peterson is an American nuclear engineer at UC Berkeley and co-founder of Kairos Power, elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2020.
Per Falholt
Per Falholt is a Danish chemical engineer who spent about 40 years in industrial biotechnology, helping launch more than 200 biotech products at Novo Nordisk and Novozymes.
Per Fredrik Scholander
Per Fredrik Scholander (1905–1980) was a Norwegian-American physiologist who pioneered the study of diving mammals, invented the Scholander gas analyzer, and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1961.
Per Geijer
Per Geijer was a Swedish geologist specializing in ore geology, professor at the Royal Institute of Technology and head of the Geological Survey of Sweden.
Per Gessle
Per Håkan Gessle (born 1959, Halmstad) is the Swedish songwriter behind Gyllene Tider and Roxette, with four US Billboard number ones and a parallel Swedish-language solo career.
Per Gunnar Engström
Per Gunnar Engström (1923–2015) was a Swedish electrical engineer at ASEA who led HVDC transmission development and was elected to the US National Academy of Engineering in 1992.
Per Halkjær Nielsen
Per Halkjær Nielsen is a Danish professor of environmental microbiology at Aalborg University who studies the microbial ecology of activated sludge and created the MiDAS reference database.
Per Hall
Per Hall is a Swedish medical oncologist and professor of radiation epidemiology at Karolinska Institutet who studies breast-cancer genetics and risk-based screening, and founded the KARMA mammography cohort in 2010.
Per Hallström
Per Hallström (1866–1960) was a Swedish novelist, short-story writer, and translator, remembered as the greatest name in the Swedish short story and a key figure behind the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Per Johan Axelsson
Per Johan Axelsson (Pebben, P.J. Axelsson), born 1975 in Kungälv, Swedish left wing; entire NHL career with Boston Bruins (797 games, 287 points), Olympic gold 2006 and Frölunda SM gold 2005.
Per K. Enge
Per K. Enge (Per Kristian Enge, 1953–2018) was a Norwegian-born electrical engineer and Stanford professor who directed the Stanford GPS Lab and led the design of WAAS and maritime DGPS.
Per Krusell
Per Krusell, born 1959, is a Swedish macroeconomist, professor of economics, and director of the Institute for International Economic Studies at Stockholm University, known for the Krusell–Smith method.
Per Lindström
Per Lindström, known as Pelle Lindström, was a Swedish logician at the University of Gothenburg who proved Lindström's theorem in 1969 and introduced Lindström quantifiers in 1966.
Per Linse
Per Linse was a physical chemist at Lund University, PhD in 1984, who pioneered Monte Carlo simulation of charged colloids and polyelectrolytes and developed the MOLSIM simulation software used worldwide.
Per Lyngemark
Per Lyngemark (Per Pedersen Lyngemark, 1941-2010) was a Danish track cyclist who won gold in the 4,000 m team pursuit at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics with Asmussen, Olsen, and Frey; his only Olympic start.
Per Martin-Löf
Per Martin-Löf (born 1942) is a Swedish logician and mathematician who held a chair at Stockholm University, known for his 1966 definition of random sequences and intuitionistic type theory, which influences proof assistants like Agda.
Per Mathiesen
Per Mathiesen (Per Anton Mathiesen, 1885-1964), Norwegian gymnast with Bergens TF who won gold in the men's team free system event at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics; later a pharmacist in Sarpsborg.
Per Mertesacker
Per Mertesacker, born 1984 in Hannover, German centre-back for Hannover 96, Werder Bremen, and Arsenal; 104 Germany caps, 2014 World Cup winner; later Arsenal academy manager and DFB sporting director from 2027.
Per Nilsson
Per Nilsson (Per Elis Albert Nilsson, 1890-1964), Swedish gymnast, Stockholms GF; won gold in the men's Swedish system team all-around at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics; distinct from the 1953-born shot putter of the same name.
Per Olof Arvidsson
Per-Olof Arvidsson (1864–1947), Swedish officer and sport shooter from Augerum, Karlskrona; two-time Olympian who won free rifle team silver at London 1908 and running target single shot team gold at Stockholm 1912. Not the swimmer Pär Arvidsson.
Per Olof Ostrand
Per-Olof Östrand ("Petter") was a Swedish freestyle swimmer (1930-1980) who won 400 m freestyle bronze at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, two European relay titles, and held a 4x100 m medley relay world record in 1953.
Per Olov Enquist
Per Olov Enquist, known as PO Enquist, was a Swedish novelist and playwright, a leading author of his generation who won the August Prize for Livläkarens besök (1999).
Per os infectivity factor 3
Per os infectivity factor 3 (PIF3, AcMNPV ORF Ac115) is a 23 kDa baculovirus envelope protein in the PIF1-PIF2-PIF3 core complex; it is dispensable for ODV binding and fusion but essential for nucleocapsid entry and oral infectivity of insect larvae.
Per Petterson
Per Petterson is a Norwegian novelist, born in Oslo in 1952, whose restrained fiction about family, loss, and memory, including Out Stealing Horses (2003), has won major international prizes.
Per Sandberg
Per Sandberg is a Swedish sport shooter in 300 m rifle prone, holder of the team world record set at the 2019 European Championship in Tolmezzo, Italy.
Per Se (restaurant)
Per Se is Thomas Keller's three-Michelin-starred contemporary French restaurant at 10 Columbus Circle, New York, opened in 2004 as an East Coast interpretation of The French Laundry; known for its nine-course tasting menu, $425 price, and stars held since 2006.
Per Soelberg Sørensen
Per Soelberg Sørensen is a Danish neurologist and multiple sclerosis researcher who founded the Danish Multiple Sclerosis Center at Rigshospitalet and won the 2017 Charcot award.
Per stirpes
Per stirpes (Latin, "by branch") is an inheritance distribution method in which a predeceasing beneficiary's share passes equally to that beneficiary's own descendants, contrasted with per capita, where surviving beneficiaries split the share. Used in wills, trusts, and beneficiary designations.
Per Svenningsson
Per Svenningsson is a Swedish neurologist and neuroscientist, Professor of Neurology at Karolinska Institutet and a Senior Physician at Karolinska University Hospital, known for work on serotonin signaling and Parkinson's disease.