Winners

Since 1981 the international Marcus Wallenberg Prize has been awarded to laureates for path-breaking scientific achievements contributing to a broader knowledge and technical development. The findings may originate from any of the broad fields of interest to the forest industry – from growing trees and forests to making and using forest-based products.

August 25, 1985

1985 – Karl-Erik Eriksson, Sweden, and T. Kent Kirk, USA

for their pathbreaking fundamental research on the fungal degradation of wood, unravelling the enzymatic processes of cellulose and lignin breakdown. Their discoveries have opened up new horizons..

August 25, 1984

1984 – Leopoldo G Brandão, Edgard Campinhos Jr, Ney M Dos Santos and Yara K Ikemori, Brazil

For their pioneering work leading to significant scientific and technological breakthroughs in developing commercial forests based on cloned Eucalyptus. Their methods have stimulated world-wide..

August 25, 1983

1983 – Bruno Andersson, Egon Höglund, Bertil Johansson and Bengt Thöresson, Sweden

For their pioneering accomplishment in papermaking by specifying and applying an ingenious method of conveying the paper safely at high speeds through the dryers of the papermachine..

August 25, 1982

1982 – Ricardo O. Foschi, Canada

For his pioneering generalized mathematical models, predicting mechanical performance of wood structures. His significant scientific accomplishments have provided numerous opportunities..

August 25, 1981

1981 – Harry Hutchinson Holton, Canada

For his pathbreaking discovery that the use of antraquinone in alkaline pulping can produce significant beneficial technical effects involving cooking rates, wood consumption and the environment..