Tage Erlander Prize is awarded annually as a reward for outstanding scientific work as a stimulus for continued research, every five years in the following subjects: mathematics, physics, chemistry, technology and biology. High-quality popular science efforts are also a merit for the award. Recipients of the award are researchers who have not reached the age of 40 at the end of the nomination period.
Mattias Jakobsson was awarded “for his large-scale genetic investigations of human demographic history” (Tage Erlander’s prize in natural science and technology)