Holger Crafoord
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Holger Crafoord was a Swedish industrialist and philanthropist whose endowment led to the creation of the prestigious Crafoord Prize in scientific research.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Holger Crafoord canonical | 5 |
| Anna-Greta Crafoord | 1 |
| Crafoord | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T797068 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Holger Crafoord Context triple: [Crafoord Prize, namedAfter, Holger Crafoord]
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A.
Gunnar Nordström
Gunnar Nordström was a Finnish theoretical physicist known for his early work on scalar theories of gravitation and contributions to the development of general relativity.
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B.
Sigfrid Edström
Sigfrid Edström was a Swedish industrialist and sports administrator who served as president of the International Olympic Committee in the mid-20th century.
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C.
Gustaf John Ramstedt
Gustaf John Ramstedt was a Finnish linguist and diplomat best known for his pioneering comparative work on Ural-Altaic and especially Mongolic and Turkic languages, and for helping formulate the Altaic language hypothesis.
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D.
Carl Wilhelm Cederhielm
Carl Wilhelm Cederhielm was an 18th-century Swedish nobleman and scholar best known as one of the founders of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
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E.
Albert Eschenmoser
Albert Eschenmoser is a Swiss organic chemist renowned for his pioneering work on the structure and synthesis of vitamin B12 and for fundamental contributions to the understanding of organic reaction mechanisms and prebiotic chemistry.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Holger Crafoord Target entity description: Holger Crafoord was a Swedish industrialist and philanthropist whose endowment led to the creation of the prestigious Crafoord Prize in scientific research.
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A.
Gunnar Nordström
Gunnar Nordström was a Finnish theoretical physicist known for his early work on scalar theories of gravitation and contributions to the development of general relativity.
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B.
Sigfrid Edström
Sigfrid Edström was a Swedish industrialist and sports administrator who served as president of the International Olympic Committee in the mid-20th century.
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C.
Gustaf John Ramstedt
Gustaf John Ramstedt was a Finnish linguist and diplomat best known for his pioneering comparative work on Ural-Altaic and especially Mongolic and Turkic languages, and for helping formulate the Altaic language hypothesis.
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D.
Carl Wilhelm Cederhielm
Carl Wilhelm Cederhielm was an 18th-century Swedish nobleman and scholar best known as one of the founders of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
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E.
Albert Eschenmoser
Albert Eschenmoser is a Swiss organic chemist renowned for his pioneering work on the structure and synthesis of vitamin B12 and for fundamental contributions to the understanding of organic reaction mechanisms and prebiotic chemistry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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industrialist ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Lund ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | Parkinson's disease ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Sweden ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Sweden ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Sweden ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1908-07-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1982-05-14 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Gothenburg
ⓘ
surface form:
Gothenburg School of Business, Economics and Law
|
| employer | Åkerlund & Rausing ⓘ |
| familyName |
Holger Crafoord
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Crafoord
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| fieldOfWork |
industry
ⓘ
philanthropy ⓘ |
| founded |
Crafoord Foundation
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Gambro ⓘ |
| givenName | Holger ⓘ |
| hasAward | Illis quorum ⓘ |
| hasPart | Crafoord Foundation endowment ⓘ |
| inspired | creation of the Crafoord Prize in scientific research ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-founding Gambro
ⓘ
founding the Crafoord Prize ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Swedish ⓘ |
| name | Holger Crafoord self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Swedish ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Swedish ⓘ |
| notableFor |
supporting research in astronomy and mathematics
ⓘ
supporting research in biosciences ⓘ supporting research in geosciences ⓘ supporting research in polyarthritis ⓘ |
| notableWork | endowment establishing the Crafoord Prize ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessperson
ⓘ
industrialist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Gothenburg ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Lund ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chairman of Gambro
ⓘ
managing director of Åkerlund & Rausing ⓘ |
| religion | Lutheranism ⓘ |
| residence | Lund ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Anna-Greta Crafoord ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Lund
ⓘ
Stockholm ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Holger Crafoord Description of subject: Holger Crafoord was a Swedish industrialist and philanthropist whose endowment led to the creation of the prestigious Crafoord Prize in scientific research.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Anna-Greta Crafoord
this entity surface form:
Crafoord