Theodor H. E. ("The") Svedberg (30 August 1884–25 February 1971) was a Swedish chemist and Nobel laureate, active at Uppsala University. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1926 was awarded to The Svedberg "for his work on disperse systems". During this work, he developed the technique of analytical ultracentrifugation, and demonstrated its utility in distinguishing pure proteins one from another.