*1989 – Fellow, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 
*2009 – Honorary doctor, Monash University, Melbourne
*2012 – Knut Schmidt-Nielsen Prize Lecture, International Union of Physiological Sciences
*2013 – Honorary doctor, Royal Veterinary College, London
*2013 – European Lipid Research Award, EuroFedLipid
*2014 – Honorary doctor, Buckingham University, Buckingham, UK 
*2014 – King's Medal (12th size), the Order of the Seraphims
*2016 – Prize for Scientific Reviews, Experimental Biology and American Physiological Society
*2016 – Recipient of the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star, Japan  
*2017 – Fellow, Academia Europaea