Axel Hamberg (17 January 1863 – 28 June 1933) was a Swedish mineralogist, geographer and explorer.

He was the son of Nils Peter Hamberg (1815-1902) and Emma Augusta Christina Härnström (1833-1914).

Hamberg became a student at Uppsala University in 1881, philosophy candidate in 1888 and was awarded a Licentiate degree in 1893.

In 1907, he received his philosophy doctor and was appointed as an extra ordinary professor at the University of Uppsala.

[3][4] At the General Art and Industrial Exposition of Stockholm of 1897, he received a gold medal for an exhibition of Scandinavian minerals.