Djursholms Begravningsplats
Danderyd Municipality
Memorial Page for Hannes Alfvén (née Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén)
May 30, 1908 – Apr 2, 1995(86 years)Died in:Danderyd, Stockholm County
Swedish electrical engineer, plasma physicist and science fiction author (1908–1995), winner of the 1970 Nobel Prize for Physics
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May 30th, 2026
Emoria lights a memorial candle in remembrance of Hannes Alfvén.
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April 2nd, 2026
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Biography
Hannes Alfvén (* May 30, 1908 in Norrköping; † April 2, 1995 in Danderyd) was a swedish electrical engineer, plasma physicist and science fiction author (1908–1995), winner of the 1970 Nobel Prize for Physics. He was 86 years old. He was married to Kerstin Alfvén. He had at least 1 child (1 daughter). He studied at Uppsala University. His faith was atheism. He received 10 awards, including Nobel Prize in Physics, Polhem Prize. He was buried at Djursholms Begravningsplats.
Life Events
15 EventsBorn in Norrköping, Östergötland County
1908Uppsala University
1926until 1934
Uppsala University
1934until 1938
Royal Institute of Technology
1940until 1967
Björkén Prize
1946Polhem Prize
1950Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
1967University of California, San Diego
1967until 1988
Nobel Prize in Physics
1970Lomonosov Gold Medal
1971Franklin Medal
1971Dirac Medal for the Advancement of Physics
1979Foreign Member of the Royal Society
1980William Bowie Medal
1988Died in Danderyd, Stockholm County
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- Kerstin Alfvén
- Johannes Alfvén
- Anna-Clara Romanus-Alfvén
- Inger Alfvén
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Hannes Alfvén (née Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén). Forever remembered.