Curt Fredén

Curt Fredén
Born1937
NationalitySwedish
CitizenshipSweden
Alma materUppsala University
University of Gothenburg (Ph.D.)
AwardsGeologist of the Year (2002)
Scientific career
FieldsQuaternary geology
Sedimentology
InstitutionsGeological Survey of Sweden

Curt Fredén (born 1937) is a Swedish Quaternary geologist. Most of his work has centered on the Holocene geology of the Baltic Sea. He was a member of the landslide commission (Swedish: Skredkommissionen) that existed from 1988 to 1996.[1] In 2002 he was awarded the prize Geologist of the Year (Swedish: Årets geolog) by Naturvetarna.[2] He has been editor for Berg och jord, the geology volume of the Swedish National Atlas[3] and worked on various geological maps of Quaternary deposits.[2] Fredén was one of geologists who helped make the High Coast a World Heritage Site.[2]

Fredén has notably contributed to advance the understanding of the "enigmatic" Ancylus Lake and to discard the controversial Sveafallen at Degerfors as the lake's outlet.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Skredkommissionens rapporter". Swedgeo.se. April 7, 2016. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Rudmark, Lars. "Curt Fredén utsedd till årets geolog 2002" (PDF). Naturvetaren (in Swedish). Vol. 13, no. 2. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  3. ^ "LIBRIS - Sveriges nationalatlas". libris.kb.se (in Swedish). Retrieved July 29, 2017.
  4. ^ Björck, Svante (1995). "A review of the history of the Baltic Sea, 13.0-8.0 ka BP". Quaternary International. 17: 19–40. Bibcode:1995QuInt..27...19B. doi:10.1016/1040-6182(94)00057-C.
  5. ^ "Sveafallen". Länsstyrelsen Örebro Län (in Swedish). Retrieved January 3, 2018.


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