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    Born
    20 May
    Norrköping, Sweden
    Died
    2 April
    Djursholm, Sweden
    Summary
    Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén was a Swedish electrical engineer, plasma physicist and winner of a Nobel Prize in Physics.

    Biography

    Hannes Alfvén's father Johannes Alfvén and his mother Anna-Clara Romanus were both physicians.

    We should note that, given the period in which she worked, this was a remarkable achievement for Anna-Clara who was one of the first female physicians in Sweden. Other members of Hannes' family also achieved distinction: his uncle Hugo Alfvén was a famous composer while two other uncles achieved fame, one as an inventor, the other an agronomist.

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    He read Astronomie PopulaireⓉ by Camille Flamarion as a teenager and this book proved to be a major influence in determining his fascination with astronomy. Also during his teenage years he took part in Norrköping High School's radio club, building his own radio receiver.

    Norrköping was too far from Stockholm to re