Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics
Year:1939
Number:31 - 1
 
Nominee 1:
Name:Vilhelm Bjerknes
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1862
Year, Death:1951
City:Oslo
Country:NORWAY (NO)
 
Nominee 2:
Name:Tor Bergeron
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1891
Year, Death:1977
City:Stockholm
Country:SWEDEN (SE)
 
Nominee 3:
Name:Jacob Bjerknes
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1897
Year, Death:1975
City:Oslo
Country:NORWAY (NO)
 
 
Nominator:
Name:Carl Benedicks
Gender:M
Profession:member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
City:Stockholm
Country:SWEDEN (SE)
 
Comments: First choice: Either V. Bjerknes alone or a division between V. Bjerknes, T. Bergeron, J. Bjerknes and H. Solberg (see entry 31-2, 1939). The nomination was made jointly by prof C. Benedicks, deputy director J.W. Sandström, both in Stockholm, and prof O. Pettersson, Gothenburg, SE.