# Gustaf Dalén

_Swedish Nobel Laureate and industrialist (1869–1937)_

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> Nils Gustaf Dalén was a Swedish engineer and inventor who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1912 "for his invention of automatic regulators for use in conjunction with gas accumulators for illuminating lighthouses and buoys."

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 30 November 1869 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160518#P569))
- **Died:** 9 December 1937 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160518#P570))
- **Place of death:** Lidingö Parish ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160518#P20))
- **Citizenship:** Sweden ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160518#P27))
- **Occupation:** physicist; engineer; inventor; entrepreneur; business executive; chemist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160518#P106))
- **Education:** Chalmers University of Technology ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160518#P69))
- **Spouse:** Elma Persson ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160518#P26))
- **Awards:** Nobel Prize in Physics ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160518#P166))

## Questions

**When was Gustaf Dalén born?**  
Gustaf Dalén was born on 30 November 1869.

**Where did Gustaf Dalén study?**  
Gustaf Dalén was educated at Chalmers University of Technology.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Gustaf Dalén](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustaf_Dal%C3%A9n) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q160518](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160518) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Nils Gustaf Dalén.jpg by Atelier Jaeger (Public domain)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nils_Gustaf_Dal%C3%A9n.jpg)

## Licence and attribution

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## Cite this page

"Gustaf Dalén". DigiNepal. Last updated 1 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/gustaf-dalen. Retrieved 8 November 2026.