Per Geijer

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Per Geijer
Born	7 May 1886
Died	18 April 1976
Resting place	Djursholms Begravningsplats
Nationality	Swedish
Occupation	Geologist
Known for	Investigations of Swedish ore deposits

Per Adolf Geijer (born 7 May 1886 in Svealand, died 18 April 1976 in Danderyd) was a Swedish geologist, mineralogist, and professor. He was a member of the Geijer family (son of , grandson of and grandfather of ).

Geijer received his doctoral degree and was named as an associate professor of petrography at Stockholm University in 1910. He undertook a trip to North America in 1913 to study mining operations there and in 1916 became a state geologist at the Swedish Geological Survey (SGU). He was professor of mineralogy and geology at the Royal Institute of Technology from 1931 to 1941 and director general and head of SGU from 1942 to 1951.

His works dealt mainly with Sweden's ores and the geological conditions under which they occur. His works deal with the ore fields at Kirunavaara, Luossavaara, and in Falutrakten.

Geijer was elected in 1934 as a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences and in 1939 became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He was awarded the in 1961 together with .

See also[]

• Dollaseite-(Ce) – a mineral discovered by Geijer

Sources[]

• Geijer, Per in Nordisk familjebok (second edition supplement, 1923)
• Geijer, Per in Vem är det 1943

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