Sven Odén

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Sven Odén
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Born
Sven Ludvig Alexander Odén

April 6, 1887
Norrköping, Östergötland, Sweden
Died16 January 1934(1934-01-16) (aged 46)
Burial placeUppsala old cemetery
Other namesProfessor Sven Odén, Prof Odén, Sven L A Odén
OccupationScientist
Spouse(s)Agnes Bergman
Children3
Relatives

Sven Ludvig Alexander Odén (1887-1934) was a Swedish chemist and soil scientist. He was the professor of inorganic chemistry at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology. His doctoral dissertation on sulfur colloids made him internationally renowned. In 1929, he was awarded the  [sv] by The Swedish Chemical Society.

Life[]

Sven Oden was born on April 6, 1887, in Norrköping, Östergötland, Sweden.[1] From 1920-1925, he was the professor of inorganic chemistry at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology.[2] In 1925, he was recruited as the director of the agrochemical department at the  [sv] (Central Institute for the Agricultural Experimental System). He became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Forestry and Agriculture. After his dissertation on sulfur colloids, he became particularly interested in humus, and how these would be characterized.[3] He also designed scales and equipment for sedimentation analysis, which were to be used to determine the grain size distribution in soil.[4][5][6]

Sven Oden died on January 16, 1934.[7] He is buried in Uppsala's old cemetery.

Family[]

Sven Oden was the father of Swedish soil scientist, meteorologist, and chemist Svante Odén, Swedish historian Birgitta Odén, and botanist  [sv].

Selected works[]

  • Der kolloide Schwefel (1913, doctoral dissertation at Uppsala University)
  • Kolloiderna i tekniken (1918, in Journal of the Chemical Society)
  • Die huminsäuren (1919, i Kolloidchemische bauhäfte nummer 11)
  • Fällningars struktur (1920, in Journal of the Chemical Society)
  • Torvundersökningar (1922–25, The Academy of Engineering Sciences)
  • Växtodling i elektriskt ljus (1929, The Agricultural Academy's science department)

References[]

  1. ^ "Sven L A Odén - Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon". sok.riksarkivet.se. Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  2. ^ "Sven L A Odén - Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon". sok.riksarkivet.se. Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  3. ^ Bikerman, Jacob Joseph (1953). Foams: Theory and Industrial Applications. Reinhold.
  4. ^ Landwirtschaftliche Jahrbücher (in German). Wiegandt & Hempel. 1943.
  5. ^ Britain), Chemical Society (Great (1935). Journal of the Chemical Society.
  6. ^ Eitel, Wilhelm (1954). The Physical Chemistry of the Silicates. University of Chicago Press.
  7. ^ Russell, E. J. (1934-03-24). "Prof. Sven Odén". Nature. 133 (3360): 438–439. doi:10.1038/133438a0. ISSN 1476-4687.

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