Karna Lidmar-Bergström (born 1940) is a Swedish

geologist A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes Earth and other terrestrial planets, as well as the processes that shape them. Geologists usually study geology, earth science, or geophysics, althou ...

and

geomorphologist Geomorphology (from Ancient Greek: , ', "earth"; , ', "form"; and , ', "study") is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of topographic and bathymetric features created by physical, chemical or biological processes operating at or ...

known for her study of Pre-

Quaternary The Quaternary ( ) is the current and most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in the geologic time scale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS). It follows the Neogene Period and spans from 2.58 million year ...

landforms in

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic countries, Nordic c ...

and

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of ...

. In 2004 she was elected into the

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ( sv, Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien) is one of the royal academies of Sweden. Founded on 2 June 1739, it is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization that takes special responsibility for prom ...

.Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien: Karna Lidmar-Bergström ny ledamot i klass V
pressmeddelande 2004-05-26 Lidmar-Bergström studied at

Lund University , motto = Ad utrumque , mottoeng = Prepared for both , established = , type = Public research university , budget = SEK 9 billion Karl-Erik Bergsten Karl-Erik Bergsten (1909–1990) was a Swedish geographer. When professor Fredrik Enquist retired in 1952 Bergsten assumed his chair as geography professor in Göteborg University. Bergsten held that position until 1958 when he moved to the Uni ...

. Later Mats Åkesson served as her unofficial doctoral advisor, as the tutor system did not exist back then.

Notable publications

*1982. Pre-Quaternary Geomorphological Evolution in Southern Fennoscandia. ''Meddelanden från Lunds Universitets Geografiska Institution'', Avhandlingar, 91 / Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning Serie C, 785. *1996. Long term morphotectonic evolution in Sweden. ''

Geomorphology Geomorphology (from Ancient Greek: , ', "earth"; , ', "form"; and , ', "study") is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of topographic and bathymetric features created by physical, chemical or biological processes operating at or n ...

'', 16, 33–59.

References

1940 births Swedish geographers 20th-century Swedish geologists Swedish geomorphologists Living people Lund University alumni People connected to Lund University Stockholm University faculty Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Swedish women geologists Swedish women academics {{Sweden-scientist-stub