Curt Fredén (born 1937) is a Swedish Quaternary geologist. Most of his work has centered on the

Holocene The Holocene () is the current geologic time scale, geological epoch, beginning approximately 11,700 years ago. It follows the Last Glacial Period, which concluded with the Holocene glacial retreat. The Holocene and the preceding Pleistocene to ...

geology of the Baltic Sea Geology (). is a branch of natural science concerned with the Earth and other astronomical objects, the rocks of which they are composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Earth s ...

. He was a member of the landslide commission () that existed from 1988 to 1996. In 2002 he was awarded the prize Geologist of the Year () by

Naturvetarna Naturvetarna is a federation of Swedish trade unions representing professionals working in natural science Natural science or empirical science is one of the branches of science concerned with the description, understanding and prediction of n ...

. He has been editor for ''Berg och jord'', the geology volume of the Swedish National Atlas and worked on various geological maps of Quaternary deposits. Fredén was one of geologists who helped make the

High Coast The High Coast () is a part of the coast of Sweden on the Gulf of Bothnia, in the Ångermanland province of northeast Sweden, centered in the area of the municipalities of Kramfors, Härnösand and Örnsköldsvik. It is notable as an area for ...

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. Fredén has notably contributed to advance the understanding of the "enigmatic"

Ancylus Lake Ancylus Lake is a name given by geologists to a large freshwater lake that existed in northern Europe approximately from 8,750 to 7,850 years Before Christ, BC, being in effect one of various predecessors to the modern Baltic Sea. Origin, evoluti ...

and to discard the controversial Sveafallen at

Degerfors Degerfors () is a locality and the seat of Degerfors Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden, with 7,160 inhabitants in 2010. Degerfors is the sixth-largest city in Örebro County. It is located at the southern shore of lake Möckeln, 13 km (8 mi) so ...

as the lake's outlet.

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1937 births Living people Quaternary geologists 20th-century Swedish geologists Uppsala University alumni University of Gothenburg alumni Geological Survey of Sweden personnel {{geologist-stub