John Olof Norrman (29 July 1929 – 14 December 2013) was a Swedish

geographer A geographer is a physical scientist, social scientist or humanist whose area of study is geography, the study of Earth's natural environment and human society, including how society and nature interacts. The Greek prefix "geo" means "earth" a ...

and

geomorphologist Geomorphology () is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of topographic and bathymetric features generated by physical, chemical or biological processes operating at or near Earth's surface. Geomorphologists seek to understand why ...

known for his contributions to the coastal dynamics. Together with the other Ph.D. students of Filip Hjulström;

Anders Rapp Anders Rapp (1927–1998) was a Swedish geomorphologist and geographer who pioneered quantitative geomorphological approach on Peristalsis, mass movements and erosion. He was the first to make a comprehensive study on avalanche boulder tongues. ...

Valter Axelsson Axel Gunnar Valter Axelsson (born 30 May 1924) was a Swedish geomorphologist and educator who made significant contributions to the understanding of the delta sedimentology Sedimentology encompasses the study of modern sediments such as sand, si ...

and

Åke Sundborg Åke Sundborg (15 October 1921 – 23 May 2007) was a Swedish geographer and geomorphologist known for his contributions to the hydrology and geomorphological dynamics of rivers. He was active at Uppsala University where he studied under the ...

, Norrman was part of what came to be known as the

Uppsala School of Physical Geography Uppsala ( ; ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the capital of Uppsala County and the fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019. Located north of the capital Stockholm, it is ...

.Gregory, KJ, 1985: "The Nature of Physical Geography", E. Arnold Norrman became in 1971 professor of

physical geography Physical geography (also known as physiography) is one of the three main branches of geography. Physical geography is the branch of natural science which deals with the processes and patterns in the natural environment such as the atmosphere, h ...

at Uppsala and in 1987 he was elected member of the

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

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Process geomorphologists Swedish geographers Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 1929 births 2013 deaths Academic staff of Uppsala University Swedish geomorphologists {{geographer-stub