Residence Sweden Nationality Swedish Died 22 October 1996 Field Geomorphology | Citizenship Sweden Fields Geomorphology Alma mater Uppsala University | |
Known for Geomorphological studies of Sweden, Northern Canada, Svalbard, Negev and Sinai Books Desert Landforms in Southern Negev and Eastern Sinai: From Field Courses in 1977 and 1979 Institutions University of Gothenburg, Uppsala University, Geological Survey of Sweden | ||
Sten Rudberg (13 September 1917 – 22 October 1996) was a Swedish geologist and geomorphologist. He was the son of Gunnar Rudberg. He was appointed chair professor of the Göteborg University in 1958 after incumbent professor Karl-Erik Bergsten moved to the University of Lund. In 1959 Rudberg was elected into the Royal Society of Sciences and Letters in Gothenburg. Subsequently in 1961 Rudberg's professorship was transformed into a professorship in Physical geography. In 1964 Rudberg went to head the department of Physical geography after the Geography department of the Göteborg University was dissolved and Human geography formed its own department. Rudberg remained professor in Gothenburg until 1984.
Rudbergs Ph.D. thesis dealt with the large-scale geomorphology and denudation chronology of Västerbotten in northern Sweden, he subsequently continued to work on large scale geomorphology of Scandinavia while also making scientific contributions dealing with wind erosion, cliff retreat, and periglacial mass movements. While working with large-scale geomorphology Rudberg was not concerned with tectonics.