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Sweden in 1970

Historical records for Sweden in 1970, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

8Records
8Events
4Named people
2Places
3Categories

Historical records

March

5 March 1970NPT Verification Mandate BeginsSigvard Eklund

Warfare / Nuclear

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty enters into force, giving the IAEA major verification responsibilities.

April

April 1970INIS Initial Output DistributedSigvard Eklund

Vienna · Warfare / Nuclear

The International Nuclear Information System distributes its first output to participating Member States.

December

10 December 1970Magnetohydrodynamics RecognitionHannes Olof Gosta Alfven

Stockholm · Science / Physics

Is recognized for discoveries concerning plasma and magnetic-field interactions.

10 December 1970Neurotransmitter Storage ResearchUlf Svante von Euler

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Receives recognition for work on noradrenaline storage and release.

10 December 1970Nobel Prize in MedicineUlf Svante von Euler

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Shares the medicine prize for discoveries concerning nerve transmitters.

10 December 1970Nobel Prize in PhysicsHannes Olof Gosta Alfven

Stockholm · Science / Physics

Shares the physics prize for foundational work in magnetohydrodynamics.

Other Events

1970Nobel PrizeHannes Alfven

Stockholm · Science / Physics

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for fundamental work and discoveries in magnetohydrodynamics and plasma physics.

1970NPT Safeguards Committee EstablishedSigvard Eklund

Vienna · Warfare / Nuclear

The IAEA creates a safeguards committee to formulate guidelines for agreements required under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Names involved

Hannes AlfvenHannes Olof Gosta AlfvenSigvard EklundUlf Svante von Euler

Places involved

StockholmVienna

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.