Hannes Alfvén - Awards & Honours Below are some of the many awards and honours that Prof. Hannes Alfvén received during his career. Click the pictures for a larger version.     1950 - The Polhem Prize   link   "for work on trochoidal beams and their use in electronic tubes"       1958 - John Ericsson Medal   link       1967 - Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society   link       1970 - Nobel Prize in Physics   link   "for fundamental work and discoveries in magnetohydrodynamics with fruitful applications in different parts of plasma physics" more       1971 - M. V. Lomonosov Gold Medal  link       1971 - Franklin Medal   link   "for magnetohydrodynamics and cosmical electrodynamics" more       1980 - Roland Eötvös Medal, COSPAR  link       1982 - Carl XVI Gustaf Medal  link       1988 - William Bowie Medal, AGU  link   "for outstanding contributions to fundamental geophysics and for unselfish cooperation in research"       H. T. Cedergren Medal  link       Anders Celsius Medal  link