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Anders Rapp
Born1927 (1927)
Died1998 (aged 70–71)
NationalitySwedish
CitizenshipSweden
Alma materUppsala University
Known forProcess geomorphology
AwardsKirk Bryan Award
Scientific career
FieldsGeomorphology
InstitutionsLund University
Doctoral advisorFilip Hjulström

Anders Rapp (1927–1998) was a Swedish geomorphologist and geographer who pioneered quantitative geomorphological approach on mass movements and erosion. He was the first to make a comprehensive study on avalanche boulder tongues. Most of Rapp's works were made in the Scandinavian mountains and Spitsbergen including the areas of Kärkevagge near Abisko and Kebnekaise.[1]

Studying under Filip Hjulström, Rapp got his Ph.D. at Uppsala University in 1961,[2] and was appointed professor of physical geography at Lund University in 1977.[3] In 1980, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

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