Editing Hannes Alfvén (section)

== Early years ==

In 1934, Alfvén taught [[physics]] at both the [[University of Uppsala]] and the Nobel Institute for Physics (later renamed the [[Manne Siegbahn]] Institute of Physics<ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=http://www.msl.se/MSL_files/history.htm |access-date=25 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427231243/http://www.msl.se/MSL_files/history.htm |archive-date=27 April 2015 }}</ref>) in [[Stockholm]], Sweden. In 1940, he became professor of electromagnetic theory and electrical measurements at the [[Royal Institute of Technology]] in Stockholm. In 1945, he acquired the nonappointive position of Chair of Electronics. His title was changed to Chair of Plasma Physics in 1963. From 1954 to 1955, Alfvén was a Fulbright Scholar at the [[University of Maryland, College Park]]. In 1967, after leaving Sweden and spending time in the [[Soviet Union]], he moved to the United States. Alfvén worked in the departments of [[electrical engineering]] at both the [[University of California, San Diego]] and the [[University of Southern California]].