Editing Hannes Alfvén (section)

== Personal life ==
Alfvén was married for 67 years to his wife Kerstin (1910–1992). They raised five children, one boy and four girls. Their son became a physician, while one daughter became a writer and another a lawyer in Sweden. The writer was [[Inger Alfvén]] and is well known for her work in Sweden. The composer [[Hugo Alfvén]] was Hannes Alfvén's uncle.

Alfvén studied the [[history of science]], [[oriental philosophy]], and [[religion]]. On his religious views, Alfven was [[irreligious]] and critical of religion.<ref>"Nuclear power is uniquely unforgiving: as Swedish Nobel physicist Hannes Alfvén said, "No acts of God can be permitted."" Amory Lovins, [https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/insidenova/author/amory-lovins/ Inside NOVA – Nuclear After Japan: Amory Lovins], ''pbs.org''.</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Matter and Spirit in the Universe: Scientific and Religious Preludes to Modern Cosmology|date=2004|publisher=OECD Publishing|isbn=978-1-86094-469-7|page=252|author=Helge Kragh|author-link=Helge Kragh|quote=Alfven dismissed in his address religion as a "myth," and passionately criticized the big-bang theory for being dogmatic and violating basic standards of science, to be no less mythical than religion.}}</ref> He spoke Swedish, English, German, French, and Russian, and some Spanish and Chinese. He expressed great concern about the difficulties of permanent [[high-level radioactive waste management]]."<ref name="radioactive1979">{{cite journal|author=Abbotts, John|date=October 1979|title=Radioactive waste: A technical solution?|journal=Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists|volume=35|issue=8| pages=12–18|doi=10.1080/00963402.1979.11458649|bibcode=1979BuAtS..35h..12A}}</ref> Alfvén was also interested in problems in cosmology and all aspects of auroral physics, and used Schröder's well known book on aurora, ''Das Phänomen des Polarlichts''.<ref>Schröder, Wilfried . 2000. The Aurora in time. (Das Phänomen des Polarlichts). Darmstadt: Reproduction.</ref> Letters of Alfvén, Treder, and Schröder were published on the occasion of Treder's 70th birthday.<ref>Schröder, Wilfried, and  Hans Jürgen Treder. 1998. ''From Newton to Einstein: A festschrift in honour of the 70th birthday of Hans-Jürgen Treder''. Bremen: Rönnebeck; Arbeitskreis Geschichte der Geophysik in der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft.</ref><ref>Schröder, Wilfried, and  Hans Jürgen Treder. 1993. ''The earth and the universe: A festschrift in honour of Hans-Jürgen Treder''. Bremen-Rönnebeck: Science Editions.</ref> The relationships between Hans-Jürgen Treder, Hannes Alfvén and Wilfried Schröder were discussed in detail by Schröder in his publications.

Alfvén died on 2 April, 1995 at [[Djursholm]] aged 86.