Editing Hannes Alfvén (section)

=== Awards ===
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* [[Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society]] (1967){{citation needed|date=June 2021}}
* [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] (1970) for his work on [[magnetohydrodynamics]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Sullivan|first=Walter|title=Hannes Alfven, 86, Founder Of Field in Physics, Is Dead|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/05/obituaries/hannes-alfven-86-founder-of-field-in-physics-is-dead.html|newspaper=New York Times|date=5 April 1995 }}</ref>
* [[Franklin Medal]] of the [[Franklin Institute]] (1971){{citation needed|date=June 2021}}
* [[Lomonosov Gold Medal]] of the [[Russian Academy of Science|USSR Academy of Sciences]] (1971)<ref>{{cite news|last=Sullivan|first=Walter|title=Hannes Alfven, 86, Founder Of Field in Physics, Is Dead|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/05/obituaries/hannes-alfven-86-founder-of-field-in-physics-is-dead.html|newspaper=New York Times|date=5 April 1995 }}</ref>
* Elected a  [[List of Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1980|Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 1980]]<ref name="frs">{{Cite journal 
| last1 = Pease | first1 = R. S. 
| last2 = Lindqvist | first2 = S. 
| doi = 10.1098/rsbm.1998.0001 
| title = Hannes Olof Gosta Alfven. 30 May 1908 – 2 April 1995 
| journal = [[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]] 
| volume = 44 
| pages = 3–19 
| year = 1998 
| s2cid = 70640855 
| doi-access = free 
}}</ref>
* [[William Bowie Medal]] of the [[American Geophysical Union]] (1988) for his work on [[comet]]s and plasmas in the <!--Capital "S" as it's referring to the Sun (Sol):-->[[Solar System]]
* Member of [[Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]]{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}
* Member of [[Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences]]{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}
* Life fellows of the [[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]]<ref>
{{Cite journal 
| last1 = Fälthammer 
| first1 = C. G. 
| doi = 10.1109/27.597253 
| title = Plasma physics from laboratory to cosmos-the life and achievements of Hannes Alfven 
| journal = [[IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science]] 
| volume = 25
| issue = 3 
| pages = 409–414 
| year = 1997
|bibcode = 1997ITPS...25..409F | s2cid = 123514422 
}}</ref>
* Member of [[European Physical Society]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Y_Y2AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA11-IA9 European Physical Society Honors Hannes Alfvén]</ref>
* Foreign Honorary Member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] (1962)<ref name=AAAS>{{cite web|title=Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter A|url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterA.pdf|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|access-date=14 April 2011}}</ref>
* Member of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}
* Contributor to the [[Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs]]<ref>[https://pugwashconferences.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/pugwashpresidency_background2014.pdf Background Notes on Presidents of Pugwash]</ref>
* Member of the International Academy of Science<ref>[http://www.ias-icsd.org/resources/LIST+OF+NOBEL+LAUREATES-2015.pdf LIST OF NOBEL LAUREATES WHO ARE ICSD/IAS MEMBERS]</ref>
* Member of the [[Indian National Science Academy]]{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}{{when|date=December 2015}}Elected member of the [[American Philosophical Society]] (1971) <ref>{{cite web | url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Hannes+Alfv%C3%A9n&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced | title=APS Member History }}</ref>
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Alfvén was one of the few scientists who was a foreign member of both the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|United States]] and [[Russian Academy of Science|Soviet]] Academies of Sciences.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hannes Alfven |url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/deceased-members/58302.html |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=www.nasonline.org}}</ref>