Carl-Olof Morfeldt (1919–2003) was a Swedish geologist and businessman. He was a founder and CEO of Hagconsult AB, an enterprise dedicated to

geotechnical Geotechnical engineering is the branch of civil engineering concerned with the engineering behavior of earth materials. It uses the principles of soil mechanics and rock mechanics for the solution of its respective engineering problems. It als ...

consultancy. In 1964, he became also its majority shareholder. Morfeldt was the foremost authority on geotechnical studies for building in Sweden. An expert on building tunnels and rooms in bedrock, Morfeldt was awarded an honorary doctorate from

Chalmers University of Technology Chalmers University of Technology ( sv, Chalmers tekniska högskola, often shortened to Chalmers) is a Swedish university located in Gothenburg that conducts research and education in technology and natural sciences at a high international level ...

in 1979. In 1999, he was awarded the prize Geologist of the Year ( sv, Årets geolog) by

Naturvetarna Naturvetarna is a federation of Swedish trade unions representing professionals working in natural science or related areas. The federation was established in 2009 by the merged of Naturvetareförbundet and Agrifack. The federation has sections re ...

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1919 births 2003 deaths Academic staff of the KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm University alumni 20th-century Swedish geologists Geotechnical engineers {{geologist-stub