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Ã…ke Sundborg
Ã…ke Sundborg (15 October 1921 – 23 May 2007) was a Swedish geographer and geomorphologist known for his contributions to the hydrology and geomorphological dynamics of rivers. He was active at Uppsala University where he studied under the supervision of Filip Hjulström eventually succeeding him on the chair of physical geography. Besides his studies of rivers Sundborg made contributions on the Urban climate, climate of cities, the distribution of loess and the sedimentation of reservoirs and lakes. He studied rivers in Sweden as well as various large rivers in Africa and Asia. Academic career Sundborg's licentiate (degree)#Finland and Sweden, ''filosofie licentiat'' thesis had as subject the city climate of Uppsala. The thesis came to be internationally recognized with climatologist Helmut Landsberg praising it for containing one of the first theories on the climate of cities. Ã…ke Sundborg was drawn to the charismatic Filip Hjulström who influenced him to shift his fiel ...
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Segmon, Värmland
Segmon () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality situated in Grums Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 437 inhabitants in 2010. References

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