Nils Christoffer Dunér ( Billeberga,

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21 May 1839 – Stockholm 10 November 1914) was a Swedish

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. His parents were Nils Dunér and Petronella (née Schlyter). Dunér received his doctorate from

Lund University , motto = Ad utrumque , mottoeng = Prepared for both , established = , type = Public research university , budget = SEK 9 billion Uppsala University Uppsala University ( sv, Uppsala universitet) is a public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation. The university rose to significance durin ...

from 1888. He was awarded the ''Prix Lalande'' in 1887 and the

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in 1892. The crater Dunér on the

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is named after him. At Svalbard,

Dunérfjellet Dunérfjellet is a mountain on Svenskøya in Kong Karls Land, Svalbard. It has a height of 230 m.a.s.l., and is located at the northern part of the island, separated from Mohnhøgda by the mountain pass Vindsalen. The mountain is named after Swedi ...

Svenskøya Svenskøya ( English: "Swedish Island") is an island in Svalbard. It is the second largest island of Kong Karls Land with an area of 137 km². Svenskøya is separated from Kongsøya by the strait Rivalensundet. The island is separated fr ...

Dunérbukta Dunérbukta is a bay at the western shore of Storfjorden in Sabine Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is named after Swedish astronomer Nils Christoffer Dunér. The glacier of Ulvebreen debouches into the bay. At the northern side of the bay is th ...

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, and Kapp Dunér, the western point of Bjørnøya, are named after him.

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Nils Dunér (1839-1914)
1839 births 1914 deaths 19th-century Swedish astronomers Uppsala University alumni Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Recipients of the Lalande Prize Knights of the Order of Charles XIII Members of the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala {{Europe-astronomer-stub