Background
EKLUND, Arne Sigvard was born on June 19, 1911 in Kiruna. Son of Severin Eklund and Vilhelmina Pettersson.
EKLUND, Arne Sigvard was born on June 19, 1911 in Kiruna. Son of Severin Eklund and Vilhelmina Pettersson.
University of Uppsala.
Assistant Professor, of Nuclear Physics, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm 1946, Senior Scientist, Research Institute for National Defence Stockholm 1946-1950. Director of Research Bachelor of Arts Atomenergi, Stockholm 1950-1956, Deputy to Manager Director 1950-1961, Director of Reactor Development Division 1957-1961. SecretaryGeneral Second United Nations Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy 1958.
Director General Institute Atomic Energy Agency (International Atomic Energy Agency) 1961-1981.
Director-General Emeritus since 1981. Fellow, American Nuclear Society 1961.
Royal Swedish Academy, of Engineering Sciences 1953, Royal Swedish Academy, of Sciences 1972. British Nuclear Engineering Society 1963.
Married AnnaGreta Johansson in 1941.