Anders Rapp

Anders Rapp
Born 1927 (1927)
Died 1998 (aged 7071)
Residence Sweden
Citizenship Sweden
Nationality Swedish
Fields Geomorphology
Institutions Lund University
Alma mater Uppsala University
Doctoral advisor Filip Hjulström
Known for Process geomorphology
Notable awards Kirk Bryan Award

Anders Rapp (1927–1998) was a Swedish geomorphologist and geographer who pioneered quantitative geomorphological approach on mass movements and erosion. He was the first to make a comprehensive study on avalanche boulder tongues. Most of Rapp's works were made in the Scandinavian mountains and Spitsbergen including the areas of Kärkevagge near Abisko and Kebnekaise.[1]

Studying under Filip Hjulström, Rapp got his Ph.D. at Uppsala University in 1961,[2] and was appointed professor of physical geography at Lund University in 1977.[3] In 1980, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

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