| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | |
| Year: | 1917 |
| Number: | 1 - 0 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | Kristian Birkeland |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1867 |
| Country: | NORWAY (NO) |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | Carl Störmer |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1874 |
| Country: | NORWAY (NO) |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Vilhelm Carlheim-Gyllensköld |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1859 |
| Year, Death: | 1934 |
| Profession: | member of the Nobel Committee for physics |
| University: | Stockholm University |
| City: | Stockholm |
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |
| Comments: | The nomination was divided between K. Birkeland and C. Störmer. |