| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | 
| Year: | 1970 | 
| Number: | 75 - 0 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Hannes  Alfvén | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1908 | 
| Year, Death: | 1995 | 
| Profession: | Professor, electrical engineer, plasma physicist | 
| University: | KTH Royal Institute of Technology | 
| City: | Stockholm | 
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1970 | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Walter Heinrich   Heitler | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1904 | 
| Year, Death: | 1981 | 
| Profession: | Professor, physicist | 
| City: | Zurich | 
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | Harald  Wergeland | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1912 | 
| Year, Death: | 1987 | 
| Profession: | Physicist, professor | 
| University: | Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH) | 
| City: | Trondheim | 
| Country: | NORWAY (NO) | 
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| Comments: | The prize to be shared between H. Alfvén and W. Heitler. Delayed proposal for 1969. | 
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