| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | |
| Year: | 1916 |
| Number: | 3 - 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: | Otto Pettersson |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences |
| University: | Stockholm University |
| City: | Stockholm |
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |
| Comments: | First choice: K. Birkeland and C. Störmer, divided. Second choice: K. Birkeland. |