Curt Fredén

{{Short description|Swedish geologist}}

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| birth_date = 1937

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| citizenship = Sweden

| nationality = Swedish

| field = Quaternary geology
Sedimentology

| work_institutions = Geological Survey of Sweden

| alma_mater = Uppsala University
University of Gothenburg (Ph.D.)

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| prizes = Geologist of the Year (2002)

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Curt Fredén (born 1937) is a Swedish Quaternary geologist. Most of his work has centered on the Holocene geology of the Baltic Sea. He was a member of the landslide commission ({{langx|sv|Skredkommissionen}}) that existed from 1988 to 1996.{{cite web |url=http://www.swedgeo.se/sv/kunskapscentrum/publikationsserier/i-samverkan-med-andra/skredkommissionen/ |title=Skredkommissionens rapporter |date=April 7, 2016 |website=Swedgeo.se |access-date=July 23, 2017 }} In 2002 he was awarded the prize Geologist of the Year ({{langx|sv|Årets geolog}}) by Naturvetarna.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.naturvetarna.se/contentassets/3a5ea10b4ab9461c81da4888f4262bb2/arets_geolog_2002.pdf |title=Curt Fredén utsedd till årets geolog 2002 |magazine=Naturvetaren |last=Rudmark|first=Lars |access-date=July 23, 2017 |language=sv|volume=13|issue=2}} He has been editor for Berg och jord, the geology volume of the Swedish National Atlas{{cite web |url=http://libris.kb.se/bib/8814813 |title=LIBRIS - Sveriges nationalatlas |website=libris.kb.se |access-date=July 29, 2017 |language=sv}} and worked on various geological maps of Quaternary deposits. Fredén was one of geologists who helped make the High Coast a World Heritage Site.

Fredén has notably contributed to advance the understanding of the "enigmatic" Ancylus Lake and to discard the controversial Sveafallen at Degerfors as the lake's outlet.{{cite journal |last1=Björck |first1=Svante |author-link=Svante Björck |date=1995 |title=A review of the history of the Baltic Sea, 13.0-8.0 ka BP |journal=Quaternary International |volume=17 |pages=19–40 |doi=10.1016/1040-6182(94)00057-C |bibcode=1995QuInt..27...19B }}{{cite web |url=http://www.lansstyrelsen.se/Orebro/Sv/djur-och-natur/skyddad-natur/naturreservat-och-nationalparker/sevarda-naturmiljoer/degerfors/sveafallen/Pages/index.aspx?keyword=hund |title=Sveafallen |website=Länsstyrelsen Örebro Län|access-date=January 3, 2018|language=sv}}