Gustav Waldemar Elmen
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{{Short description|American engineer}}
Gustav Waldemar Elmen was a Swedish–American researcher.{{Cite web |date=2014-01-14 |title=Gustaf W. Elmen |url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/gustaf-w-elmen |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=The Franklin Institute |language=en}}
Early life
Gustav Waldemar Elmen was born on 22 December 1876 in Stockholm, Sweden. He emigrated to the United States in 1893 and became a U.S. citizen in 1918.{{Cite web |title=Gustav Waldemar Elmen {{!}} American electrical engineer {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gustav-Waldemar-Elmen |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}
Career
As a researcher, he worked at the Bell Telephone Laboratories.{{Cite news |last=Times |first=Special to The New York |date=1957-12-11 |title=Gustaf W. Elmen, Metallargist, 80, Dies; Invented Magnetic Alloys for Bell System |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/12/11/archives/gustaf-w-elmen-metallargist-80-dies-invented-magnetic-alloys-for.html |access-date=2022-11-29 |issn=0362-4331}} At Bell Laboratories, he invented magnetic alloys. His finding paved the way for high-capacity undersea telegraph lines.{{Cite web |last=Saila |first=Kultur |date=2011-07-18 |title=Elemn, Gustav Waldemar |url=https://www.euskadi.eus/web01-a2lurhiz/eu/contenidos/termino/_c01714/eu_e_1056/e1056.html |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=www.euskadi.eus |language=eu}}