# Gustaf Dalén

> He won a Nobel Prize for making lighthouses turn themselves on and off - a feat of automated gas regulation that kept ships from crashing in the dark without anyone standing watch.

*Swedish Nobel Laureate and industrialist (1869-1937)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** Sweden
- **Born:** 1869-11-30
- **Died:** 1937-12-09
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Nils Gustaf Dalén was born in Sweden on 30 November 1869, trained as an engineer, and turned his attention to a problem most people never considered: how to keep remote lighthouses burning reliably without constant human tending. His invention of automatic regulators for gas accumulators - devices that controlled when the flame lit and when it died - revolutionized maritime safety by letting beacons operate unattended. The work earned him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1912. He died on 9 December 1937.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 63.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 6.4 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 24.1 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 18.2 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Scientists, #Scientist, #Physics, #Chemistry, #Sweden, #Europe, #19th Century

## Sources
- [Дален, Нильс Густав](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81_%D0%93%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2)
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- [Nils Gustaf Dalén](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils_Gustaf_Dal%C3%A9n)
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- [古斯塔夫·达伦](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8F%A4%E6%96%AF%E5%A1%94%E5%A4%AB%C2%B7%E8%BE%BE%E4%BC%A6)
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- [Нільс Густаў Дален](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81_%D0%93%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%9E_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD)
- [Нилс Густаф Дален](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%81_%D0%93%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%84_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD)
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- [گوستاف دالێن](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%81_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8E%D9%86)
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- [Νιλς Γκούσταφ Νταλέν](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9D%CE%B9%CE%BB%CF%82_%CE%93%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%86_%CE%9D%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%AD%CE%BD)
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- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6724c68b-1c63-468e-b7b7-17065a9c129f)
- [Nils Dalen](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils_Dalen)
- [نیلس دالن](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86)

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