Kvistaberg Observatory

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The Kvistabergs observatorium (Kvistaberg Observatory) is an observatory in Sweden belonging to the Institute of Astronomy at Uppsala University and located between Uppsala and Stockholm, at almost equal distance from both cities.

The observatory was the result of a donation in 1944 from Nils Tamm, an artist who had studied astronomy in his youth under Nils Christoffer Dunér and Östen Bergstrand in Uppsala and remained an avid amateur astronomer throughout his life. Through the work of Prof. Åke Wallenquist and Prof. Gunnar Malmquist at the institute in Uppsala, the new observatory was fitted out with a large Schmidt telescope. Wallenquist became the first director of the observatory (1948-1970) and was succeeded by Tarmo Oja (1970-1999) and Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist (since 1999).