| Sten Rudberg | |
| Birth Date: | 13 September 1917 |
| Birth Place: | Uppsala |
| Citizenship: | Sweden |
| Nationality: | Swedish |
| Field: | Denudation chronology Geomorphology |
| Work Institutions: | Uppsala University Geological Survey of Sweden Göteborg University |
| Alma Mater: | Uppsala University |
| Known For: | Studies on the relief of Scandinavia |
Sten Rudberg (13 September 1917 – 22 October 1996) was a Swedish geologist and geomorphologist. He was the son of Gunnar Rudberg. Sten Rudberg was appointed chair professor of the Göteborg University in 1958 after incumbent professor Karl-Erik Bergsten moved to Lund University.[1] [2] In 1959 Rudberg was elected into the Royal Society of Sciences and Letters in Gothenburg.[3] Subsequently, in 1961 Rudberg's professorship was transformed into a professorship in Physical geography.[4] In 1964 Rudberg went to head the department of Physical geography after the Geography department of the Göteborg University was dissolved and Human geography formed its own department.[1] Rudberg remained professor in Gothenburg until 1984.[2]
Rudbergs Ph.D. thesis dealt with the large-scale geomorphology and denudation chronology of Västerbotten in northern Sweden, he subsequently continued to work on large scale geomorphology of Scandinavia[5] while also making scientific contributions dealing with wind erosion,[6] cliff retreat,[7] and periglacial mass movements.[8] While working with large-scale geomorphology Rudberg was not concerned with tectonics.[4]