Baltzar von Platen (inventor)

Baltzar von Platen
Baltzar von Platen in his office, in 1960
Born24 February 1898
Malmö, Sweden
Died29 April 1984(1984-04-29) (aged 86)
Ystad, Skåne, Sweden
Alma materKTH Royal Institute of Technology
Known forInvention of the gas absorption refrigerator
Awards
This prototype cooling device invented by Baltzar von Platen and Carl Munters in 1922 became the basis for a lot of refrigerators produced in Sweden and elsewhere.

Baltzar von Platen (24 February 1898 – 29 April 1984) was a Swedish engineer and inventor.[1]

  1. ^ "von Platen, Baltzar (1898 - 1984)". KulturNav. Retrieved 1 March 2020.