Myrdal

[ meer-dahl, -dawl, mur-; Swedish myr-dahl ]

noun

1. Al·va (Rei·mer) [al, -v, uh, , rey, -mer, ahl, -vah , rey, -m, uh, r], 1902–86, Swedish sociologist and diplomat (wife of Gunnar Myrdal): shared Nobel Peace Prize 1982 with Alfonso García Robles.
2. (Karl) Gun·nar [kahrl , guhn, -er, goon, -, kah, r, l , goon, -nah, r], 1898–1987, Swedish sociologist and economist (husband of Alva Myrdal): shared Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences 1974 with Friedrich Hayek.