caption death_date death_place influenced birth_place citizenship influences nationality fields workplaces birth_date known_for residence image article_title academic_advisors name alma_mater
nordström at the age of 35 24 december 1923 helsinki , finland albert einstein , rolf nevanlinna helsinki , finland russian , finnish albert einstein finnish physics , mechanics helsinki göttingen university of leiden university of technology university of helsinki university of 12 march 1881 nordström reissner -- nordström metric 's theory of gravitation kaluza -- klein theory finland , germany , switzerland , the netherlands gunnar nordström.jpg gunnar nordström
 paul ehrenfest , walther nernst -lrb- briefly -rrb- gunnar nordström helsinki of helsinki -lrb- master of science , and phd -rrb- university of technology -lrb- engineer -rrb- , university
gunnar nordström

gunnar nordström -lrb- 12 march 1881 -- 24 december 1923 -rrb- was a finnish theoretical physicist best remembered for his theory of gravitation , which was an early competitor of general relativity .
nordström is often designated by modern writers as `` the einstein of finland '' due to his novel work in similar fields with similar methods to einstein .
