/mear"dahl, -dawl, merr"-/ ; Sw. /myuurdd"dahl/ , n.
1. Alva (Reimer) /al"veuh ray"meuhr/ ; Sw. /ahl"vah rdday"meuhrdd/ , 1902-86, Swedish sociologist and diplomat: Nobel peace prize 1982 (wife of Gunnar Myrdal).
2. (Karl) Gunnar /kahrl gun"euhr, goon"-/ ; Sw. /kahrddl goon"nahrdd/ , born 1898,Swedish sociologist and economist: Nobel prize for economics 1974.