Åke Anders Edvard Wallenquist (January 16, 1904 – April 8, 1994) was aSwedishastronomer. He worked at theDutchBosscha Observatory inIndonesia between 1928 and 1935, and became assistant professor atUppsala'sKvistabergs Observatorium (Kvistaberg Observatory) in 1948. He worked originally ondouble stars but it was theopen star clusters and their properties that became his main area of research. Wallenquist was a very active member of both theRoyal Swedish Academy of Sciences inStockholm and theRoyal Swedish Society of Sciences in Uppsala. From the 1950s onwards, he was the leading writer ofpopular astronomy in Sweden among the professional astronomers. His books inspired generations of young people to become interested in astronomy.

Asteroid2114 Wallenquist was named in his honour.

• Åke Wallenquist (1904-1994)

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