Stig Valter Schytt (17 October 1919 – 30 March 1985) was a Swedish glaciologist.
He studied physics and mathematics at Stockholm University and was awarded Master of Philosophy in 1946, Licentiate in 1947 and Ph.
He also participated in important expeditions to Canada in 1954, to Greenland in 1954, to Spitsbergen in 1956, 1957, 1958 and Deception Island in 1977.
Schytt is mainly associated with the Ymer-80 expedition carried out by the icebreaker Ymer during the summer of 1980.
[4] [5] Schytt initiated the glacier mass balance studies at Storglaciären in the Tarfala Valley.