Curriculum Vitae

I was born a cold and clear evening 14:th of February 1967 and I was brought up in a rural area outside Sigtuna, the first lasting capital of Sweden with a history back into the era of vikings, robbery and glory. Some years later I finished elementary school and three years later even high school. After a year in the military at the special athletics group ( Orienteering )in Falun, I began my studies at KTH - the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. After several Years of hard and intensive studies I got my degree and moved up to the far north to study the sky...


Personal details

full name: Björn Gustavsson
address: National Institute of Polar Research
Kaga 1-9-10
Itabashi - ku,
Tokyo 173
Japan
telephone:+81 3 3962 2418
fax:+46 980 79050
email:bjorn@irf.se
On line info http://www.irf.se/~bjorn

Education , Employment and Professional Awards

1983-1986 High school student at Märstagymnasiet, Märsta, Sweden,
1986-1987 Military service in the special athletics group Falun , Sweden
1987-1993 Student in engineering physics at Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
1992-1993 Teacher in Science and Mathematics at Högalidskolan Kiruna, Sweden
1993-2000 Graduate student at The Swedish Institute of Space Physics , Kiruna Sweden
2001 PhD in Space Physics

Other achievments of some relevance

1997 Second leg of 3 in IFK Kirunas team that won Swedish ski orientering relay championchip.
2000 Second leg of 3 in IFK Kirunas team that won Swedish ski orientering relay championchip.