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etc
- ESA\'s Swedish-built spacecraft SMART-1 went into orbit round the moon on 16 November 2004. IRF has contributed to two instruments, D-CIXS (RAL) and SPEDE (FMI).
- Pressmeddelande - Stas Barabash installeras som professor i rymdfysik vid årshögtiden vid Umeå universitet (Stas Barabash installed as Professor of Space Physics at Umeå University\'s capping ceremony. Press release in Swedish, 2004-10-28).
- Pressinformation - Svenskt instrument framme vid Saturnusmåne Titan den 26 oktober (Swedish instrument arrives at Saturn\'s moon Titan on 26 October. Press information note in Swedish, 2004-10-21).
- Press release - Kiruna goes to the Moon on board the Indian satellite Chandrayaan-1 (Pressmeddelande - Kiruna åker till månen ombord på den indiska satelliten Chandrayaan-1. 2004-10-19).
- Press release - Dr Mats Holmström holds Docent lecture 14 October 2004 (Pressmeddelande - Dr Mats Holmström håller docentföreläsning. 2004-10-14.)
- Press release - Outstanding Swedish research results from the Cluster satellites in the Earth’s magnetosphere (2004-10-05).
- Pressmeddelande - Utmärkelsen \"För nit och redlighet i rikets tjänst\" (NOR) till två anställda vid IRF i Kiruna 30 september 2004. (Long service award to two employees at IRF in Kiruna, 30 September 2004. Press release in Swedish.)
- Press release - Article with first results from IRF:s instrument on Mars Express published in Science (Pressmeddelande - Artikel med de första resultaten från IRF:s instrument ombord på Mars Express publicerad i Science. 2004-09-22).
- Pressmeddelande - Bengt Hultqvist-priset till årets rymdstudenter vid Rymdcampus (Bengt Hultqvist Prize awarded to the space engineering students of the year at the Space Campus. Press release in Swedish, 2004-09-20).
- Pressmeddelande - IRF:s atmosfärforskning i världsklass (IRF\'s atmospheric research is world class. Press release in Swedish, 2004-09-03).
- The solar-powered car Nuna II toured Sweden and Norway 14-22 August with stops at in Uppsala (at Ångström Laboratory) and in Kiruna.
- Pressmeddelande - Svenska rymdforskare i samarbete med Kina (Swedish space scientists in collaboration with China. Press release in Swedish, 2004-08-11).
- Pressmeddelande - Svenskt instrument gör mätningar vid planeten Mars - forskare samlas i Kiruna för att diskutera de preliminära resultaten (Swedish instrument makes measurements at Mars - scientists gather in Kiruna to discuss the preliminary results. Press release in Swedish, 2004-08-04).
- Pressinformation - Svenskt instrument på rymdfarkosten Cassini/Huygens - Elektrisk gas och stoft kring Saturnus ringar. (Swedish instrument on spacecraft Cassini/Huygens - Electric gas and dust round Saturn\'s rings. Press information note in Swedish, 2004-06-30).
- Pressmeddelande - Venuspassagen i Kiruna. (The Transit of Venus in Kiruna. Press release in Swedish, 2004-06-04).
- Pressinformation - Sverige är med på uppdrag till Saturnus - rymdsond söker efter jordens begynnelse. (Sweden is involved in a mission to Saturn - spacecraft seeking the origins of life on Earth. Press information note in Swedish, 2004-06-03).
- Pressmeddelande - Landets ledande Internet-tekniker samlas i Kiruna. (Sweden\'s leading Internet technicians gather in Kiruna. Press release in Swedish, 2004-03-25).
- Press release - Swedish ASPERA-3 on board Mars Express produces its first exciting scientific results (2004-03-16).
- Pressmeddelande - Svenska satellitinstrument är nu på väg till kometen 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko ombord på ESA:s rymdsond Rosetta. (Swedish satellite instruments are now on their way to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on board ESA\'s space probe Rosetta. Press release in Swedish, 2004-03-02.)
- Pressmeddelande - IRF:s instrument ICA och LAP lyfter mot kometen 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko ombord på ESA:s ambitiösa mission Rosetta. (IRF:s instruments ICA and LAP take off for the comet Churyumov/Gerasimenko on board ESA\'s ambitious mission Rosetta. Press release in Swedish, 2004-02-23.)
- Pressmeddelande - Radarekon i mesosfären och nattlysande moln. Disputation vid IRF i Kiruna, 13 februari 2004. Victoria Barabash försvarar sin doktorsavhandling \"Investigation of Polar Mesosphere Summer Echoes in Northern Scandinavia\". (PhD defence at IRF in Kiruna, 13 February 2004. Victoria Barabash, \"Investigation of Polar Mesosphere Summer Echoes in Northern Scandinavia\". Press release in Swedish.)
- Pressmeddelande - Svenska satellitinstrument snart på väg till en komet. (Swedish satellite instruments soon on their way to a comet. Press release in Swedish, 2004-01-30.)
- Pressmeddelande - Meteornedslag registrerat i Jokkmokkstrakten. (Meteor impact registered near Jokkmokk in northern Sweden, 17 January 2004. Press release in Swedish, 2004-01-27.)
- Pressmeddelande - Svenskt satellitinstrument i omloppsbana runt planeten Mars. (Swedish satellite instrument in orbit round Mars. Press release in Swedish, 2003-12-25.)
- Pressmeddelande - Mars Express snart i bana runt planeten Mars. (Mars Express soon to go into orbit around Mars. Press release in Swedish, 2003-12-23.)
- Pressmeddelande - Mars Express snart framme vid planeten Mars. (Mars Express approaches Mars. Press release in Swedish, 2003-12-18.)
- Pressmeddelande - Bengt Hultqvist-priset delas ut till årets rymdingenjörsstudent vid Rymdcampus i Kiruna. (The Bengt Hultqvist Prize is awarded to the best space engineering student of the year at the Space Campus in Kiruna, 2003-12-05. Press release in Swedish.)
- Pressmeddelande - Öppet hus vid Rymdcampus i Kiruna. (Open Day at the Space Campus in Kiruna 2003-11-22. Press release in Swedish.) More...
- Press release - From Kiruna, Ireland and China to space: Chinese satellite instrument calibrated in Stockholm. (Från Kiruna, Irland och Kina till rymden: kinesiskt satellitinstrument kalibrerat i Stockholm. Pressmeddelande 2003-11-06)
- Pressmeddelande - Fullständigt makalösa förhållanden på solen och i jonosfären. (Totally unprecedented conditions on the sun and in the ionosphere. Press release in Swedish, 31 October 2003.)
- Pressmeddelande - IRF-professor deltar i expedition till Antarktis. (IRF professor takes part in an expedition to Antarctica. Press release in Swedish, 29 October 2003.)
- Dr Evgenia Belova held her Docent lecture at IRF on Monday 13 October 2003.
- Press release - Royal Visit to IRF and the Space Campus on Thursday 9 October 2003.
- Press release - \"Space Wake\" at the Space Campus to follow the launch of SMART-1 from Kourou in French Guiana late on the evening of 27 September 2003.
- Pressmeddelande - Utmärkelsen \"För nit och redlighet i rikets tjänst\" (NOR) erhölls av fyra anställda vid IRF i Kiruna 23 september 2003. (Long service award to four employees at IRF in Kiruna, 23 September 2003. Press release in Swedish.)
- Press release - IRF\'s satellite instrument ASPERA-3 on board Mars Express is healthy and doing well! (IRF:s satellitinstrument ASPERA-3 ombord på Mars Express mår och fungerar bra! Pressmeddelande 2003-08-15)
- Pressmeddelande - Docent Lars Eliasson ny föreståndare för Institutet för rymdfysik från den 1 juli 2003. (Ass. Prof. Lars Eliasson appointed new Director at the Swedish Institute of Space Physics from 1 July 2003. Press release in Swedish.)
- Pressmeddelande - ALIS - en flerögd fönstertittare i plasmauniversum. Disputation vid IRF i Kiruna, 13 juni 2003. Urban Brändström, \"ALIS, ett flerstationssystem för optiska norrskensstudier - Konstruktion, drift samt vetenskapliga resultat\'\'. (PhD defence at IRF in Kiruna, 13 June 2003. Urban Brändström, \"The Auroral Large Imaging System - Design, Operation and Scientific Results\". Press release in Swedish.)
- Pressmeddelande
- Disputation vid IRF i Uppsala, 5 juni 2003. Eva
Borälv, \"Substorm features in the high-latitude
ionosphere and magnetosphere - multi-instrument
observations\". (PhD defence at IRF in Uppsala, 5 June
2003. Eva Borälv, \"Substorm
features in the high-latitude ionosphere and
magnetosphere - multi-instrument observations\". Press
release in Swedish.)
- Johan Svensson och Stefan Karlsson, nu
anställda som ingenjörer på IRF i Kiruna,
har vunnit SIF Norrbottens uppsatsstipendium för
bästa examensarbete. Stipendiet delades ut av
Christer Ejderberg, regionschef för SIF (Svenska
Industritjänstemannaförbundet) Norrbotten, vid
Rymdcampus i Kiruna den 2 juni 2003. Bild
(SIF Norrbotten prize for best diploma thesis to
Johan Svensson and Stefan Karlsson, now employed as
engineers at IRF in Kiruna. Picture.)
- Pressmeddelande
- IRF-satellitinstrument åker till Mars med
ESA:s Mars Express som sköts upp från Baikonur
i Kazakhstan den 2 juni 2003, 19.45 CEST. (IRF
satellite instrument on its way to Mars. ESA\'s Mars
Express with IRF\'s instrument ASPERA-3 was launched from
Baikonur in Kazakhstan on 2 June 2003 at 19.45 CEST.)
More information in
English
- Pressmeddelande
- IRF-forskare tilldelas KVA:s prestigefyllda Wallmarkska
priset. (IRF professor Stas Barabash awarded the
Wallmarkska prize by the Royal Swedish Academy of
Sciences. Press release in Swedish 2003-03-27.)
- Pressmeddelande
- Rymdcampus i Kiruna nominerades som en av 6 byggnader i
Sveriges Arkitekter Övre Norrland
Arkitekturpris. (The Space Campus in Kiruna nominated
in an architectural competition. Press release in
Swedish, 6 March 2003.)
- The Knut and
Alice Wallenberg Foundation has granted Hans Nilsson
and colleagues at IRF in Kiruna 900,000 SEK to purchase
four sets of micro-channel plates for inclusion in an ion
mass spectrometer.
- Stas Barabash was installed as Professor in Space
Physics at IRF in Kiruna on 19 December 2002. More
information (in Swedish, in pdf format.) Picture.
- IRF\'s LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) began
operation in Kiruna on 13 December 2002. Picture
(or larger
version).
- Press
release - Kiruna-built instruments to Mars and Venus.
Scientific meetings at IRF in Kiruna 5-8 November 2002.
(Pressmeddelande
- Kiruna-byggda instrument till Mars och Venus.
Vetenskapliga möten vid IRF i Kiruna 5-8 november
2002.)
- Pressmeddelande
- Venus får besök av ett svenskt
satellitinstrument. (Venus to be visited by a Swedish
satellite instrument. Press release in Swedish.)
- Pressmeddelande
- Disputation vid IRF i Kiruna, 25 oktober 2002.
Carl-Fredrik Enell, \"Optiska studier av
stratosfärsmoln och med dessa sammanhörande
fenomen\". (PhD defence at IRF in Kiruna, 25 October
2002. Carl-Fredrik Enell, \"Optical studies of polar
stratospheric clouds and related phenomena\". Press
release in Swedish.)
- IRF staff group picture (September 2002).
- Pressmeddelande
- Bengt Hultqvist-priset till årets
rymdingenjörsstudent år 2002 delades ut till
Åsa Fransson 6 september 2002. (The Bengt
Hultqvist prize for the best space engineering student of
2002 was awarded to Åsa Fransson on 6 September
2002. Press release in Swedish.)
- EU has granted 1.2 million Euros to the Research
Training Network \"Turbulent
Boundary Layers in Geospace Plasmas\" co-ordinated by
IRF\'s Kristof Stasiewicz in Uppsala. (Press
release in Swedish, 20 April 2002).
- Dynasonde Workshop held
at IRF in Kiruna 21-25 May 2002.
- Pressmeddelande
- Kiruna rymd- och miljöcampus (KRM) har fått
en föreståndare (Kiruna Space and
Environment Campus director appointed. Press release in
Swedish, 12 April 2002).
- Pressmeddelande
- Byster föreställande Hjalmar Falck och
Hjalmar Lundbohm överlämnas till IRF i en
ceremoni på Rymdcampus 12 februari 2002 (Busts
of Hjalmar Falck and Hjalmar Lundbohm donated to IRF, 12
February 2002. Press release in Swedish).
- Pressmeddelande
- Viktiga framsteg för ozonforskningen i Kiruna och
Sverige (28 januari 2002. Press release in
Swedish).
- Press
release - Important development for ozone research in
Kiruna and Sweden (24 January 2002).
- Pressmeddelande
- Hannes Alfvén-medaljen till professor emeritus
Bengt Hultqvist (Hannes Alfvén Medal awarded
to Professor Emeritus Bengt Hultqvist. Press release in
Swedish, 23 January 2002).
- Pressmeddelande
- Nobelpristagare till IRF och Rymdcampus torsdagen den 6
december 2001. (Nobel Prize-winners visit IRF and the
Space Campus on Thursday 6 December 2001. Press release
in Swedish).
- Pressmeddelande
- Öppet Hus på IRF och Rymdcampus,
lördagen den 17 november 2001. (Open House at
IRF and the Space Campus on Saturday 17 November 2001.
Press release in Swedish).
- Pressmeddelande
- IRF-forskare tilldelas Kungliga Skytteanska samfundets
pris. Föredrag på Umeå universitets
årshögtid 13 oktober 2001 (IRF researcher
awarded the Kungliga Skytteanska Samfundets prize. Press
release in Swedish).
- Pressmeddelande
- Bengt Hultqvist-priset till årets
rymdingenjörsstudent år 2001 delades ut 5
september 2001 (The Bengt Hultqvist prize for the
best space engineering student of 2001 was awarded on 5
September 2001. Press release in Swedish).
- Pressmeddelande
- stor international konferens om meteoroider i Kiruna
6-10 augusti 2001 (Large international meteoroids
conference in Kiruna 6-10 August 2001. Press release
in Swedish).
- Pressmeddelande
- IRF i Kiruna uppmärksammas för sin
arkitektur (The new buildings at IRF in Kiruna
feature in magazine Arkitektur. Press release in
Swedish, 17 July 2001).
- Press
release - PhD defence at IRF in Kiruna, 23 March
2001. Solveig Høymork, \"Lower hybrid cavities and
other plasma phenomena in the subauroral region\".
(Pressmeddelande
- Disputation vid IRF i Kiruna, 23 mars 2001. Solveig
Høymork, \"Lägre hybridkaviteter och andra
plasmafenomen på ekvatorssidan av
norrskenszonen\")
- Pressmeddelande
- Mars och Venus lyser i röntgenstrålning
(press release in Swedish, 19 March 2001)
- Press release - Erosion
by the solar wind. Article in Science, 9 March
2001. (Solvinden
eroderar atmosfären - Pressmeddelande 9
mars 2001)
- Pressmeddelande - Bengt
Hultqvist-priset till årets
rymdingenjörsstudent år 2000 delades ut 15
februari 2001 (The Bengt Hultqvist prize for the best
space engineering student of 2000 was awarded on 15
februari 2001. Press release in Swedish)
- Pressmeddelande - Satellituppskjutning
- IRF:s nanosatellit Munin
har skjutits upp från Vandenberg Air Force Base,
Kalifornien, 21 november 2000 (IRF\'s nanosatellite
Munin was launched
from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California on 21 November
2000. Press release in Swedish)
- Pressmeddelande - Disputation
vid IRF i Kiruna, 17 november 2000 (PhD defence at
IRF, Kiruna, 17 November 2000. Press release in Swedish.
Thesis
in English). Björn Gustavsson, \"Three Dimensional
Imaging of Aurora and Airglow\"
- Pressmeddelande - Disputation
vid IRF i Kiruna, 15 november 2000 (PhD defence at
IRF, Kiruna, 15 November 2000. Press release in Swedish).
Laila Andersson, \"Acceleration Processes in Auroral
Region\"
- Pressmeddelande - Invigning
av rymdcampus vid IRF i Kiruna, 14 september 2000
(Inauguration of Space campus in Kiruna, 14 September
2000. Press release in Swedish)
- Pressmeddelande - Cluster
2 uppskjutning den 15 juli 2000 från
Baikonur i Kazakstan (Cluster 2 launch from
Kazakhstan 15 July 2000 - press release in Swedish). More
on Cluster
2
- Pressmeddelande - Ny
professor vid IRF i Uppsala, 1 april 2000
(New professor at IRF in Uppsala, 1 April 2000. Press
release in Swedish)
- Swedish
King\'s visit to Kiruna in conjunction with Winter
Cities 2000, February 2000.
For earlier press releases, contact irf*irf.se
Archive of
vacancies at IRF
- Postdoctoral Fellowship in Space Physics at IRF in Uppsala (applications close 2005-02-15).
- Position as Professor in Solar Physics at IRF in Lund (applications close 2005-01-10). Anställning som Professor i Solfysik vid IRF i Lund (ansökan senast 2005-01-10).
- Project manager to develop instrumentation for the NanoSpace-1 satellite at IRF in Uppsala (2004-10-19. Advertisement in Swedish).
- Position for a Ph.D. student in space plasma physics/space technology at IRF in Kiruna (2004-03-22).
- Position for a Ph.D. student in Atmospheric Physics at IRF in Kiruna (2004-01-26).
- PhD
student positions in Astronomy, Space- or Plasma
Physics at the Department for Astronomy and Space
Physics, Uppsala University (2003-12-01)
- Post-doctoral
Fellowship at IRF in Uppsala for studies of the
coupled Solar Wind - Magnetosphere - Ionosphere System
with multiple instruments in space and on the ground
(2003-11-19)
- Vacancy for a PhD student in the Atmospheric Physics Research Programme at IRF in Kiruna (2003-10-15)
- PhD student position at IRF in Uppsala for studies of the coupled Solar Wind - Magnetosphere - Ionosphere System with multiple instruments in space and on the ground (2003-05-16).
- Post-doctoral Research Position in Terrestrial Magnetospheric Physics - Cluster Data Analysis (2 years) at IRF in Kiruna (2003-05-16).
- Vacancy for a Cluster EFW Archive Scientist at IRF in Uppsala (2003-03-18)
Earlier vacancies at IRF in Kiruna are archived on IRF\'s
intranet (http://www.irf.se/link/older_vacancies) - contact
irf*irf.se
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