IRF in Kiruna

The head office for IRF is located on the Space Campus in Kiruna, about 5 km east of Kiruna by road E10.


Central roles

Olle Norberg
Director General
+46 72 581 3394
Stas Barabash
Deputy Director General
+46 70 217 8586
Anna-Karin Ukonsaari
Financial Manager
+46 72 581 3356
Cecilia Flemström
Personnel Officer
+46 72 581 3311
Carina Gunillasson
Registrar
+46 70 215 6929

Research programmes

Solar System Physics and Space Technology/Solsystemets fysik och rymdteknik
Head of Programme: Prof. Stas Barabash
Solar Terrestrial and Atmospheric Research/Sol, rymd och atmosfär
Head of Programme: Dr Johan Kero
Observatory/Observatorieverksamhet
Head of Programme: Dr Urban Brändström

Staff

Vesa Alatalo
Technician
+46 70 375 3438
Stas Barabash
Professor, Head of Programme
+46 70 217 8586
Evgenia Belova
Associate Professor
+46 72 581 3303
Gabriel Borderes Motta
Postdoc
+46 72 581 3337
Urban Brändström
Scientist, Head of Observatory
+46 72 581 3365
Romain Canu-Blot
PhD Student
+46 72 581 3340
Peter Dalin
Scientist
+46 72 581 3305
Andreas Edström
Engineer
+46 72 581 3306
Martin Eriksson
Communications Officer
+46 72 581 3333
Cecilia Flemström
Personnel Officer
+46 72 581 3311
Yoshifumi Futaana
Associate Professor
+46 72 581 3313
Tomoko Futaana
Restaurant Assistant
+46 72 581 3312
Maria Gritsevich
Scientist
+46 72 581 3301
Olof Grundestam
Software Engineer
Carina Gunillasson
Registrar
+46 70 215 6929
Gopika Gupta
Postdoc
+46 72 581 3397
Stefan Hedlund
Supplies Manager
+46 76 767 9020
Annika Holmblad
Salary administrator
+46 72 581 3316
Mats Holmström
Associate Professor
+46 72 581 3317
Richard Johansson
PhD Student
+46 72 581 3328
Leif Kalla
Programmer
+46 72 581 3320
Stefan Karlsson
Research Engineer
+46 72 581 3321
Daniel Kastinen
Scientist
+46 72 581 3322
Johan Kero
Scientist, Head of Programme
+46 72 581 3324
Máté Kerényi
Research Engineer
+46 72 581 3323
Sheila Kirkwood
Professor Emerita
+46 70 654 6670
Lea Klaiber
Post Doc
+46 72 581 3319
Annelie Klint Nilsson
Communications Officer
+46 72 581 3327
Robert Labudda
Programmer
+46 72 581 3370
Anders Lejon
Caretaker
+46 70 674 2460
Andreas Lindström
IT Technician
+46 72 581 3355
Mats Luspa
System programmer
+46 72 581 3330
Dániel Martini
Scientist
+46 72 581 3348
Thomas Maynadié
PhD Student
+46 72 581 3329
Daria Mikhaylova
Engineer
+46 72 581 3334
Hjördis Mämmi
Accounts administrator
+46 72 581 3336
Anja Möslinger
PhD Student
+46 72 581 3398
Sota Nanjo
Post Doc
+46 72 581 3325
Hans Nilsson
Professor
+46 72 581 3339
Olle Norberg
Director General
+46 72 581 3394
Carol Norberg
Associate Professor
+46 70 279 3999
Magnus Oja
Research Engineer
+46 72 581 3342
Jonas Olsen
Research Engineer
+46 72 581 3341
Rikard Ottemark
Research engineer
+46 72 581 3354
Joakim Peterson
Research engineer
+46 72 581 3393
Uwe Raffalski
Associate Professor
+46 72 581 3346
Stefan Riekkola
Chef
+46 72 581 3309
Umberto Rollero
PhD Student
+46 72 581 3343
Martin Rönnfalk
Electronics Engineer
+46 72 581 3344
Marko Savic
Research Engineer
+46 72 581 3304
Tima Sergienko
Scientist
+46 72 581 3350
Manabu Shimoyama
Scientist
+46 72 581 3351
Lars-Henrik Snow
Operative IT manager
+46 72 581 3364
Gabriella Stenberg Wieser
Associated Professor
+46 72 581 3353
Ulf Stenmark
Technician
+46 70 639 9031
Daniel Stålnacke
Engineer
+46 72 581 3331
Csilla Szasz
Programmer
+46 72 581 3366
Anna-Karin Ukonsaari
Financial Manager
+46 72 581 3356
David Upton
Research engineer
+46 72 581 3318
Anisa Vlassova
Accounts administrator
+46 72 581 3396
Peter Voelger
Scientist
+46 72 581 3362
Xiao-Dong Wang
Scientist
+46 72 581 3358
Maximilian Wecker
Research Engineer
Martin Wieser
Scientist
+46 72 581 3359
Hayley Williamson
Scientist
+46 72 581 3332
Philipp Wittmann
Research Engineer
+46 72 581 3392
Magdalena Wäppling
Administrative Officer
+46 70 648 0048
Maria Wästle
Management Administrator
+46 72 581 3361
Masatoshi Yamauchi
Scientist
+46 72 581 3363
Yoshihiro Yokoyama
Postdoc
+46 72 581 3399
Qi Zhang
PhD Student
+46 72 581 3310