Organisation

IRF has its head office in Kiruna and also has activities in Umeå, Uppsala and Lund.

There is a joint institute executive for all of IRF’s offices. IRF is under the control of the Ministry of Education and Research and the government has therefore appointed an advisory council.

The organisational units for the research programmes, “Solar Terrestrial and Atmospheric Research” (STAR), “Solar System Physics and Space Technology” (SSPT), “Space Plasma Physics” (RPF) and the observatory (KAGO) are shown in abbreviated form in the organisation tree, above.

The IRF Executive

• Olle Norberg , Director General, Swedish Institute of Space Physics
• Stas Barabash , Deputy Director General and head of Solar System Physics and Space Technology Research programme
• Urban Brändström , head of Observatory
• Cecilia Flemström Personnel Officer and Head of Administration
• Johan Kero , head of Solar Terrestrial and Atmospheric Research programme
• Yuri Khotyaintsev , head of Space Plasma Physics Research programme
• Lars-Henrik Snow , Operative IT manager and Head of Security
• Anna-karin Ukonsaari (is no longer at IRF, instead – contact Communication) , Financial Manager
• Celine Lundqvist , Communications Officer

The IRF advisory council (Insynsrådet)

The Government has appointed the following people as members of IRF’s advisory council. IRF’s Director General is the chairman of the council, which is entrusted with keeping the government informed about the institute’s activities.

• Olle Norberg (chairman)
• Ann Persson Grivas, LFV, until 2028-12-31
• Maria Nilsson (Metria), until 2028-12-31
• Sandra Lindström, FOI, until 2028-12-31
• Pär Weihed, Luleå University of Technology, until 2028-12-31
• Mikael Jonsson, The Swedish Research Council, until 2028-12-31
• Thomas Wågberg, Umeå University, until 2028-12-31