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, Professor, Head of Programme Solar System Physics and Space Technology Research
• Urban Brändström, Scientist, Head of Observatory
• Cecilia Flemström, Personnel Officer and Head of Administration
• Johan Kero, Scientist, Head of Programme Solar Terrestrial and Atmospheric Research
• Yuri Khotyaintsev, Professor, Head of Programme Space Plasma Physics Research
• Lars-Henrik Snow, Operative IT manager and Head of Security
• Anna-Karin Ukonsaari, Financial Manager
• Martin Eriksson, Communications Officer
• Daniel Díaz, 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, Director General (chairman, ex officio)
• Anders Jörle, until 2025-12-31
• Maria Nilsson (Metria), until 2025-12-31
• Mark Pearce (Royal Institute of Technology), until 2025-12-31
• Ann Persson Grivas (LFV), until 2025-12-31
• Pär Weihed, Luleå University of Technology, until 2025-12-31