Stockholm university

The state and fate of Swedish glaciers - a report from Tarfala Research Station

Event

Date: Thursday 6 November 2025

Time: 18.00 – 19.00

Location: Accelerator, Frescativägen 26A, Stockholm University

Join us for an up-to-date look at the state and fate of Sweden’s glaciers. You will also be introduced to Tarfala Research Station (TRS), Stockholm University's centre för glaciological and alpine research.

Person from Stockholm University using GNSS equipment on a snowy mountain under a cloudy sky.
Photo: Tarfala Research Station

The summer season 2025, and thus the glaciological year 2024/2025, has just ended, and Nina Kirchner, director of TRS and professor of Glaciology, shares with you the latest insights as well as how it is to live and work for six months each year at this remote research station high in the Swedish mountains.

 

Programme

  • Registration and mingle from 17:30
  • Programme starts at 18:00 and ends around 19:00 
  • Mingle from 19:00 until 20:00 

Attendance is free and snacks will be served. Drinks will be available for purchase at the venue. 

This event is open to SU alumni, students and staff. Registration is needed. There is a limited number of places, so it is first come, first served!

Register here

 

About Nina Kirchner

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Nina Kirchner is Sweden’s first female professor of glaciology and also the director of the Tarfala Research Station (TRS) in the Kebnekaise mountains. Research at Tarfala primarily focuses on glaciers, but other scientific studies and field-based teaching for students are also carried out there.

Read more about Nina Kirchner

 

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Last updated: October 16, 2025

Source: Student Services

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