Jag är professor i glaciologi, med inriktning mot klimat, vid Stockholms universitet. Jag disputerade i ämnet naturgeografi år 1988 och blev docent i glaciologi 1992. Min avhandling berörde massbalans och glacialhydrologi vid Storglaciären och Mikkaglaciären. Från 1988 tog jag det finansiella ansvaret för forskningsverksamheten vid Tarfala forskningsstation och mellan åren 1996 och 2004 var jag stationens föreståndare. Efter 2004 har jag kvar intressen i Tarfala för monitoringprogrammen samt för de forskningsprogram som jag driver, eller är delaktig i. Ett sådant projekt berör permafrostutbredning i Sverige idagoch hur den kan väntas komma att förändras i framtiden.
Expeditioner till Arktis och Antarktis har tidigt präglat min verksamhet. Från mitt deltagande i Ymer-80 expeditionen fram till de planer som nu ligger med en japansk-svensk antarktisexpedition där jag är ansvarig för det svenska forskningsprogrammet. Jag har deltagit i 6 större polarexpeditioner.
Sedan början av 1990-talet har jag arbetat med utredningar och granskningar åt SKI. En utredning gällde Weichselnedisningen i Sverige och en kommande behandlar peramfrostutbredning. Granskningarna gäller SKBs forskningsrapporter.
Jag representerar Sverige inom en rad internationella organisationer och nätverk, såsom SCAR-SSG-PS, IASC-VAW, WGMS. Nationellt så arbetar jag med polarfrågor i koppling mot VR och lokalt på universitetet ansvarar jag för fakultetens docentberedning, är informationsansvarig på vår institution och ansvarar för mastersprogrammet glaciärer och polarmiljöer.
Publikationer
Publication list Per Holmlund 2005-2013
1. Refereed papers
Eisen. O, Frezzotti, M., Genthon, C., Isaksson, E., Magand, O., Broecke, van den, M.R., Dixon, D.A., Ekaykin, A., Holmlund, P., Kameda, T., Karlöf, L., Kaspari, S., Lipenkov, V.Y., Oerter, H., Takahashi, S., and Vaughan, D.G., 2008: Ground-based measurements of spatial and temporal variability of snow accumulation in East Antarctica. Reviews of Geophysics, 46, RG2001/2008: 1-39.
Christiansen, H.H., Etzelmüller, B., Isaksen, K., Juliussen, H., Farbot, H., Humlum, O., Johansson, M., Ingeman-Nielsen, T., Kristensen, L., Hjort, J., Holmlund, P., Sannel, A.B.K., Sigsgaard, C., Åkerman, H.J., Foged, N., Blikra, L.H., Pernosky, M.A., and Ödegård, R.S., 2010: The thermal state of Permafrost in the Nordic Area during the International Polar year 2007-2009. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 21: 156-181.
Clason, C.C., Applegate, P.J., Holmlund, P., 2013: Modelling late Weichselian evolution of the Eurasian ice sheets forced by surface meltwater enhanced basal sliding. Accepted for publication in Journal of Glaciology.
Fretwell, P., (+59 co-authors, incl. Holmlund, P.) 2013: Bedmap2: Improved ice bed, surface and thickness datases for Antarctica. The Cryosphere (doi: 10.5194/tc-7-375-2013) 7: 375-393.
Fujita, S., Holmlund, P., Andersson, I., Brown, I., Enomoto, H., Fujii, Y., Fujita, K., Fukui, K., Furukawa, T., Hansson, M., Hara K., Hoshina, Y., Igarashi, M., Iizuka, Y., Imura, S., Ingvander, S., Karlin, T., Motoyama, H.., Nakazawa, F., Oerter, H., Sjöberg, L. , Sugiyama, S., Surdyk, S., Ström, J. Uemura, R. and Wilhelms, F., 2011: Spatial and temporal variability of accumulation rate on the East Antarctic ice divide between Dome Fuji and EPICA DML. The Cryosphere (doi: 10.5194/tc-5-1-2011) 5: 1-24.
Fujita, S., Holmlund, P., Matsuoka, K., Enomoto, H., Fukui, K., Nakazawa, F., Sugiyama, S., Surdyk, S., 2012: Radar diagnosis of the subglacial conditions in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica. The Cryosphere (doi: 10.5194/tc-6-1-2012) 6: 1-17.
Holmlund, P., Jansson, P., Pettersson, R., 2005: An re-analysis of the 58-year mass balance record of Storglaciären, Sweden. Annals of Glaciology 42: 389-394.
Holmlund, P., Onac, B., Hansson, M., Holmgren, K., Mörth, M. and Nyman, M., 2005: Assessing the paleoclimate potential of cave glaciers: the example of the Scarisoara ice cave (Romania).Geografiska Annaler 87A(1): 1-9.
Ingvander, S., Brown, I., Jansson, P., Holmlund, P., Johansson, C., Rosquist, G., 2013: Method study: Grain size sampling and digital object oriented image analysis for explanation of grain size, shape and distribution. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine research, 45, 3: 330-341.
Isaksen, K., Sollid, J.L., Holmlund, P. and Harris, C., 2007: Recent warming of mountain permafrost in Svalbard and Scandinavia. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, F02S04, doi: 10.1029/2006JF000522, 2007.
Klingbjer, P., Brown, I., Holmlund, P., 2005: Identification of climate controls on the dynamic behaviour of the subarctic glacier Salajekna, Northern Scandinavia. Geografiska Annaler 87A(1): 1-15.
Kobelt, T., Gärtner-Roer, I., Zempf, M., Jansson, P., Thee, P., Haeberli, W., Holmlund, P., 2010: Reanalysis of multi-temporal aerial images of Storglaciären, Sweden (1959–99) – Part 1: Determination of length, area, and volume changes. The Cryosphere,(ISSN 1994-0416), 4: 333-343.
Rotschky, G., Holmlund, P., Isaksson, E., Mulvaney, R., Oerter, H., Van Den Broecke, M.R., Winther, J-G., 2007: A new surface accumulation map for western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, from interpretation of point measurements. Journal of Glaciology 53 (182): 385-398..
Pohjola, V.A., Hedfors, J., Holmlund, P., 2005: Investigating the potential to determine the upstream accumulation rate, using mass flux calculations along a cross-section on a small tributary glacier in Heimefrontfjella, D.M.L., Antarctica. Annals of Glaciology 39: 175-180.
Sugiyama, S., Enomoto, H., Fujita, S., Fukui, K., Nakazawa, F., Holmlund, P., 2010: Dielectric permittivity of snow measured along the route traversed in the Japanese-Swedish Expedition 2007/08. Annals of Glaciology 51 (55): 9-15.
Zempf, M., Jansson, P., Holmlund, P., Gärtner-Roer, I., Kobelt, T., Thee, P., Haeberli, W., 2010: Reanalysis of multi-temporal aerial images of Storglaciären, Sweden (1959-1999) – Part 2: Comparison of glaciological and volumetric mass balances. The Cryosphere,(ISSN 1994-0416), 4: 345-357.
Papers in prep
Holmlund, P., Jonasson, C., Williams, C., : The interaction between perennial snow fields and small glaciers in a sub Arctic environment in a global change context.
Holmlund, P., Clason C.C: The influence of thermal structure of glaciers on their response to climate change.
2. Published and reviewed conference papers
Lauritzen, Stein-Erik., Baastad, L., Björlien, J., Fedje, E., Holmlund, P., 2005. The Svarthammar cave research project, Fauske, north Norway. 14th International Congress, Athen-Kalamos 21-28 aug. 2005 paper 12:1-5.
3. Review articles, book chapters, books
Holmlund, P.,2005: The Physical geography of Fennoscandia, Glaciers (ed. M.Seppälä). Oxford
University Press: 175-184.
Holmlund, P., Jonsson, S., 2006 : Swedish glaciological work around the Weddell Sea during the last Century. Antarctic Peninsula & Tierra del Fuego: 100 years of Swedish-Argentine scientific cooperation at the end of the world. Edited by Jorge Rabassa & María Laura Borla. Proceedings of“Otto Nordenskjöld’s Antarctic Expedition of 1901-1903 and Swedish Scientists in Patagonia: A Symposium”Held in Buenos Aires, La Plata and Ushuaia, Argentina, March 2-7, 2003, ISBN10: 0-415-41379-6, page 43-53.
Holmlund, P., 2009: Japanese-Swedish Antarctic Expedition , JASE.
Polarforskningssekretariatets årsbok 2008 (ed. E.Grönlund) ISSN: 1402-2613. Stockholm, 84 pp.
Holmlund, P., 2009: I ljuset av klimathistorien – forskare borde ta debattinitiativ. In Osäkrat klimat –
laddad utmaning(ed B. Johansson) ISBN 978-91-540-6036-8, Stockholm 2009, page 91-104.
Holmlund, P., 2009: In the light of climate history – researchers should take the initiative in the debate.
In;Climate challange – the safty’s off. (ed. B Johanson) ISBN 978-91-540-6038-2, Stockholm 2009, page 97-110.
Holmlund, P.,2012: Glaciärforskaren Axel Hamberg. Chapter in: Sarek, Arktis och akademisk vardag. En bok om geografen Axel Hamberg (ed. Lars Andersson). Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis (ISBN 978-91-554-8254), 366 s: 113-133.
Holmlund, P., 2012: Glaciärer- Gnistrande smycken som ännu pryder våra fjäll. Votum & Gullers förlag (ISBN 978-91-85815-83-8), 160 s.
Holmlund, P., 2013: Glaciers in northern Svalbard in a Global Change context. In: Expedition Svalbard – lost views on the shoreline of economy. Eds: Martinsson, T., Knape, G., and Hedberg, H. (ISBN 978-3-86930-590-5), 260 p.
6. Popular Science
Holmlund, P., 2006: Världens snabbaste glaciär ökar farten. Forskning och Framsteg 2: 16-20.
Holmlund, P., 2007: Vit kontinent berättar om klimatets historia. Miljöforskning, Formas tidning för ett uthålligt samhälle. 1: 22-25.
Holmlund, P., 2007-08: reseskildringar (3st) publicerade i Svenska dagbladet i samband med den japansk-svenska antarktisexpeditionen 2007-08.
Holmlund, P., 2010: Den mänskliga påverkan på klimatet måste reduceras. Debattinlägg iÖstersundsposten 16 januari 2010, page 11.
Published papers 1983-2004
135 papers in scientific journals and popular science magazines
CV
Name Per Erik Johan Holmlund
Address Tomtebogatan 27 2tr, 113 38 Stockholm.
Born In Stockholm April 7, 1956.
Family Married to Anna Schytt, and one child (Erik, born 1996).
Education: BSc in 1982 and PhD in 1989 (4/4) in Physical Geography at Stockholm University, Thesis: Studies of the drainage and the response to climatic change of Mikkaglaciären and Storglaciären, supervisors: Valter Schytt and Roger LeB Hooke, Associate professor (docent) in glaciology in Stockholm 1992 (17/12).
Position: Professor in glaciology at the Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary geology, Stockholm University (since 1/6 1999).
Academic positions
1982-1989 Doktorand (Phd-student)
1989-1992 Forskarassistent (junior researcher), 20% teaching
1992-1999 Lektor (senior lecturer) 25-35% teaching
1996-2004 Director of Tarfala Research Station
1999- Full Professor in glaciology, 20% teaching, the rest administration and
research
Commissions of trust (present):
-Swedish correspondent to "World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS) of the FAGS/ICSU" since 1984.
-Swedish delegate in the working group on Arctic Glaciers (WAG) within International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) since 1992.
-Swedish delegate in the Physical Sciences section of Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (SCAR) since 1993.
-Member of the national committee of geophysics at KVA from 2009.
-National correspondent for the International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS)
-Full member of the Comission on Glaciation within the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA).
-Board member of the International Meteorological Institute in Stockholm since 1997.
-Member of the board of the Swedish Polar Society since 1992, vice president 1999-06, president since 2006.
-Member of the expert panel for advanced grants in geosciences (PE-10) within the European Research Council since 2008.
-Coordinator of research planning of Swedish Antarctic Research since 2009.
-Reviewer of research on a future nuclear waste storage for the state authority Strålsäkerhetsmyndigheten (SSM) in Sweden.
-Board member at the Dept. of Physical Geography, Stockholm University 1997-2008, 2012-.
Commissions of trust (past):
-Member of the Polar committee within the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 1997-2002. Member of the successive Polar committee within VR 2003-2005, and its successor the national IPY committee 2006-2009.
-Member of the evaluation group for associate professorships (docentberedning) at the science faculty at Stockholm University 1999-2008 and its chairman 2006-08.
-Responsible for out-reach activities within the Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology at Stockholm University 2006-08
-Member of the SCAR global change programme GLOCHANT 1996-1999.
-Member of the evaluation panel in Geosciences at the Danish Council for Independent Research in Natural Sciences. (FNU) 2011-12.
-Chairman of the research programme Ice Sheet Mass Balance and Sea-Level (ISMASS) directed by the SCAR-initiative Group of Specialists on Global Change in Antarctica (GLOCHANT) 1996-1999.
-Board member of the International Glaciological Society since 1996-1999.
-Member of the Steering Committee of the ESF-programme European Ice Sheet Modelling Initiative (EISMINT) 1995-1999.
-Board member of the Climate Impact Research Centre within the Environment and Space Research Centre in Kiruna 1996-2001.
-Member of the geoscientific committee of the Swedish council for natural sciences 1999-2000.
-Secretary general in the Swedish Moutaineering Club 1993-2000.
-Shared scientific editorship of Annals of Glaciology no 22 and no 39
-Scientific editor for Geografiska Annaler, no. 78A,(2-3).
-Swedish delegate of the ESF-programme European Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA) 1995-2000.
Public relations
I am attending public (and commercial)TV and radio programmes on Polar or glacier issues five to seven times per year. I am often interviewed by writing journalists on newspaper and I am fond of writing popular science and I give public lectures several times per year. This year (2012) I will launch a popular science book about glaciers.
