About Nordita

Nordita is the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics. Its purpose is to carry out research and strengthen the Nordic collaboration within the basic areas of theoretical physics.

Reflecting the Nordic background, the institute has an official name in each of the five Nordic languages:

• Nordisk institut for teoretisk fysik (in Danish)
• Teoreettisen fysiikan pohjoismainen laitos (in Finnish)
• Norræna stofnunin í kennilegri eðlisfræði (in Icelandic)
• Nordisk institutt for teoretisk fysikk (in Norwegian)
• Nordiska institutet för teoretisk fysik (in Swedish)

Also, the five colours in the Nordita logotype have been taken from the specifications of the national flags of the five Nordic countries:

Nordita has a governing Board, appointed jointly by the President/Vice-chancellor of the host universities KTH and Stockholm University, with one representative and one alternate member from each of the five Nordic countries, nominated by the respective research councils. The Chairman of the Board is nominated by the Joint Committee of the Nordic Natural Science Research Councils, NOS-N.

The Nordita board nominates a Director, responsible for the day-to-day administration of the institute, who is appointed by the President/Vice-chancellor of KTH and Stockholm University.

Since Nordita is not a legal entity in its own right, the institute is administratively organized as an independent unit in one of the two host universities, Stockholm University, reporting directly to the Vice-chancellor.

Evaluations

Nordita has been evaluated by external experts at regular intervals through the years, most recently in the spring of 2009. Nordita has also prepared self-evaluation reports for the Nordic Council of Ministers.

Brochures

Back in the days when people still read printed matter, Nordita published three brochures presenting the institute.