15 years
contributing to the green transition
NordForsk is 15 years.
As a young organisation, we are more focused on the future than looking back.
The ambitious vision of the Nordic Council of Ministers is to make the Nordic region the most sustainable and integrated region in the world.
We will do our best to make this ambition a reality.
How do we achieve that, and what does our most important stakeholders expect from us?
Scroll down to find out!
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Paula Lehtomäki
Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers
"NordForsk will help to make the Nordic region a world leader in research and innovation"
Arne Flåøyen
Director of NordForsk
"NordForsk will facilitate research that will take us through the green transition"
Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen
Danish Minister of Higher Education and Science
"Every time we in the Nordics find a new way of doing things, it can inspire the rest of the world"
Jukka Mähönen
Professor of Law at the University of Oslo
"When we make Nordic companies more sustainable, we also make the planet more sustainable"
Ingrid Pettersson
NordHorcs representative and Director General at Formas
"NordForsk has played a central role in gathering funding for joint calls, which has enabled collaboration between researchers in the Nordic countries"
Lars Kloo
Former Chair of NordForsk board and Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institute of Technology
"NordForsk’s activities are central in the new vision from the Nordic Council of Ministers for a green transition"
Guðrún Pétursdóttir
Director for Institute for Sustainability Studies, University of Iceland
"The Nordic countries are different enough to have something to learn from each other, but enough alike that it is easy for us to work together"
The United Nations's Sustainable Development Goals
NordForsk has funded research underpinning all the Sustainable Development Goals. This brochure gives a brief presentation of some of the NordForsk funded projects supporting the goals.
