Pleasant and unexpected news from the Geological Society of Sweden. They have awarded Erik with the Hiärne Prize for his popular science activities. Having followed Erik's career over the past 13 years, I can confirm this prize is well deserved! Besides being very dedicated to
On the 30th of June, Erik took part in the recording of the Children's Summer Show “Sommarlov” (summer vacation) in Malmö, Southern Sweden. This TV show has been running for several summers and is at present part of the Swedish national television's (SVT) summer programs. The
Our main results from the 2019 fieldwork in Ikka Fjord, SW Greenland has been published in the Greenlandic newspaper Sermitsiaq. Because the Ikka columns now appear to be so fragile, it is important to share the knowledge with the local communities in Greenland. Otherwise, we
Professor Valentin Troll (Val) from Uppsala University in Sweden came to Iceland earlier in the month to be one of the opponents for Robert Askew's PhD dissertation. Rob did great and can now call him self Dr. Askew. This happy occasion came me the possibility
Yesterday, we received prominent visitors from the Danish Embassy in Iceland. Ambassador, Eva Egesborg Hansen and her staff, Andreas Nøhr Vestergaard, Gudrun Haraldsdóttir, and practical interns Oscar and Jens came to an info meeting at our Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland. The institute
One hundred years ago (1st of September 1919) two young Swedes stood on the edge of a large caldera. This is known today as Grimsvötn and is Iceland’s currently most frequently erupting volcano. It was Erik Ygberg and Håkan Wadell who were the first ones
Under våren 2017 hade filmen “Gold” premiär på biograferna, men filmen var endast uppe på vita duken en kort tid. Under juli måned blev filmen tillgänglig på dvd och att ladda ner. Erik Sturkell, 2017. Gold. Geologiskt Forum 95/2017, p. 25. Here is a link to the