Nordita
The NORDITA (Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics) is an institute for theoretical physics of the Nordic countries based in Stockholm . It was founded in 1957 as the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Atomic Physics in Copenhagen (at the suggestion of Niels Bohr ), where it was closely associated with the Niels Bohr Institute . Since 2007 it has moved from Copenhagen to Stockholm, where it is supported by the Royal Technical University (KTH) and Stockholm University . The seat is on the AlbaNova campus of the Stockholm universities (Roslagstullsbacken 23). It is financed by Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Finland.
Professors at Nordita are or were Ben Mottelson , Allan Roy Mackintosh , Paolo Di Vecchia , Axel Brandenburg , Christopher Pethick (Director from 1989 to 1994), Gerald Brown (until 1985), Wilfried Buchmüller , Alan Luther , Katherine Freese (Director 2014 to 2016). Christian Møller was the director until 1971 .
The Nordita is primarily concerned with nuclear and elementary particle physics, statistical physics, solid state physics, biophysics, and astrophysics.
The director in 2009 is Lárus Thorlacius .