What is the Nordic Catalysis Society?

We are a nordic association for people and companies interested in catalysis.
The main task is to arrange The Nordic Symposium on Catalysis every two years.

We also arranges summer schools in catalysis as needed.

The board consist of 8 members, two from each country.

The society is represented with two members in the European Federation of Catalysis Societies.

Short facts:

The Society was founded in 1988

The predecessor was some symposia arranged in Sweden by the Catalysis Group at LTH, Lund University during 1969 – 1987

Since 1988 the Society has arranged 18 Nordic Symposia:

  1. 1988 | First Nordic Symposium on Catalysis | Lund, Sweden
  2. 1989 | From Micro Kinetics to Reactor Design | Lyngby, Denmark
  3. 1990 | Catalysis and Environment, Catalysis in the Nordic Countries | Espoo, Finland
  4. 1991 | Model Systems for Heterogeneous Catalysis | Trondheim, Norway
  5. 1992 | Catalysis and C1-Chemistry | Lund, Sweden
  6. 1994 | Catalysis in the 21st century | Hornbaek, Denmark
  7. 1996 | Synthesis of catalysts, Kinetics and mechanism of catalytic reactions | Åbo/Turkku, Finland
  8. 1998 | From fundamental catalyst studies to industrial applications | Oslo, Norway
  9. 2000 | Environmental Catalysis, Catalysis in the Nordic Countries | Lidingö, Sweden
  10. 2002 | ”Bridging the gaps in catalysis” | Marienlyst, Helsingør, Denmark
  11. 2004 | Catalysis for a Sustainable Future | Oulu/Uleåborg, Finland
  12. 2006 | Energy and Environmental Catalysis – Catalysis in Nordic Countries | Trondheim, Norway
  13. 2008 | Environmental catalysis and catalysis for sustainable energy solutions | Gothenburg, Sweden
  14. 2010 | Topics ranging from industrial catalysis and biocatalysis to fundamental studies of catalysts and mechanisms | Gothenburg, Sweden
  15. 2012 | Catalysis, Northern Europe and Baltic Sea – Catalysis of Renewables | Mariehamn, Åland, Finland
  16. 2014 | From fundamentals to industrial application | Oslo, Norway
  17. 2016 | Surface science and catalysis for sustainable development and the use of large scale facilities for catalysis research | Lund, Sweden
  18. 2018 | 18th Nordic Symposium on Catalysis | Copenhagen, Denmark
  19.  2022 |  19th Nordic Symposium on Catalysis |   Espoo, Finland
  20.   2024 |   20th Nordic Symposium on Catalysis |  Stavanger, Norway