Panel Board

Norunda Observatory

The Norunda site is located on the East cost of Sweden, facing Finland, 90 km North of Stockholm. It is some 50 km from the Baltic sea cost. Within a 50 km radius the most important city is Uppsala with 141 00 inhabitants located 27 km south south-west of the station. Within a 100 km radius the major city is Stockholm with 1,4 million inhabitants, 91 km in the south, southwest direction. The prevailing wind direction being west, south-west, it is not in the direction of the major cities. The station is located in the southern part of the mainly spruce boreal forest zone. The area is flat with small-scale variations in altitude (up to 10 m).

data data