The legacy of the Haldde Observatory

• Published in: History of Geo- and Space Sciences
• Main Author: Brekke, Asgeir
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2021
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Finnmark; Northern Norway; University of Tromsø
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-12-1-2021; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00055251; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00054902/hgss-12-1-2021.pdf; https://hgss.copernicus.org/articles/12/1/2021/hgss-12-1-2021.pdf

A historical review of the establishment of the Haldde Observatory in Bossekop, Kaafjord, Finnmark, in northern Norway is presented together with some of the scientific outcomes of the efforts and the aftermath of this enterprise that led to the establishment of the University of Tromsø in 1968 and finally the inauguration of the Haldde Observatory as a historic site by the European Physical Society in 2018.