He is coming from the oil and gaz industry and have worked as a prosject manager. First he moved from outside London to Stavanger in 2011 before he moved to Skjetten with his family.

Det har vært mange saker i norske medier om NORSAR og arbeidet med jordskjelv og andre seismiske oppgaver. Vi skal være i verdensklasse på vårt felt.

We’re excited to announce the release of the NORSAR Software Suite 2026! This year marks an important step forward with the introduction of PasMon — a brand-new product expanding our platform into operational microseismic monitoring.

Birger Steen, administrerende direktør i NORSAR, hevdet i Dagsnytt 18 i går at Norge ikke har tilstrekkelig operativt beredskap i forhold til jordskjelv og kjernevåpen angrep eller ulykker i Norge eller nærheten av Norge.

Charlotte Bruland, (Research Scientist i NORSAR tok imot NRKs Supernytt i. Barn og ungdom lurte også på hva som skjedde søndag morgen med jordskjelv i Oslo-området. Charlotte forklarte. Se intervjuet:

Mange har kommet med ekspertuttalelser som kan forstås dithen at det er muligheter for mye større jordskjelv i Oslo-området og at dette kan få store konsekvenser.

Et jordskjelv med styrke på 3,6 inntraff i morges kl. 09:25 lokal tid, i nærheten av Jessheim, omtrent 40 km nordøst for Oslo. Les mer: https://www.jordskjelv.no/meldinger/jordskjelv-i-oslo

We invite you to a new webinar where we demonstrate how consultants and professionals in the construction and engineering industry.

Keywords for this position: Seismology, Detection, Classification, Machine Learning, Seismic Arrays, Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS)

Use of nuclear weapons in the Middle East: – Unlikely, but not impossible, says Kjølv Egeland of NORSAR to VG. He believes the risk is extremely low, but warns that the conflict could become more unpredictable.

Vienna — In Vienna this week, diplomats are confronting a reality many believed belonged to the past: the possibility that the global moratorium on nuclear testing could come under real strain.

– We are living in a dangerous time. When mistrust is allowed to grow history from the Cold War shows that nuclear powers begin to act on assumptions instead of facts.

Tanja Pejic has been visiting NORSAR for just over a week to exchange knowledge and learn. “We share many of the same opportunities and challenges,” says Tanja Pejic.

On the agenda at today’s meeting between Mayor Berland and NORSAR’s leadership — Birger Steen, Arve E. Mjelva, and Niels Røine — was a review of NORSAR’s projects and strategy.

https://meyerhaugen.no/podcaster/topplederpodcast-med-birger-steen-ceo-i-norsar/

After nine weeks of work and a one-hour tracked vehicle journey from Troll Station in Antarctica, the new NORSAR station is now in place. Ravn, Morten, and Nils are returning home — mission accomplished

Together with Thomas Falck and Liv Dingsør, NORSAR's CEO. Birger Steen has summarized some observations from four years of full-scale war in Ukraine, and what we must learn from it about defending Norway. Article in the newpaper Dagens Næringliv today

United States publicly alleged that China conducted a low-yield nuclear test on 22 June 2020. In response, NORSAR undertook a review of available seismic data from the region.

15 women work in NORSAR with science and we have been able to increase the number over the last years. Today we present seven of them to inspire women and girls

NORSAR has this week launched new functionality in the Zoning Map service that provides digital access to Standard Norway's maps of ground acceleration values in accordance with Eurocode 8.

The NORSAR trio Nils K. Schøyen, Morten Hervik and Ravn Rydtun can enthusiastically report from Antarctica that everything is going according to plan.

NORSAR is establishing a new position as Business Controller. Also to ease the administrative burden for the researchers.

NORSAR is one of 18 research institutes and universities participating in Norway's largest research project ever. POLAR SEA 2050 with kick-off Thursday 5th February!

It goes without saying that Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide is extremely busy these days. We at NORSAR are very grateful that he nevertheless prioritized visiting us yesterday, directly after a week at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Read the press release from the Government here

NORSAR's IT manager Nils K Schøyen is in place and the installation is progressing quickly. The focus is now on the installation of the power station.

NORSAR's Morten og Ravn have completed a new milestone, the container with framework is built, and we are ready to start the installation of power generation.

NORSAR is one of 18 universities and research institutions that make up a consortium called the Arctic Ocean 2050. In the 2026 state budget, the Government has committed to funding research in the Arctic Ocean with NOK 1 billion over the next ten years.

NORSAR's engineers Ravn (26) and Morten (38) have travelled to Antarctica and Troll. They are going to establish a new station where NORSAR listens to the earth.

On Saturday, Ravn and Morten were able to start work on site for the new NORSAR station, approximately 50 minutes from Troll in Antarctica.