Norsk Geologisk Forening er, som resten av landet, sterkt påvirket av COVID-19.
Vi leier lokaler hos Norges geologiske undersøkelse, og de har valgt å følge anbefalingene fra offentlige myndigheter med flest mulig hjemmekontor.
NGF følger også anbefalingene, og sekretariatet sitter nå på hjemmekontor for å være med på Norges største dugnad for å begrense koronasmitte.

Vi er tilgjengelig via mail. En del henvendelser kan ta lengre tid dersom det er noe vi må gjøre fra kontoret. Vi håper på forståelse for dette.

I disse vanskelige tider sender vi varme tanker til alle våre medlemmer og samareidspartnere, ta vare på dere selv.

Vi satser på at det blir mulig å gjennomføre Geologiens Dag i høst, og jobber for at de skal bli mange arrangementer rundt i Norges land den 12.september. 

Dersom noen arrangører vil utsette arrangementet sitt til lenger utpå høsten så er det helt greit. Det viktigste med Geologiens Dag er å få formidlet geologi til "folket", og i disse virustider er vi åpen for stor fleksibilitet.

Årets tema er "Geologi og klima gjennom tidene".

For mere informasjon se: geologiensdag.no

The Nordic Geoscientist Award is presented every second year in connection with the Nordic Winter Meeting. The Award is granted to a Nordic geoscientist who has, in the course of his/her career, been strongly involved in the society around us, as well as in specific fields in the geosciences.

I Oslo the president of Geological Society of Norway, Øystein Nordgulen got the honor to present the award.

In his speech given at den conference dinner on Thursday January 11th the reason for the award was presented.

 The Nordic Geological Award is granted to a scientist with a long career in promoting geoscience in society.
The prize is awarded biannually at the NGW meeting, and the jury consists of the presidents of the Nordic geological societies and the directors of the geological surveys.
The 2020 prize winner’s activity within the geological community and in society has been long and remarkable.
The award goes to a person with an extensive publication record including articles in scientific journals, proceedings and books; mainly related to economic geology, mineral exploration, sustainable mining and the minerals sector in general.
For 35 years he was working in various positions for the GTK and as professor in economic geology at the University of Helsinki.
He has served the Geological Society of Finland as chairman (1995) and vice chairman (1994), led the expert group preparing Finland's minerals strategy, and was one of the key persons developing Finland's Green Mining concept in 2010.
Over the years, the prize winner has played an important international role in developing the Fennoscandian Exploration and Mining (FEM) meeting to internationally recognised event, and has also promoted Fennoscandian mineral resources on a global level at PDAC-meetings.
He was involved in the development of European Technology Platform on Sustainable Mineral Resources (ETP-SMR) and EIT RawMaterials consortiums.It is my honour and privilege to present the Nordic Geoscientist Award 2020 to Prof Pekka Nurmi.

At the NGWM20, the jury for the student poster award judged 39 posters.

The members of the jury: Henrik H. Svensen (jury chair), Nazmul Haque Mondol, Karianne Staalesen Lilleøren, Martin B. Klausen, Jørn Harald Hurum, Emma F. Rehnström, Angvik Tine Larsen and Henriette Linge.  

The jury was impressed by the overall high quality of the posters and the presentations during the poster sessions.
It was exciting to see a new generation of geoscientists already making an impact.
As the quality of the posters were to such a high standard with a wide range of poster designs, the jury has decided to share the prize between two winners.  

The jury’s keywords for award no 1: Straight to the point, very easy to follow, great graphics and images, convincingly argued, and exciting content.
The first winner is Åse Hestnes (Univ. Bergen) with the poster “Ductile to brittle structural framework of the Nordfjord area, Western Norway”. 

The jury’s keywords for award no 2: Untraditional, innovative, artistic, capturing, we want more!
The second winner is Bitten Bolvig Hansen (NHM, Univ. Oslo) with the poster “Morphological trends in the Smithian (Early Triassic) ammonoid Arctoceras blomstrandi”. 

The jury congratulates both students with the outstanding work.

Åse Hestnes              Henrik Svensen	Bitten Bolvig Hansen

   Foto: Hans Arne Nakrem