Stockholm Observatory [Stockholms Observatorium] is beautifully located in the archipelago 18 km southeast of Stockholm. The scientific staff, at the present time, includes four professors, four associate professors, two research scientists, one university lecturer, three research associates and four postdoctoral fellows. About 25% of the staff is of foreign nationality. The Research Station for Astrophysics of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences [Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademien - KVA] is located at Stockholm Observatory. Its staff consists of one professor, one research associate and two technical and research staff members; further staff is located at the Solar Telescope on La Palma.
At Stockholm Observatory observational, theoretical and experimental work is carried out. The fields of research include the interstellar medium and star formation, young stars and planetary systems, solar physics, AGB-stars and planetary nebulae, supernovae, galactic structure and dynamics, the Galactic Centre, active galactic nuclei, high energy astrophysics, as well as infrared equipment development. Stockholm Observatory has access to all European Southern Observatory (ESO) instruments, the Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT), the Swedish 60-cm and Swedish solar telescopes on La Palma, the Swedish-ESO Submillimetre Telescope (SEST) and the Onsala telescopes, and European Space Agency (ESA) projects such as Hubble Space Telescope (HST), International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE), Infrared Space Observatory (ISO), the astrometry satellite HIPPARCOS, X-ray Multimirror Mission (XMM) and International Gamma-Ray Astrophysical Laboratory (INTEGRAL), as well as being deeply involved in the Odin satellite project. Other instruments, such as the Keck telescope, the Very Large Array (VLA) and the Australia Telescope (AT), are also extensively used. Computing facilities are excellent.