To commemorate Birkeland's great achievements in technology, applied physics,
and basic research—the
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science at the University of Oslo, in cooperation
with
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, and Norsk Hydro, has inaugurated
a lecture series called
The Kristian Birkeland Lecture.
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| 1987, Auroral Research in Scandinavia | Hannes Alfvén, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden and University of California, San Diego, CA, USA |  |
| 1987, Auroral Research in Scandinavia | A. Egeland, Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Norway |  |
| 1988, "I have it"; Birkeland's quest for research funding. | A. Dessler, Department of Astronomy and Physics, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA |  |
| 1989, Satellite measurements of Birkeland Currents | Thomas A. Potemra, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, USA |  |
| 1989, Birkeland's work with geomagnetic disturbance's in relation to modern research | N. Fukushima, | |
| 1990, On the future of space science and applications | James A. Van Allen, University of Iowa, |  |
| 1991, Helio-magnetism | S.-I. Akasofu, Director, Geophysical Institute, Alaska, USA |  |
| 1992, The origin of cosmic rays | Sir Ian Axford, Director, Max-Planck Institut für Aeronomie, Germany |  |
| 1993, Sun-earth energy transfer | T. Oguti, Director, Solar Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University; Department of Earth and Planetary Physics, University of Tokyo | |
| 1994, The Solar wind—Magnetosphere-Ionosphere connection | S. W. H. Conley, Imperial College, England | |
| 1995, The legacy of Birkeland's plasma torch | Anthony L. Peratt, University of California, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA; United States Department of Energy, Washington, DC, USA |  |