Nordic Rheology Conference

 

The annual NRC, the Nordic Rheology Conference features invited speakers of international standing as well as sessions on general rheology. Read more about the next NRC.
Contributing papers are published in the Annual Transactions of the NRS which is distributed to the members. The NRC also offers an exhibition of rheological equipment, poster display and rheology courses which makes it the leading meeting place for industry and academia in the Nordic countries.

 

 

Next NRC

2026
Lund
The Nordic Rheology Conference (NRC) and the Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materia...

Previous NRCs

2025
DRG Symposium, Berlin
The conference is jointly organised by NRS and DRG (Deutsche Rheologische Gesellschaft) and will cover all aspects and areas of rheology. Industrial case studies and academic research papers are equally welcome. The aim is to gather rheologists and enhance the exchange of knowledge between researchers, users, application specialists and instrumentation manufacturers in the Nordic countries, Germany and beyond.
2024
Stavanger
The scope and theme for the NRC2024 will be Rheology for Science and Technology. As usual, contributions from experimental and theoretical contributions from all areas of rheology, industrial case studies, and all kinds of contributions are welcomed. The goal of the conference is to create a gathering of people interested in the scientific, technical, and industrial applications within the science of rheology.
2023
Aarhus
Soft Matter Science meets Food
2022
Reykjavik
The conference, as usual, covers the complete area of rheology.The main theme for NRC2022 is Supramolecular chemistry. All kinds of papers are welcome, especially e.g. industrial case studies. The aim is a large gathering of people interested in the scientific, technical, and application development within the area of rheology.
2021
Cyberspace
In 2021, the Nordic Rheology Conference will be organized jointly with the Nordic Polymer Days (NRC&NPD2021). The special theme of the conference is 'Sustainable Chemistry and Materials', but oral and poster contributions from all areas of rheology, polymer and biomaterials research are warmly welcome. Both academic and industrial researchers are cordially invited to present their latest research findings.
2021
Cyberspace
The Annual European Rheology Conference 2021 was due to travel restrictions held in Cyberspace where participants met as avatars rather than physically. It was almost like a normal conference and you could walk around in the conference centre and choose session, or interact with colleagues at the exhibition area and by a poster, but from a safe distance behind your own computer screen. <br><br> Contributions from industrial case studies as well as academic studies were presented for more than five hundred participants interested in the science, technology and application development within the area of rheology. <br><br> The conference could be followed in the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1959758/">Rheology Forum</a> on Linkedin and the group <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/rheology/">Rheology</a> on Facebook.
2020
Cyberspace
The Nordic Rheology Conferences are open for all interested in rheology. Due to travel restrictions related to the spread of covid-19 the participants 2020 met as avatars in cyberspace rather than physically. <br><br> Like previous NRCs all aspects and areas of rheology were covered including contributions from industrial case studies as well as academic studies, and the aim was a large gathering of persons interested in the science, technology and application development within the area of rheology. There were interesting lectures and posters as well as networking and an exhibition.<br><br>
2019
Gothenburg
The conference covered all aspects and areas of rheology. Industrial case studies and academic research papers were presented. <br/><br/> The NRC2019 highlighted the rheology of cellulose systems relating to the use in polymer composites, coatings, paper, pulp, pharmaceuticals, food, etc. The pulp and paper industry is important in the Nordic countries and special attention was therefore given to this field. Other subjects of special interest for NRC2019 included food, polymeric materials and bio-applications.
2018
Trondheim
Rheology for a better world
2017
København
Joint conference with the AERC
2016
Helsinki
co-organised with the Nordic Polymer days
2015
Karlstad
Particulate and fibrous dispersions
2014
Reykjavik
Suspensions and emulsions
2013
København
Rheology of pharmaceuticals, biopolymers and food powder rheology
2012
Oslo
Rheology for industrial processes
2011
Helsinki
Polymer solutions, suspensions and melts
2010
Göteborg
Joint conference with the AERC
2009
Reykjavik
Suspension and Emulsion Rheology
2008
København
Food rheology
2007
Stavanger
Emulsions and suspensions
2006
Stockholm
Heterogeneous systems
2005
Tampere
Rheology of processing
2004
Reykjavik
Suspensions, Emulsions and Fresh Concrete
2003
Tórshavn
Suspensions and emulsions
2002
Göteborg
Rheology for processing
2001
Trondheim
Rheology of mixed systems
2000
Helsinki
The rheology of polymers
1999
København
Process rheology and measurements
1998
Lund
Gels
1997
Reykjavik
Cement based materials
1996
Stavanger
Industrial Rheology
1995
Helsinki
Polymer rheology – Polymer melts and solutions
1994
København
Food rheology
1993
Göteborg
Rheology of suspensions
1992
Trondheim
Inauguration of the NRS

 

 

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Call for Nominations - NRS Rheology Awards 2026
The Nordic Rheology Society invites nominations for the NRS Rheology Awards 2026, which will be announced at the 35th Nordic Rheology Conference in Lund, Sweden.
  • The Carl Klason Rheology Award is given to a senior researcher, who has made outstanding contributions to rheology and is or was active in the Nordic countries
  • The Young Rheologist Award is given to an early-career researcher, who has conducted outstanding work on the graduate and postgraduate level at a research institution in the Nordic countries

    • A letter describing the nominee and the motivation for the nomination may be submitted by all members of the Nordic Rheology Society to the NRS President Olli-Ville Laukkanen or to nrs@nordicrheologysociety.org. The awardees will be selected by the NRS Award Committee, consisting of Annika Sahlström, Kurt Ingar Draget, Ole Hassager and Jón Elvar Wallevik.

    The deadline for nominations is 15 January 2026.

    If you have suitable nominees in mind, we encourage you to submit a nomination.

    In 2025, the awards were given to Prof. Mats Stading (RISE) and Julie Frost Dahl (Aarhus University).

    More information can be found at https://nordicrheologysociety.org/Home/Awards.
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