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About the Department of Soil and Environment

Page reviewed:  07/01/2026

The Department of Soil and Environment is part of the Soil-Water-Environment cluster at SLU and belongs to both the Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences and the Faculty of Forest Sciences. It is located in Uppsala, Sweden.

What we do

Our research seeks knowledge about the interaction between man, soil, plant and the surrounding environment in forest and agricultural landscapes as well as urban environments.

We teach at several of SLU’s undergraduate programs and run two masters programs. Our post-graduate training involves around thirty PhD candidates. On behalf of Swedish authorities, we collect, analyze and report data on the state of the environment.

Do you need answers to specific questions? Take a look at our collaboration page.

Head of department

Johan Stendahl
Johan.Stendahl@slu.se, 018-67 38 01

Deputy head of department

Mattias Lundblad
mattias.lundblad@slu.se, 018-67 22 26

Assistant heads of department

Mattias Lundblad
mattias.lundblad@slu.se, 018-67 22 26
Areas: Agricultural Water Management, Soil Chemistry

Helena Aronsson
helena.aronsson@slu.se, 018-67 24 66
Areas: Soil Nutrient Turnover in the Soil (Skara and Uppsala), Lanna Research Station

Geert Cornelis 
geert.cornelis@slu.se, 018-67 12 68
Areas: Biochemistry of forest soils, Soil Mechanics and Management, Soil and Environmental Physics, Soil Biology

Economy, administration and communication

Head of administration
Britta Lästh, britta.lasth@slu.se, 018-67 25 56

Finance
David Törling, david.torling@slu.se, 018-67 22 76
Martina Camitz Trowald, martina.camitz.trowald@slu.se, 018-67 27 52
Ellinor Norman, ellinor.norman@slu.se, 018-67 14 33

HR-administration
Sara Wassén, sara.wassen@slu.se, 018-67 24 85

Course-administration
Josefine Agrell, josefine.agrell@slu.se, 018-67 15 94

Archiving
Hamede Tajaddodi, hamede.tajaddodi@slu.se, 076-141 74 26

Education

Directors of Undergraduate Studies
Magnus Simonsson, magnus.simonsson@slu.se, 018-67 12 72
Katharina Meurer, katharina.meurer@slu.se, 018 67 24 76

Director of Postgraduate Studies
Elisabet Lewan, lisbet.lewan@slu.se, 018-67 26 29

Laboratory

Laboratory Manager
Johanna Antti, johanna.antti@slu.se, 018-67 26 40

Other contacts

Environmental Coordinator
Helena Linefur, helena.linefur@slu.se, +4618672459

Uppsala

Buses to SLU Ultuna

From the Central station in Uppsala, you can take bus 4, 100. 101 or 188 to Campus Ultuna. The bus company no longer accepts cash on buses in Uppsala, they do however take credit cards. You can find more information regarding timetables and tickets at the Upplands Lokaltrafik.

Visiting address

Lennart Hjelms väg 9, Uppsala. See on map. 

Mailing address

Department of Soil and Environment
Box 7014
750 07 Uppsala

Billing address

SLU Fakturamottagning
Box 7090
750 07 Uppsala

Delivery address

Department of Soil and Environment
Gerda Nilssons väg 5
756 51 Uppsala
Telephone: +46(0)18-67 30 05

Opening hours: 08.30-15.00 (closed for lunch 11.30-12.30)

Skara

Department of Soil and Environment
Box 234
SE-532 23 Skara
Tel 0511-67 000 (växel)
Visiting address: Gråbrödragatan 19, 532 31 Skara

Lidköping

Lanna försöksstation 
SE-531 93 Lidköping
Telephone: +46(0)510-530005

The Department was formed in 2008 through an amalgamation of the Department of Soil Science and the Department of Forest Soils. We moved into our premises in the new state-of-the-art Soil-Water-Environment building at Ultuna, Uppsala in 2011.

Contact

  • Johan Stendahl, head of department and researcher
    Biogeochemistry of Forest Soils