Norwegian Society of Psychological Science

The Norwegian Society for Psychological Science (NSPS/ Psykologiforbundet) is a non-profit association for scholars and students in psychology. Its mission is to promote, protect, and advance the interests of scientifically oriented psychology. The society is co-founder of the open-access journal Scandinavian Psychologist. Psykologiforbundet has international collaborations with the Association for Psychological Science (APS) and the British Psychological Society (BPS).

The NSPS is responsible for the Innovation of the Year in Psychological Science award (Årets Nyvinning). The aim is to stimulate innovation in the field of psychological science. The Innovators of 2014 and 2015 were Greenudge and the OCD-team at Haukeland University Hospital.

Psykologiforbundet has made an extensive effort on social media. On Facebook, they own the most popular psychology page in Scandinavia. They also have an active followership on Twitter. The current president is Gøran Gundersen, who holds an MA in psychology from the University of Oslo.

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