with Physiologia Plantarum. During the end of the 1940s Nordic plant physiologists faced difficulties in getting their work published in international journals. Professor M. G. Stålfelt from Stockholms Högskola realized that the plant science community in Scandinavia needed their own organization and journal, so he arranged a meeting in Copenhagen 27–28 October 1947 with representatives from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. It was decided to establish the organization Societas Physiologia Plantarum Scandinavica and that it should arrange regular scientific conferences and publish the journal Physiologia Plantarum from 1948. Professor Hans G. Burström from Lund was appointed editor-in-chief of the journal, a position that he administered for 22 years. References External links Scandianvian Plant Physiology Society (SPPS) official website SPPS Newsletter Physiologia Plantarum Botanical societies Non-profit organisations based in Finland Scientific organizations established in 1947 1947 establishments in Finland