Netherlands Physical Society

The Netherlands Physical Society (Dutch: Nederlandse Natuurkundige Vereniging, NNV) is the professional society of physicists in the Netherlands and a member of the European Physical Society.^[2][3] Established in 1921,^[1] the goals of the society are to promote physics and to serve the interests of physicists in the Netherlands. Its main activities are publishing the Dutch physics journal Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Natuurkunde (NTvN), the organisation of an annual physics conference^[4] and the co-development of the physics education curriculum in the Netherlands.^[5]

Netherlands Physical Society

Abbreviation	NNV
Formation	2 April 1921; 104 years ago (1921-04-02)
Type	Scientific
Purpose	Promote physics and physicists' interests
Headquarters	Amsterdam
Location	Netherlands
Membership	4000[1]
Official language	Dutch
President	Dr. Christa Hooijer
Website	www.nnv.nl

Sections

The NNV has the following sections that focus on either a particular field of physics or a specific topic of interest to physicists:

• Atomic, Molecular and Optical physics
• Energy and Climate
• History and Foundations of Physics
• Education and Communication
• Physics of Plasmas and Gas discharges
• Subatomic Physics