Welcome to SASP!
SASP 2026
Anniversary Conference
50 years of Pain Science Networking in the Nordic Countries
Pain and the Environment
PhD / Post doc course: May 20, 2026
Conference: May 21-22, 2026
Solstrand Spa Hotel, Bergen, Norway
The Scandinavian Association for the Study of Pain turns 50 years in 2026. On this occasion we celebrate by placing pain in context, addressing the historical, social, psychological, physical and biological environments of chronic pain, pain mechanisms and pain research.
The conference will be held at Solstrand Spa in western Norway, with room and full board included. It is an intimate venue facilitating discussions and networking for two full days.
Solstrand Spa has 134 rooms and reservations will be on a first come first serve basis. The hotel has an excellent cuisine and beautiful surroundings. For more information see: https://solstrand.com/en/
The PhD course will be held the day before the conference in Bergen city(venue to be announced).
Further program announcements will follow.
Save the date
Scandinavian Association for the Study of Pain 2025 Congress
21. – 23.5.2025 Reykjavík, Iceland
Registration is now open! https://www.sasp.org/sasp-iceland-2025/
Deadline for submitting an abstract is March 16th!
The Scandinavian Association for the Study of Pain
Working with pain patients or pain research?
Nurse? Doctor? Psychologist? Physiotherapist? Social worker? Occupational therapist?
Welcome to join!
This pan –Nordic organization aims to stimulate pain all aspect of pain research, to serve as a meeting point for basic and clinical research, and to promote cooperation in pain research in the Scandinavian countries. But, of course we welcome members from all countries in the world.
History
“Old SASP” was founded in 1976 and held it's first meeting in 1977, and served as the Scandinavian Chapter of IASP. National chapters have been created in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. To give room for the national IASP chapters, “Old SASP” was changed to form "New SASP" in May 2009, continue to develop cooperation within pain research.
Minutes from New SASP Founding meeting, General Assembly Copenhagen May 30, 2009
All professionals interested in any field of pain clinics or pain research will hopefully find our organization of interest
SASP arrange one high class meeting per year. SASP publishes the Scandinavian Journal of Pain (De Gruyter) with four issues per year.
The membership is €45 per year and includes the paper version and free access to the e-version of The Scandinavian Journal of Pain.
To become a member of SASP
- New Member here
- Fill out your details, and select "Member new SASP" in the Membership-section.
- Select payment method, we encourage online payment via Visa/Mastercard.
- Renew your Membership here
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