Finn Gunnar Nielsen’s research has been focused on the interaction between the ocean (wind, current and waves) and marine structures. In recent time he has worked with the dynamics of offshore wind turbines. He was professor and director of BOW from the start in 2018 until he retired in 2023. I his previous position he headed the research project developing the world’s first full scale floating wind turbine. For this work he in 2018 was awarded the price of honour from the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences – NTVA.

Finn Gunnar Nielsen is active giving professional and popular presentations about offshore wind energy and renewable energy in general. Have published the book: Nielsen, F. G. (2024) Offshore Wind Energy. Environmental Conditions and Dynamics of Fixed and Floating Turbines. Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781009341455.

Finn Gunnar Nielsen has headed the program board for the master education in energy at UiB. He has lectured basic energy topics as well as in special seminars on offshore wind energy.

Previously he developed and lectured a course in marine operations at NTNU. A special compendium was developed for this course.

Media feature article

• Gard Hopsdal Hansen; Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2025). Kostnadene for havvind faller når vi bygger – ikke når vi venter | DN. (external link)
• Gard Hopsdal Hansen; Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2025). Vi bør se på konkrete kostnader i havvinddebatten | DN. (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2017). Vi kan nå klimamålene ved bruk av havvind. (external link)

Academic article

• Astrid Nybø; Finn Gunnar Nielsen; Marte Godvik (2021). Analysis of turbulence models fitted to site, and their impact on the response of a bottom-fixed wind turbine. (external link)
• Sang Lee; Churchfield Matthew; Driscoll Fredrick et al. (2018). Load Estimation of offshore Wind Turbines. (external link)
• Svein Ivar Sagatun; Kjell Herfjord; Finn Gunnar Nielsen et al. (1999). Participating mass in colliding risers. (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen; T.H. Bindingsbø (2000). Extreme loads in taut mooring lines and mooring induced famping : an aymptotic approach. (external link)
• Maria Krutova; Mostafa Bakhoday Paskyabi; Joachim Reuder et al. (2020). Evaluation of Gaussian wake models under different atmospheric stability conditions: Comparison with large eddy simulation results. (external link)
• Lene Eliassen; Jasna Bogunovic Jakobsen; Finn Gunnar Nielsen et al. (2014). Cascade Analysis of a Floating Wind Turbine Rotor. (external link)
• Astrid Nybø; Finn Gunnar Nielsen; Marte Godvik (2022). Sensitivity of the dynamic response of a multimegawatt floating wind turbine to the choice of turbulence model. (external link)
• Mostafa Bakhoday Paskyabi; Maria Krutova; Finn Gunnar Nielsen et al. (2020). On Stochastic Reduced-Order and LES-based ModelsofOffshore Wind Turbine Wakes. (external link)
• Maria Krutova; Mostafa Bakhoday Paskyabi; Joachim Reuder et al. (2022). Development of an automatic thresholding method for wake meandering studies and its application to the data set from scanning wind lidar. (external link)
• Tor Arne Johansen; Thor Inge Fossen; Svein Ivar Sagatun et al. (2004). Wave synchronizing crane control during water entry in offshore moonpool operations - Experimental results (Reprinted with permission from J. Oceanic Engineering, vol 29, pg 720-728). (external link)
• Peter M. Haugan; Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa; Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2012). The Norwegian Centre for Offshore Wind Energy (NORCOWE). (external link)
• Astrid Nybø; Finn Gunnar Nielsen; Marte Godvik (2021). Quasi-static response of a bottom-fixed wind turbine subject to various incident wind fields. (external link)
• Astrid Nybø; Finn Gunnar Nielsen; Joachim Reuder (2019). Processing of sonic anemometer measurements for offshore wind turbine applications. (external link)
• Maria Krutova; Mostafa Bakhoday Paskyabi; Joachim Reuder et al. (2023). Self-nested large-eddy simulations in PALM model system v21.10 for offshore wind prediction under different atmospheric stability conditions. (external link)
• Maylinn Haaskjold Myrtvedt; Astrid Nybø; Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2020). The dynamic response of offshore wind turbines and their sensitivity to wind field models. (external link)
• Svein Ivar Sagatun; Finn Gunnar Nielsen; Erling Handal et al. (1999). Mooring line tension observed through a maximum entropy spectrum. (external link)
• Sebastien Fouques; Dag Myrhaug; Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2004). Seasonal Modeling of MMultivariate Distributions of Metocean Parameters With Application to Marine Operations. (external link)
• Arne Ulrik Bindingsbø; Finn Gunnar Nielsen (1999). An examination of polyester fiber taut leg mooring systems for deepwater. (external link)
• Tor Arne Johansen; Thor Inge Fossen; Svein Ivar Sagatun et al. (2003). Wave synchronizing crane control during water entry in offshore moonpool operations - experimental results. (external link)
• Tor Arne Johansen; Thor Inge Fossen; Svein Ivar Sagatun et al. (2003). Wave synchronizing crane control during water entry in offshore moonpool operations - Experimental results. (external link)
• Astrid Nybø; Finn Gunnar Nielsen; Joachim Reuder et al. (2020). Evaluation of different wind fields for the investigation of the dynamic response of offshore wind turbines. (external link)
• Sang Lee; Matthew J. Churchfield; Senu Sirnivas et al. (2015). Coalescing Wind Turbine Wakes. (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen (1979). On the Influence of the Propeller Race on Large, Towed Structures. (external link)

Conference lecture

• Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2022). North Sea Wind Resourches. (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2022). Offshore wind in the North Sea. ​An outlook. (external link)
• John Olav Giæver Tande; Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2019). Havvind - kan vi kombinere klimaforpliktelser og ny næringsvirksomhet. (external link)
• Erling Huse; Gudmund Kleiven; Finn Gunnar Nielsen (1999). VIV-induced Vibrations in Deep Sea Risers. (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen; Tore Helge Søreide; Stig O. Kvarme (2002). VIV Response of Long Free Spanningf Pipelines. (external link)
• Astrid Nybø; Finn Gunnar Nielsen; Joachim Reuder (2019). Processing of sonic anemometer measurements for offshore wind turbine applications. (external link)
• Philippe Maincon; Elizabeth Passano; Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2002). An Efficient Finite Element for the Study of Drag Chains for a Floating Pipeline. (external link)
• A.U. Bindingsbø; Finn Gunnar Nielsen (1999). Alternative configurations and materials for deep water mooring : re- sults from a three year joint research effort. (external link)
• Kjell Herfjord; Trond Kvamsdal; Finn Gunnar Nielsen et al. (2002). Coupled Fluid Structure Interaction Simulation of Vortex Induced Vibration of a Submerged Pipeline. (external link)
• Carl Trygve Stansberg; Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2001). Nonlinear Wave-Structure Interactions on Floating Production Systems. (external link)
• Thore C. Thuestad; Finn Gunnar Nielsen; Gunnar Furnes et al. (2001). Development and Technological Challenges for a Deepwater Gas Field in Harsh Environment on the North Atlantic Margin. (external link)
• Erling Huse; Gudmund Kleiven; Finn Gunnar Nielsen (1998). Large scale model testing of deeps sea risers. (external link)
• Erling Huse; Finn Gunnar Nielsen; Tore Helge Søreide (2002). Coupling between In-line and Transverse VIV Response. (external link)
• Gunnar Paulsen; Tore Helge Søreide; Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2000). Submerged floating pipeline in deep water. (external link)
• Carl T. Stansberg; Jørgen R. Krokstad; Finn Gunnar Nielsen (1997). Model testing of the slow-drift motion of a moored semisubmersible in multidirectional waves. (external link)
• Svein Ivar Sagatun; Tor Arne Johansen; Thor Inge Fossen et al. (2002). Wave synchronizing crane control during water entry in offshore moonpool operations. (external link)
• Svein Ivar Sagatun; K. Herfjord; Finn Gunnar Nielsen (1999). Riser colloision : assessment of impact energy. (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen; A.U. Bindingsbø; T.R. Guttormsen (1999). Alternative configurations and materials for deep water mooring : results from a three year research effort. (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen; Gunnar Furnes; A. Wilhelmsen et al. (2001). Development of a deep water gas field on the North Atlantic margin. Challengers related to a pipeline on a rough and steep seabed. (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen (1980). Loads and Motion Responses of Offshore Oil Booms in Waves. (external link)
• Mostafa Bakhoday Paskyabi; Maria Krutova; Finn Gunnar Nielsen et al. (2020). On the Stochastic Reduced-Order and LES-based Models of Offshore Wind Turbine Wake. (external link)
• Sebastien Fouques; Dag Myrhaug; Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2002). Seasonal modelling of multivariate distributions of metocean paramters. (external link)
• Carl T. Stansberg; O. Øritsland; Finn Gunnar Nielsen (1997). Model testing of deepwater floating production systems. (external link)
• Sungeun Kim; Paul D. Sclavounos; Finn Gunnar Nielsen (1997). Slow-drift responses of moored platforms. (external link)

Lecture

• Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2019). Kan havvind bidra til at Norge når klimamålene?. (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2020). Vindkraft i Vinden. (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2022). Hywind - en pioner innen havvind. (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2020). Utslipp, energi og havvind. (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2019). Havvind - En ny industriell mulighet for Norge. (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2019). Havvind - en ny industriell mulighet for Norge.. (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2020). An overview of R&D and innovation activities in Norway. (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2022). Hvilken plass har havvind i fremtidens energiforsyning?. (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2022). Havvind - arealbehov. (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2022). Norsk Havvind - Hvordan har det gått?. (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen; Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa (2022). Akademias rolle i Havvind. (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2016). Summary and highlights from NORCOWE. Introduction, or: How was the key challenges addressed?. (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2020). Norsk havvind, stort potensial - ingen plan?. (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2020). Havvind - Europeiske ambisjoner og norske muligheter. (external link)
• Joachim Reuder; Martin Flügge; Yngve Heggelund et al. (2019). The COTUR campaign - measuring offshore turbulence and coherence With lidars. (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2023). Offshore Wind Energy. Some challenges and future opportunities. (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2022). Hva innebærer havvind med tanke på teknologier og arealbeslag?. (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen; Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui (2022). Hvor bør havvindparker plasseres?. (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2020). Utslipp, energi og havvind. (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2019). Offshore wind and crossover technologies. (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2019). Havind ved UiB. (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2020). What Role for Ocean-Based Renewable energy and Deep-Seabed Minerals in a Sustainable Future?. (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2020). Vindkraft på land og til havs. (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2024). Offshore wind energy. Lessons learned so far. (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen (1997). Noen marintekniske utfordringer knyttet til store havdyp : eksempler på FoU innsats for å løse disse. (external link)
• Joachim Reuder; Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2019). Havvind ved UiB - Bergen Offshore Wind Centre (BOW). (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2020). What role for Ocean-Based Renewable Energy and Deep-Seabed Minerals in a Sustainable Future?. (external link)
• Martin Flügge; Yngve Heggelund; Joachim Reuder et al. (2019). COTUR - Estimating coherence and turbulence with LIDARs. (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2024). Offshore Wind Energy. national and International ambitions. (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2020). offshore Wind. Grasping the opportunities and solving the challenges. (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2022). Havvind. Muligheter og utfordringer. (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2022). Hvilken plass har havvind i fremtidens energiforsyning?. (external link)
• Joachim Reuder; Martin Flügge; Etienne Cheynet et al. (2019). The COTUR campaign - measuring offshore turbulence and coherence with lidars. (external link)

Working paper

• Finn Gunnar Nielsen (1997). Lecture notes in marine operations. (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2000). SIN1546 MARINE OPERASJONER. (external link)

Editorial/Leader article

• Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2022). Perspectives and Challenges Related Offshore Wind Turbines in Deep Water. (external link)

Doctoral thesis (PhD)

• Mostafa Bakhoday Paskyabi; Joachim Reuder; Finn Gunnar Nielsen et al. (2024). Investigation of offshore wind turbine wakes by numerical modeling and full-scale measurements. (external link)

Media interview

• Gard Hopsdal Hansen; Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2025). Kostnadene for havvind faller når vi bygger – ikke når vi venter. (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen; Martin Hirth (2016). Vindkraft er i ferd med å vokse ut av huset. (external link)
• Finn Gunnar Nielsen; Arnfinn Christensen (2016). Norsk havvind drukner i billig vannkraft. (external link)
• Anders Lyngstad; Torbjørn Steen; Snorre Stener et al. (2019). Vindkraft kan gi klimatap. (external link)

Conference poster

• Rouzbeh Siavashi; Mostafa Bakhoday Paskyabi; Finn Gunnar Nielsen et al. (2018). Sensitivity analysis of the response of a floating wind turbine. (external link)
• Maria Krutova; Mostafa Bakhoday Paskyabi; Joachim Reuder et al. (2021). A study of nested simulations in PALM LES in application to the wind turbines. (external link)
• Maria Krutova; Mostafa Bakhoday Paskyabi; Joachim Reuder et al. (2022). Application of the wake identification via adaptive thresholding to wake characterization and lidar retrieval. (external link)
• Lene Eliassen; Jasna Bogunovic Jakobsen; Finn Gunnar Nielsen et al. (2012). Cascade Analysis of a Floating Wind Turbine Rotor. (external link)
• Maria Krutova; Mostafa Bakhoday Paskyabi; Finn Gunnar Nielsen et al. (2020). Evaluation of Gaussian wake models. (external link)
• Martin Flügge; Etienne Cheynet; Yngve Heggelund et al. (2020). The COTUR project: Remote sensing of offshore turbulence for wind energy application. (external link)

Professional article

• Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2024). Energi fra vind til havs. (external link)

Non-fiction monograph

• Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2024). Offshore Wind Energy. Environmental Conditions and Dynamics of Fixed and Floating Turbines. (external link)

Letter to the editor

• Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa; Finn Gunnar Nielsen; Joachim Reuder (2019). Betre kunnskap er avgjerande for havvindindustrien. (external link)

Academic book chapter

• Ida Margaretha Aglen; Carl Martin Larsen; Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2009). Characterization of Measured VIV for Free Spanning Pipelines. (external link)

Radio or TV participation

• Torkild Jemterud; Marie Pontoppidan; Finn Gunnar Nielsen et al. (2023). Abels tårn. (external link)

Research report

• Ove Hoegh-Guldberg; Ken Caldeira; Steve Gaines et al. (2019). The Ocean as a Solution for Climate Change: Five Opportunities for Action. World Resources Institute.. (external link)

Non-fiction book chapter

• Finn Gunnar Nielsen (2023). What Role for Ocean-Based Renewable and Deep Seabed Minerals in a Sustainable Future?. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

Publications 2005 -

Nielsen, F.G.: “Some Hydrodynamic Issues Related to Offshore Wind Turbines.”, 20th International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies. (IWWWFB). The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), Longyearbyen, 19 May – 1 June 2005.

Ilstad,T., Søreide, T. and Nielsen, F.G.: “Fatigue calculations of multi-mode VIV”. Paper 2005-67540, OMAE2005, Halkidiki, Greece, June 2005.

Herfjord, K.,  Nielsen, F.G. and Meisingset, H.C.:” CFD approach to dynamics of long and slender bodies exposed to ocean current”, EURODYN 2005, Paris. In EURODYN 2005, C.Soize & G.I. Schueller (eds) Millpress, Rotterdam, 2005.

Søreide, T. Ilstad, T., Paulsen, G. and Nielsen, F.G.: “Design implementation of multi-span VIV tests”. EURODYN 2005, Paris. In EURODYN 2005, C.Soize & G.I. Schueller (eds) Millpress, Rotterdam, 2005.

Nielsen, F.G. and Søreide, T.: “Dynamic response of pipeline in long free spans or multi-spans”. EURODYN 2005, Paris. In EURODYN 2005, C.Soize & G.I. Schueller (eds) Millpress, Rotterdam, 2005.

Nielsen, F.G, Hanson, T.D. and Skaare, B.: “Integrated dynamic analysis of floating offshore wind turbines” European Wind Energy Conference & Exhibition, Athens, Greece, 28 February – 2 March 2006.

Nielsen, F.G., Hanson, T., and Skaare, B. “Integrated Dynamic Analysis of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines”, OMAE 2006, Hamburg, Germany, June 2006.

Sandvik, P. Chr. , Solaas, F. and Nielsen, F.G.: “ Hydrodynamic Forces on Ventilated Structures”. The sixteenth (2006) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE 2006, San Francisco, USA, 28 May – 2 June 2006.

Nielsen, F.G, Andersen, M., Argyriadis, K., Butterfield, S., Fonseca, N., Kuroiwa, T., Le Boulluec, M., Liao, S-J., Turnock, S.R., Waegter, J. Ocean wind and wave energy utilization, Report  from Specialist committee V.4 to the 2006 ISSC, 16th ISSC, Vol 1, Southhampton, Aug. 2006.

Skaare,B. Hanson, T.D. and Nielsen, F.G. “Importance of control strategies on fatigue life of floating wind turbines”. Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, OMAE2007. June 10-15, 2007, San Diego, California, USA

Skaare, B., Hansen, A.M., Hanson, T.D., Larsen, T. J., Nielsen, F.G., Thomsen, K., Yttervik, R. ”Dynamics of Floating Wind Turbines Utilising Integrated Hydro- and Aerodynamic Analysis”, EWEC 2007, Milano, Italy, May 2007.

Marthinsen, T., Nielsen, F.G., Søreide, T., Fyrileiv, O. Mørk, K., Lie, H. “Breaking Pipeline Frontiers on Uneven Seabed – the Ormen Lange Experience Deep Offshore Technology”, DOT2007, Stavanger, 2007.

Skaare, B. Nielsen, F.G. and Hanson, T.D. “Wave Energy Extraction from the Hywind Flaoting Wind Turbine Concept.”. OWEMES Brindisi, Italy, 2009

Hanson, T.D, Skaare, B. Yttervik, R., Nielsen, F.G. and Havmøller, O. “Comparison of measured and simulated responses at the first full scale floating wind turbine Hywind“ EWEA; Brussel  2011.

Skaare, B. ,Hanson, T.D, Yttervik, R. and Nielsen, F.G. “Dynamic Response and Control of the Hywind Demo Floating Wind Turbine” EWEA; Brussel  2011.