Valter Schytt remained the leading personality and promoted the development of the research station until his death in 1985. Valter Schytt 1920–1985 (orbituary) The number of station buildings gradually increased and annual university courses at Tarfala Research Station could start in 1959. Tarfala Research station was officially opened as a research station of Stockholms University in 1961 and expanded by four buildings through a grant from the Wallenberg Foundation. A sauna, a laboratory, a lecture hall and additional living quarters were added in the following years. Winter storm destroyed some buildings in 1975, 1985 and 1993; spring slush avalanches damaged the laboratory hut in 1982 and again in 1991. The damaged buildings were repaired or reconstructed during the following summers.
