The operations of the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat during the first summer of the International Polar Year 2007–2008 (IPY) had a large focus on using the icebreaker Oden as a research platform. Oden left Sweden in the middle of May to pursue two test-cruises before upcoming Arctic expeditions. In July Oden was chartered for the research expedition AGAVE (Arctic Gakkel Vents), a US-financed project where scientist explored life in the hydrothermal vents from the core of the Earth, which has been found at the Gakkel Ridge, a mountain ridge below the Arctic Ocean. In August the Danish-Swedish research expedition LOMROG (Lomonosov Ridge off Greenland) followed. LOMROG studied parts of the Arctic glaciation history, variations in the covering of the permanent pack ice sheet and the development of the Arctic Ocean circulation and its function in the climate system. The Danish science team worked in the project "Data acquisition north of Greenland" which is a part of the The Danish Continental Shelf Project. LOMROG ended when Oden anchored at Svalbard in the middle of September to drop off it's passengers, and then the ship continued to Sweden to offload equipment and samples. Oden then went to the shipyard to get ready for the upcoming Antarctic season.

The research at the station Kinnvika – built for the third International Polar Year 1957–1958 and situated on Nordaustlandet in Svalbard – was restarted with a focus on glaciology, geology, biology, ecology and atmospheric chemistry. Research projects based in social sciences and humanities were also carried out. Swedish project leader is Veijo Pohjala, Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala university, in cooperation with Arctic Center/University of Lapland in Rovaniemi, Finland.

Projects supported by Swedish Polar Research Secretariat within the research programme SWEDARCTIC 2007, in chronological order:

• All 2007: Properties of aerosol particles in polar regions and trends in background CO2 levels. Project leader Johan Ström, Department of Applied Environmental Science, Stockholm university. » Länk
• April–August 2007: Change and variability of Arctic Systems. Project leader Veijo Pohjola, Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala university. » Länk
• June 2007: The effects of global warming on the bird fauna in the Swedish alpine region. Project leader: Christer G Wiklund, Department of Conservation Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala.
• July 2007: Avian flu, enterbacterias and tick borne infections in the Arctic. Project leader: Ingvar Eliasson, Lund University Hospital.
• July–August 2007: LASHIPA 4 - Green Harbor project (Large Scale Historical Industrial exploitation of Polar Areas). Project leader: Dag Avango, History of Science and Technology, Royal Institute of Technology. » Länk
• July–August 2007: LongTerm, glaciation history in Northern Greenland. Project leader Per Möller, Department of Geology, Lund University.
• July–August 2007: Comparison of gullies on Mars and Svalbard. Project leader Ella Carlsson, Solar System Physics and Space Technology, IRF Kiruna. » Länk
• August 2007: Ice Sheet Evolution and Sea-level Changes in Southern Greenland. Project leader Charlotte Sparrenbom, Swedish Geotechnical Institute, Malmö. » Länk
• August–September 2007: The Steatite Objects Analyses Project (SOAP). Project leader Lars Larsson, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Lund University.
• August–September 2007: LOMROG - Lomonosov Ridge off Greenland. Project leader Martin Jakobsson, Department of Geology and Geochemistry, Stockholm university. » Länk
• Project within LOMROG: Arctic Ocean glacial history and water mass exchanges between the Eurasian and Canadian basins. Project leader Leif Anderson, Department of Chemistry, Göteborg university.
• Project within LOMROG: The tectonic evolution of the Arctic Ocean. Project leader Göran Björk, Department of Earth Sciences, Göteborg university.
• Project within LOMROG: The Danish Continental Shelf Project – Data acquisition north of Greenland. Project leader Christian Marcussen, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland. » Link