{{Short description|Polish scientific society}} The '''Baltic Institute''' ({{langx|pl|Instytut Bałtycki}}) in Gdańsk is a scientific society researching the topics of the Baltic Sea countries, maritime economic issues, and Polish-German and Polish-Scandinavian relations.
== History ==
The Baltic Institute was established in 1925 in Toruń, beginning real activities in 1927,<ref name="Grzechnik">{{Cite journal |last=Grzechnik |first=Marta |date=2018 |title=Love of Wide Open Waters. The Polish Maritime Programme according to the Baltic and Western Institutes in the Aftermath of the Second World War (1945–ca. 1950) |url=http://apcz.umk.pl/czasopisma/index.php/APH/article/view/APH.2018.117.07 |journal=Acta Poloniae Historica |volume=117 |pages=195 |doi=10.12775/APH.2018.117.07 |issn=0001-6829|doi-access=free }}</ref> with the main goal of documenting the Polish heritage in Pomerania after 100 years of German occupation and Germanization practices. In 1931 a branch was established in Gdynia. During the German occupation of Poland in World War II the institute was abolished by the Nazis.
The Baltic Institute was re-established in 1945 with its headquarters first in Bydgoszcz, Sopot and then in Gdańsk.<ref name="Grzechnik" /> New branches were opened in Gdynia, Sopot, Toruń, Bydgoszcz and Szczecin. During the big reorganization of the scientific societies in Pomerania, in 1950 the institute became a part of the Western Institute in Poznań, but was made independent again in 1958 with its headquarters in Gdańsk.
== Research areas ==
The Baltic Institute conducts research in the following areas: * knowledge of Scandinavia, and Polish-Scandinavian relations. * Polish-German relation, especially related to Gdańsk Pomerania and the Baltic Sea area. * the newest history and economic cooperation in the Baltic Sea area after World War II.
== Main publications ==
* ''Komunikaty Instytutu Bałtyckiego'' (The Baltic Institute Messages) * ''Gdańskie Zeszyty Humanistyczne'' (Gdansk Humanistic Volumes)
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