Nordstrom cemented her place at the forefront of Spanish archaeology when in the 1960s, whilst studying for her doctorate (awarded in 1969 from the University of Stockholm)she managed to stop excavators (by lying down in front of the machinery)from destroying the Tossal de Manises (Lucentum) site.
Manuel Olcina, director of the MARQ museum in Alicante, on which the Lucentum site depends, referred to Nordstrom as the 'dean of archaeology'.
Erudite, polyglot (speaking 14 languages)and a translator (made all the more remarkable as Nordstrom had suffered from impaired hearing since she was a child).
In 2016, a further tribute was paid to Nordstrom by the naming of a 'ninot' after her ( one of the huge 'carton piedra) sculptures produced for the annual 'Hoguera de Sant Juan' held in Alicante.
La Escuera contains an Iberian temple sanctuary dating back to the third century BC, originally investigated by Solveig Nordström in 1960.