Chromium substituted cobalt ferrites (CoFe 2– x Cr x O 4 , 0 ≤ x ≤ 2) were synthesized through solution combustion method using glycine as fuel, named glycine-nitrates process (GNP). As evidenced by X-ray diffraction data (XRD), single cubic spinel phase was formed for all CoFe 2– x Cr x O 4 (0 ≤ x ≤ 2) series. The cubic lattice parameter (a) decreases with increasing chromium content. Room temperature 57 Fe Mössbauer spectra revealed the Fe 3+ and Cr 3+ site occupancy, the local hyperfine magnetic fields and the substitution of Fe 3+ by Cr 3+ in the lattice. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) showed a refinement of particle size with the increase of Cr 3+ content. Magnetic measurements from 5 K to 120 K have shown a dropping in the saturation magnetization as the chromium content increases. This behaviour has been explained in terms of substitution of Fe 3+ by Cr 3+ in the cubic lattice of cobalt ferrite.