NORDFORSK - Key Persons


Anders Hagfeldt

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board

Annika Sølvará

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Deputy Chair / Research Council of Faroe Islands

Arne Flåøyen

Job Titles:
  • Director

Bethina Strandberg-Jensen

Job Titles:
  • Senior Adviser
  • Senior Adviser / Independent Research Projects Within the Humanities and Social Sciences

Bjørnar Solhaug Komissar

Job Titles:
  • Special Adviser

Bo Nygård

Job Titles:
  • Local Government of Åland, Department of Education and Culture

Bodil Aurstad

Job Titles:
  • Special Adviser / Research and Innovation Initiative on Digitalisation of the Public Sector / Independent Research Projects Within the Humanities and Social Sciences

Emilie Westrum

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Officer

Gudmund Høst

Job Titles:
  • Special Adviser

Gunnar Gundersen

Job Titles:
  • Senior Financial Officer

Guttorm Aanes - CCO

Job Titles:
  • Head of Communications
  • Head of Communications / Sustainable Development of the Arctic
Guttorm Aanes is Head of Communications at NordForsk, and responsible for strengthening the visibility and impact of NordForsk funded activites. He has extensive communication experience from Norwegian ministries and research institutes. Guttorm holds a master's degree in Media and Communication from the University of Oslo. In 2023, he completed a master's programme in PR management and strategic communication at BI Norwegian Business School.

Guðbjörg Andrea Jónsdóttir

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board

Jesper Risom

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Chairman / Independent Research Fund Denmark

Jussi Vauhkonen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board

Kristin Andersen - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • Chief Operating Officer / Sustainable Development of the Arctic

Kristine Janjak Høydahl

Job Titles:
  • HR Adviser

Kyösti Lempa

Job Titles:
  • Special Adviser

Lise-Lotte Wallenius

Job Titles:
  • Senior Adviser

Marianne Berger Marjanovic

Job Titles:
  • Senior Adviser

Marianne Knudsen

Job Titles:
  • Senior Communications Adviser

Mikael Heimonen

Job Titles:
  • Head of Administration

Rune Vistad

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Research Council of Norway

Sandra Danielsson

Job Titles:
  • Senior Financial Officer

Simon Jernroth

Job Titles:
  • Analytics Officer

Sofia Grünwald

Job Titles:
  • Communications Adviser

Thomas Jacobsson

Job Titles:
  • Senior Adviser

Thorbjørn Gilberg

Job Titles:
  • Special Adviser / Sustainable Development of the Arctic