NordForsk Board

The NordForsk board is appointed by the Nordic Council of Ministers and has the overall responsibility for the operations of NordForsk.

The board is responsible for the organisation's strategy, economy and personnel policy - within the framework set by the Nordic Council of Ministers.

The NordForsk Board includes representatives of the largest national research funding agencies in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and the Faroe Islands, a representative for Nordic University Association (NUS), as well as observers from Greenland, Åland and the Nordic Council of Ministers.

The chairmanship of the NordForsk Board circulates among the board members.

Minutes from previous NordForsk Board meetings

Board members

Jesper Risom – Chair
Independent Research Fund Denmark

Annika Sølvará – Deputy Chair
Research Council of Faroe Islands

Guðbjörg Andrea Jónsdóttir
Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Iceland

Rune Vistad
Research Council of Norway

Jussi Vauhkonen
Academy of Finland

Anders Hagfeldt
Nordic University Association

Observers

Petar Cavala
Nordic Council of Ministers, Department of Knowledge and Welfare (KV)

Åland
TBA

Greenland
TBA