
Members of the Thematic Group
The Nordic Thematic Group on Green, Innovative and Resilient Regions consists of members from all the Nordic countries and autonomous regions. Together with Nordregio's researchers, group members contribute to achieving a better understanding of innovative and resilient regions and people living here as well as provide useful knowledge to decision-makers at national and regional levels.
Countries and self-governing territories
Denmark

Daniel Ravn Paaske Jakobsen
Danish Business Authority

Susanne Nors
Business Region MidtVest
Finland

Johanna Dahl
The Regional Council of Ostrobothnia

Laura Peuhkuri
Regional Council of South Karelia

Petra Stenfors (Vice-Chair)
Ministry of Employment and the Economy
Greenland

Morten Hørkild Sten
The Department of National Planning in the Ministry of Finance
Iceland

Elín Gróa Karlsdóttir
Icelandic Tourist Board

Sunna Þórðardóttir
The Ministry of Culture and Commerce
Norway

Olav Mydland
Regional Political Department at Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, Norway

Bente Boye Lund
Regional Political Department at Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation of Norway

Sissel Strickert
Agder County Municipality
Sweden

Märta Molin
Västernorrland Region

Örjan Hag
The Unit for Regional Growth and Rural Development at the Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation
Åland

Katarina Fellman (Chair)
Statistics and Research Åland
Representatives from the cross-border committees

Cecilia Nilsson
Committee of Svinesund

Hans-Peter Carlson
MidtSkandia

Kate Plaskonis
Greater Copenhagen

Lena Søderholm
NORA

Members who participated in the Nordic Thematic Group for Innovative and Resilient Regions in 2017-2020
Anders Olsson, Region of Värmland, Sweden
Birgitte Wohl Sem (Chair), Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation, Norway
Eigil Carner Nielsen, The Ministry of Finance and Internal Revenue, Greenland
Elín Gróa Karlsdóttir, Innovation Center, Iceland
Elsie Hellström, Committee of Svinesund, Sweden
Gert Elstrøm Kristoffersen, Danish Business Authority, Denmark
Hanne Østerdal, Nordland County Council, Norway
Heikki Aalto, Bothnian Arc, Sweden
Jerker Johnson, The Regional Council of Ostrobothnia, Finland
Jouko Kinnunen, Statistics and Research Åland, Åland
Mikko Huuskonen (Vice-chair), Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, Finland
Per Lyster Pedersen, Government of Greenland
Sigríður Valgeirsdóttir, Ministry of Industries and Innovation, Iceland
Søren Møller Christensen, Municipality of Bornholm Region, Denmark
Örjan Hag, Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation, Sweden