Board of Directors

Member for Denmark (chairman)
Kasper Lykke Kirkelund Søndergaard
Danish Housing and Planning Authority
kasson@plst.dk

Sara Aasted Paarup, Vicedirektør (Deputy Member)
Plan – og Landdistriktsstyrelsen
sarpaa@bpst.dk

Member for Norway
Erik Vieth Pedersen, Director-General
Ministry of Local Governments and Regional Development
evp@kdd.dep.no

Björn Kristen Barvik, Head of Department (Deputy Member)
Ministry of Local Governments and Regional Development

Member for Sweden
Maria Eriksson, Senior Advisor
Ministry of Rural Affairs and Infrastructure
maria.m.eriksson@regeringskansliet.se

Mattias Moberg, Head of Unit, (Deputy Member)
Ministry of Rural Affairs and Infrastructure

Members for Finland
Olli Voutilainen, Senior Officer
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment
olli.voutilainen@tem.fi

Venla Bernelius, Leading Expert (Deputy Member)
City of Helsinki
venla.bernelius@helsinki.fi 

Member for Island
Aðalsteinn Þorsteinsson, Chief Executive
Ministry of Infrastructure

Snorri Björn Sigurðsson, Head of Regional Development Department (Deputy Member)
Icelandic Regional Development Institute
snorribjornsigursson@gmail.com

Member for Åland
Katarina Fellman, Director
Statistics and Research Åland
katarina.fellman@asub.ax

Member for the Faroe Islands
Eyðun Christiansen, Director
Association of Local Governments
eydunc@kf.fo

Representative from Nordregio staff
Elin Slätmo, Senior Research Fellow
Nordregio
elin.slatmo@nordregio.org