Board of Directors

Member for Denmark
Jeppe Høst, Senior Advisor
Danish Housing and Planning Authority
jephoe@bpst.dk

Member for Norway (chairman)
Erik Vieth Pedersen, Director-General
Ministry of Local Governments and Regional Development
bjorn-kristen.barvik@kmd.dep.no

Member for Sweden
Maria Eriksson, Senior Advisor
Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation
maria.m.eriksson@regeringskansliet.se

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

Venla Bernelius, Leading Expert
City of Helsinki
venla.bernelius@helsinki.fi 

Member for Island
Snorri Björn Sigurðsson, Head of Regional Development Department
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
Anna Karlsdottìr, Senior Research Fellow
Nordregio
anna.karlsdottir@nordregio.org