SNS board from the left (2018): Dick Sandberg (WMSE), Torfi Johannesson (senior advisor at NMR), Jonas Rönnberg (secretary at SNS), Johan Wester (senior advisor Skogsstyrelsen Sverige), Ivar Ekanger (chairman of SNS), Morten Ingerslev (University of Copenhagen), Per Hansson (NKJ), Mimmi Blomquist (secretary at SNS), Kristiina Vuopala (Metsä), Adalsteinn Sigurgeirsson (Icelandic Forest Service), Inger Sundheim Fløistad (NordGen Skog), Lennart Ackzell (LRF Skogsägarna Sverige), Valgerður Jónsdóttir (Icelandic Forest Service). Laying: Liisa Saarenmaa (Counsellor at Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Finland).
The executive committee of SNS has two members from each country and one observer from each independent area. Members are elected for four years.
Board meetings are held twice a year.
These are the board members:
Denmark
Morten Ingerslev, Associate professor, University of Copenhagen
+45 35 33 16 76
moi@ign.ku.dk
www.ign.ku.dk
Vinca Neergaard, Dansk Skovførening
+45 51 50 35 86
vinca_neergaard@hotmail.com
www. danskskovforening.dk
Finland
mikko.peltonen@gov.fi
Iceland
CHAIR: Edda Sigurdís Oddsdóttir, Icelandic Forest Service
edda@skogur.is
Valgerður Jónsdóttir, Icelandic Forest Service
+354 461 56 40
valgerdur@skogur.is
www.skogur.is
Sweden
Karin Perhans, Formas
+46 73 712 95 12
karin.perhans@formas.se
formas.se
Göran Hallsby, Skogsstyrelsen
+46 90 15 83 41
goran.hallsby@skogsstyrelsen.se
https://skogsstyrelsen.se/
Norway
Ivar Ekanger, Ministry of Agriculture and Food
ivar.ekanger@lmd.dep.no
www.regjeringen.no
Gunnhild Søgaard, NIBIO
+47 917 27 960
gunnhild.sogaard@nibio.no
www.nibio.no/en
Youth member (Iceland)
Hjördis Jónsdóttir
hjordisjd@gmail.com
Observers:
Åland
Mikael Sandvik, The Forestry Section, government of Åland
+358 182 53 20
mikael.sandvik@regeringen.ax
www.regeringen.ax
Substitutes:
Denmark
Tanja Blindbaek Olsen, Dansk Skovforening to@skovforeningen.dk
Iben M. Thomsen, University of Copenhagen
imt@ign.ku.dk
Finland
Leena Arpiainen, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, leena.arpiainen@gov.fi
Minna Räty, Naturresursinstitutet (LUKE) minna.raty@luke.fi
Iceland
Arnór Snorrason, Icelandic Forest Service arnor@skogur.is
Aðalsteinn Sigurgeirsson, Icelandic Forest Service adalsteinn@skogur.is
Norway
Bjørn Håvard Evjen, NIBIO bjorn.havard.evjen@nibio.no
Sweden
Ann-Britt Edfast, Sveaskog Annbritt.edfast@sveaskog.se
Sofia Backeus, Lantbrukarnas Riksförbund sofia.backeus@lrf.se