Board 2023-2025

Denmark
Thomas Bjørnager, board member

Faroe Islands
Mortan Zachariasen, board member

Greenland
Katja Vahl, board member

Norway 
Ellen Knutsen, board member

Iceland
Signy Omarsdottir, board member

Faroe Islands
Gunn Hernes, managing director

Faroe Islands
Maria Holm-Jacobsen, employee representative

The board is appointed by the Nordic Council of Ministers. It comprises 1 Faroese and 4 Nordic members. The selection is based on a broad combination of competences, age, background and gender. 

Photo from the board meeting in the fall of 2021

Advisory Board

May 1st 2023 – September 1st 2026
LISA: Marita S. Dalsgaard
LISA: Ósbjørn Jacobsen
LISA: Johan Martin Christiansen
LISA: Kristian Blak
LISA: Helle Thede Johansen
Fróðskaparsetur Føroya: Hannes Gislason
Kringvarp Føroya: Barbara Samuelsen
Norrøna Felagið: Eyrith Guttesen Leyni
Føroya landsbókasavn: Laura Vinther
Tjóðpallur Føroya: Barbara Hentze í Stórustovu

Eysturoy: Magnus Magnussen
Norðoyggjar: Jógvan Andrisas Joensen
Vágar: Sølvi Simonarson
Suðuroy: Lív Næs
Norðurstreymoy: Fróði Skúvadal