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Board members of the Åland Islands Peace Institute
2011-2013
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Ms Barbro Sundback, Chair of the Board of Directors and one of the founders of the Åland Islands Peace Institute. MA with a major in psychology. Politically active since the 1970's.
Elected to the Parliament of Åland and Mariehamn's city council since 1979. Active and initiator of several non-profit organisations such as Emmaus Åland, Cultural Association Katrina, folk music team Kvinnfolk and the Feminist Academy in Åland. Participated in the Nordic women's peace marches in 1981,1982 and 1983. |
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Ms Leena Lindqvist, Self-employed, graduate from a School of Social Studies, therapist, pol. Mag. International relations, homeopath, Åland
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Mr Kjell-Åke Nordquist. Associate Professor in Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University, Sweden, and presently Visiting Professor at the Research Program on Human Rights and Peace-Building at Stockholm School of Theology, Sweden. He has been working in the fields of autonomy and conflict resolution both as a researcher and practitioner, and has been a member of the Board and of the Research Council of the Åland Islands Peace Institute since its start. As a practitioner Nordquist has been working with peace processes mainly in Colombia, the Middle East and Timor-Leste.
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Mr Roger Jansson, M Sc. in Economics Member of the Åland Parliament 1979-2003 and 2007-. Member of the Social and Environmental Committee, The Autonomy Committee, the Parliament Office Commission and Substitute of the Legal Committee, the Review Committee and Substitute Member to check the minutes. 1983 and 1991-1993 2nd Deputy Speaker of the Åland Parliament. 1994-1995 Speaker, 1995-1999 Head of the Åland Government. 1999-2001 Member of the Åland Government. Member of the Parliament of Finland 2003-2007
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Mr Pär Stenbäck, Minister (Hon.), board member in several organisations. Monitor for Israel and Palestine, the International Red Cross and Red movement 2007. Inter-faith Action for Peace in Africa 2005. 1995 to present, founding and executive Board member of the International Crisis Group. 1988-1992 Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Minister of Foreign Affairs 1982-1983, Minister of Education 1979-1982, Finland. Member of the board of the ÅIPI since 2006.
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Ms Ulla Backlund, active in the Norwegian Refugee Council, former country director for Georgia, Burundi and Lebanon. She has lived in Switzerland, Algeria, Mali, Norway, Sweden, USA, Moscow, France and Russia. Ms Backlund grew up in Åland. She speaks Swedish, Russian, English, French and German. Her work areas are theater and aid. |
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Mr Nils-Gustaf Eriksson, Psychiatrist, expert in crisis management with own practice on Åland.
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Mr Lars Ingmar Johansson, Born in 1944 in Mariehamn. MA at Åbo Akademi 1969. 1983-2009. Secretary General of the Åland Parliament 1970-1981, conveyancer at the Parliament 1981-1983. Official at the Government of Åland 1970-1981. Assistant to the Ålandic Member of the Finnish Parliament 1968-1970. Writer and lecturer on issues concerning the Åland Autonomy and the Assembly work.
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Ms Sunniva Hansson, LLB (2006) and LLM (2008) University of Essex; PGDipL (2010) The College of Law, London. Sunniva currently works in media law at Warner Bros. Entertainment International. Previous roles include as an associate at the Financial Services Authority in London and legal intern at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, The Hague. Sunniva was born and grew up in Åland. She is a member of the board since 2009. Sunniva speaks English, Swedish, and conversational French and Finnish.
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Mr Roger Nordlund, Speaker of the Åland Parliament since 2007. Member of the Åland Parliament since 1983. Chairman of the Autonomy Committee och Chairman of the Parliament Office Commission. 1995-1999 Deputy Head of the Åland Government and finance manager. 1999-2007 Head of the Åland Government.
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Secretary of the Board of Directors: ÅIPI Information Officer Susann Simolin.
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