Secretariat

The secre­ta­riat is respon­s­ible for run­ning NPC on a daily basis, inclu­ding con­tact with the mem­bers, infor­ma­tion tasks, coor­di­na­tion of acti­vities and orga­ni­zing semi­nars. The secre­ta­riat is com­po­sed of 6–7 emp­loy­ees who share offices with other peace orga­niza­tions in Peace House in Møl­ler­gata 12.

Hedda Lange­myr

Direc­tor

As a direc­tor Hedda is respon­s­ible for run­ning the secre­ta­riat, the follow-up of pro­jects, com­mu­ni­ca­tion with the authorities/media and col­la­bo­ra­ting with the board.

My name is Hedda Lange­myr and I have back­ground from dif­fe­rent Nor­we­gian peace orga­niza­tions. Among them are the Nan­sen Dialogue-network with focus on inter-ethnical con­flict solu­tion in for­mer Yugo­sla­via and the Nor­we­gian Peace Cen­ter. My aca­de­mical back­ground is from the Uni­ver­sity of Oslo — Inter­na­tio­nal studies.

Con­tact info:
E-mail: hedda@norgesfredsrad.no
Telep­hone: +47 95274822

Alex Klein

Peace House manager

As Peace House mana­ger Alex is respon­s­ible for ope­ra­tion and coor­di­na­tion of the Peace House and its pro­jects.

Alex has a master’s degree in peace and con­flict research. In addition, he has a Ger­man diploma degree in eco­no­mics and com­pu­ter science, and has exten­sive pro­ject expe­ri­ence in both, the IT– and NGO-sector.
His main inte­rests are non­vio­lence, civil society and the use of infor­ma­tion tech­no­logy in devel­op­ment and peace work.

Con­tact info:
E-mail: klein@norgesfredsrad.no
Telep­hone: +47 46 22 54 65

Svein­ung Holien

PR assi­stant

Svein­ung Holien has two bachelor degrees in jour­na­lism and poli­ti­cal science. He works on infor­ma­tion related tasks in the Peace House and in The Nor­we­gian Peace Coun­cil. The big­gest dream of Svein­ung is to get the green light from Hedda to start a smear cam­paign against the Nor­we­gian defence minis­ter Espen Barth Eide over the Nor­we­gian Joint Strike Figh­ter pro­ject. Even though Svein­ung, to some extent, is a sup­por­ter of non vio­lent approa­ches to mili­tary agres­sion, he is also the only per­son wor­king in the Peace House that has done mili­tary trai­ning (con­scri­ped to mili­tary service).

Con­tact info:
E-mail: sveinung@norgesfredsrad.no
Telep­hone: +47 93413045

Bar­bara Trojanowska

Pro­ject coordinator

Con­tact info:
E-mail: barbara@norgesfredsrad.no
Telep­hone: +47 96870350

Chris­tian Clementsen

Pro­ject assistant

Chris­tian is cur­rently wor­king as a trai­nee in the Nor­we­gian Peace Coun­cil with plan­ning and imple­men­ta­tion of arran­ge­ments as his main respon­s­i­bi­lities. He is also a pro­ject coor­di­na­tor for the Colom­bia pro­ject in the Nor­we­gian coun­try group of Peace Bri­ga­des Inter­na­tio­nal (PBI), also seated in Freds­hu­set. Chris­tian has stu­died Social Anthro­po­logy at the Uni­ver­sity of Oslo and was at the same time involved in IWGIA Oslo, a local group wor­king with infor­ming about indi­genous peop­les’ issues in the world. He has par­ti­ci­pa­ted in the foun­ding of Norwegian-Colombian Associa­tion (NCF), an inte­rest group directed towards young adults adop­ted through inter­na­tio­nal adop­tion from Colom­bia to Norway.

Con­tact info:
E-mail: christian@norgesfredsrad.no
Tele­fon: +47 41647568

  

Marie Anette Thoresen

Intern

Marie is emp­loyed on intern basis at the Peace Coun­cil. She has a degree in Inter­na­tio­nal Stu­dies and inter­na­tio­nal busi­ness from Australia. She returns to Aust­ra­lia this fall to com­p­lete a master’s degree in Devel­op­ment Stu­dies at the Uni­ver­sity of Queensland. Marie has exten­sive pro­ject expe­ri­ence through many years com­mit­ments in both Nor­we­gian and inter­na­tio­nal infor­ma­tion organizations. Marie belie­ves that “Know­ledge is King ‘and she aspi­res to pro­mote edu­ca­tion and the estab­lish­ment of trans­pa­rent democra­tic govern­ments in devel­o­ping countries. Marie will pro­bably never be a celebrity, because her dream is to move out into the bush and work directly with devel­op­ment projects.

Con­tact info:
E-mail: marie@norgesfredsrad.no
Tele­fon: +47 97967979