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  • Nordic Council´s prizes awarded in Oslo

    Nordic Council´s prizes awarded in Oslo

    Nordic Council's five prizes awarded at Gala celebration in Oslo.

    Yesterday, 31st of October, for the first time all Nordic Council´s 5 prizes were announced and presented together at the Nordic Council Prize Gala.

    “Profeterne i Evighedsfjorden” by Kim Leine won the Literature Prize, “The Hunt ” by Thomas Vinterberg won the Film Prize, the violinist Pekka Kuusisto won the Music Prize, “Karikko” by Seita Vuorela and Jani Ikonen (ill.) won the Children and Young People’s Literature Prize, and Selina Juul from the Movement Stop Wasting Food won the Environment Prize.

    The event has been taking place annually. The Nordic Council prizes are each worth DKK 350,000 and were awarded in conjunction with the Nordic Council’s Session in Oslo.

    The Nordic Council is the official inter-parliamentary body in the Nordic Region. The Nordic Council was formed in 1952. The Council has 87 elected members from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden as well as from the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland.

    More information about the Nordic Council Prize Gala.

  • Knight’s Cross awarded to Dr.L. Heininen

    Knight’s Cross awarded to Dr.L. Heininen

    Lassi Heininen

    Professor Lassi Heininen was awarded Knight’s Cross of the Icelandic Order of the Falcon by Dr. Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, the President of the Republic of Iceland due to his contributions for Iceland and the Finnish-Icelandic relations.

    Dr. Heininen is Professor of Arctic Studies and Adjunct professor (Docent) of International Relations at the Faculty of Social Sciences, the University of Lapland (Finland), Visiting Professor at University of Akureyri (Iceland), and Adjunct Faculty at Frost Center for Canadian Studies, Trent University (Canada).

    He has been the chairman of the Steering Committee for the Northern Research Forum (NRF) – an innovative, joint Icelandic-Finnish activity to implement the interplay between science and politics – from the beginning in 1999.

    He is actively involved in speaking at international scientific conferences, and organizing international academic seminars, workshops and other gatherings, such as NRF’s Open Assemblies and the annual Calotte Academies.

    He is also the Editor of the Arctic Yearbook, and the leader of the University of the Arctic Thematic Network on Geopolitics and Security (studies).

    The Icelandic Order of the Falcon is to be “conferred on Icelandic or foreign individuals for achievements to the benefit of the Icelandic peoples, specific sections of the community or parts of the country, or to the benefit of important and worthy causes in Iceland or in the international arena”. The Order was established in 1921.

    Source

    University of the Arctic