NAPA's board 2023-2025
The board is appointed by the Nordic Council of Ministers and will be constituted in February 2023. NAPA’s board is set for three years at a time, with five members from the Nordic countries. Greenland is represented by one member appointed by the Greenland Naalakkersuisut for Culture (Ministry of Culture).
If there are questions regarding the board, you can contact NAPA at napa@napa.gl.
Board meetings are held semi-annually. Always in Copenhagen around the turn of the year and in Greenland after the summer holidays.
Members of the board of the Nordic Institute in Greenland (NAPA) for the mandate period 1.1.2023-31.12.2025:
Kai Latvalehto – Finland.
Elin á Rógvi – Faroe Islands.
Jakob Søvndahl Skovaa – Greenland.
Kristin Eysteinsdottir – Iceland.
The Danish board member will be appointed shortly.
Chairman of NAPAs board 2020-2022
Juuaka Lyberth
Deputy chairman of NAPA's board of directors 2020-2022
Writer, musician, songwriter, lecturer and freelance cultural journalist
- juaaka@juaaka.gl
Elin á Rógvi
NAPA's board of directors 2020-2022
Children’s book writer and editor of the Faroese children’s radio in Kringvarp Føroya
- elinr@kvf.fo
Maria Huhmarniemi
NAPA's board of directors 2020-2022
Associate Professor at the University of Lapland and visual artist
- maria.huhmarniemi@ulapland.fi
Þórgnýr Dýrfjörð
NAPA's board of directors 2020-2022
Director of Akureyrarstofa, Akureyri’s office for culture and marketing, tourism and local companies
- thorgnyr@akureyri.is