Secretary-General of the Nordic Council

Secretary-General of the
Nordic Council

Incumbent
Britt Bohlin Olsson
since 1 January 2014
Nordic Council
Nordic Council Secretariat
Seat Nordic Council Headquarters
Copenhagen, Denmark
Nominator Nordic Council
Inaugural holder Emil Vindsetmoe
Formation Jul 1971

The Secretary-General of the Nordic Council is the head of the Nordic Council Secretariat, one of the principal organs of the Nordic Council. The Nordic parliamentary co-operation, the Nordic Council, is led by the Secretary General in Copenhagen.

The Secretary General together with the Council Secretariat prepares the business procedures which are then processed by the Nordic Council. Preparations are made in consultation and collaboration with the Secretariat for the Nordic Council's national delegations and the party groups. The Secretary General submits reports to the Nordic Council's executive body, the Presidium, which is led by the President of the Nordic Council. The agenda for the Presidium's meetings is drawn up together with the Nordic Council's President.

The current Secretary-General is Britt Bohlin Olsson of Sweden, who took office on 1 January 2014.

List of Secretaries-General

Term of office Country Secretary-General
1971–1973  Norway Emil Vindsetmoe
1973–1977  Norway Helge Seip
1977–1982  Norway Gudmund Saxrud
1982–1987  Finland Ilkka-Christian Björklund
1987–1989  Finland Gehard af Schultén
1990–1994  Norway Jostein Osnes
1994–1996  Sweden Anders Wenström
1996–1999  Iceland Berglind Ásgeirsdóttir
1999–2007  Norway Frida Nokken
2007–2013  Finland Jan-Erik Enestam
2014–present  Sweden Britt Bohlin Olsson

See also

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