As part of the annual council meeting on Campus at the end of April every year, the members of the council elect the UWC RCN Board.
Our Board Chair Geir Jorgen Bekkervold has stepped down due to his new work commitments and a new chair has been elected. Elizabeth Sellevold, our new Board Chair has a Master in Economics from University of St. Andrews, Scotland. Elizabeth is an experienced and versatile administrator based in Oslo and works as Publishing Manager at Vigmostad & Bjørke. She is a UWC alumna from UWC Atlantic and has been associated with the International Council (2016 -2019), the Norwegian National Committee, and has been the chairperson of the UWC Norway Board (2015 -2019).
In addition to Elizabeth, the council also selected 2 new board members, Jens Petersen (Denmark) and Johnny Nilsson (Sweden).
Jens Petersen has long experience as a headmaster at a Danish boarding school whilst Johnny Nilsson adds a lot of experience from politics in Sweden.

UWC RCN BOARD 2022

Chair: Elizabeth Sellevold (Norway)
Deputy chair: Jens Petersen (Denmark)
Sweden: Jonny Nilson
Iceland: Sigridur Anna Thordardottir
Norwegian Red Cross: Charlotte Nordstrøm
UWC Norway: Ivar Lund-Mathiesen
Staff Rep: Ashok Singh
Student Rep: Marie Rasmussen

We look forward to working together with the new board!
At the same time, we would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank both Hans Lindemann and Jan Björkman who have served our Board 4 and 2 periods respectively. Hans was elected in 2010 as a representative for Denmark. During these years he also has also been most active with the Danish national committee. Hans came to us with extensive experience as a Rektor and teacher of Mathematics. During many of these years, Hans has acted as the Deputy Chair of the Board and has represented the College in the International Council of UWC. Jan Björkman joined us with a background as a politician from Sweden, having been a member of the Parliament and the Education Committee, as well as the First Vice-Speaker of the Parliament. Jan was a member of our Council from 2012 to 2016, before he joined the Board. Hans and Jan have found practical ways of utilizing their affinity with the UWC values, to the benefit of the College as a whole and for making us better known to key stakeholders in their respective countries.

You can find the full overview of board and council members here.

UWC Red Cross Nordic is governed by a Board and a Council in accordance with the statutes of the Red Cross Nordic United World College Foundation. Over the weekend 22.04-24.04 we could finally welcome back the college’s Council to a physical meeting on campus. It has been over 2 years since we could gather together.  

During the weekend there have been intensive, interesting, and rewarding meetings full of positive discussions and workshops about the way ahead for UWC RCN. The workshop centered around meaningful alumni engagement, sustainability – from vision to action, and how to position UWC RCN to relevant stakeholders after 2 years of a pandemic.  The work that has been started at the Council meeting, will be followed up by the Board and management in May.

Over the course of the weekend Council and Board members also interacted with students and staff at the college. Some council members returned back to Campus for the first time after graduation from RCN explaining how interesting it is to sit on the other side of the table understanding even more of the complexity of the organisation. 

Part of the Council’s task is to elect both the Board and the Council. Ingegerd Wärnerson and Bjarki Bragason have completed their term on the Council as representatives from Sweden and Iceland. Ingegerd joined the UWC RCN Board in 2007, where she served for 2 periods, the last one as Deputy Chair. Governance within the UWC depends on the willingness of voluntary service that our outgoing Board and Council Members typify. On behalf of all our students and staff – a big thanks for what you have given!

You can find the full overview of the Council and Board members here.