Appendix 2
CONFERENCE OF PARLIAMENTARIANS OF THE ARCTIC REGION
THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF PARLIAMENTARIANS OF THE ARCTIC REGION
MEETING IN STOCKHOLM
14 February 2012
List of participants
MEMBERS
Canada
Mr. Ted Opitz, MP
Mr. Dennis F. Bevington, MP
Mr. Tim Williams, Resources and Environment Section, Parliamentary Information and Research Service
Denmark/Greenland
Ms. Sara Olsvig, MP, Denmark/Greenland
Mr. Peder Pedersen, Head of Section
Finland
Ms. Johanna Ojala-Niemelä, MP
Mr. Guy Lindström, Deputy Director
Island
Ms. Gudfridur Lilja Gretarsdottir, MP
Ms. Arna Bang, Adviser
Norway
Mr. Morten Høglund, MP
Mr. Kjell Myhre-Jensen, Head of Section
Russia
Mr. Mr. Vladimir Torlopov, Senator, Council of Federation
Mr. Kirill Mangush, Counsellor
Mr. Nikolay Dankov, Counsellor
Mr. Boris Kashin MP, State Duma
Mrs. Irina Kuzmina, Secretary
Sweden
Ms. Ann-Kristin Johansson, MP
Ms. Karin Åström, MP
Ms. Cecilie Tenfjord-Toftby, MP
Mr. Bengt Ohlsson, International Senior Advisor
Ms. Eva Hjelm, Senior Officer
Mr. Ludwig Höghammar Mitkas, International Secretary
Ms. Jennie Lindqvist, Intern
OBSERVERS
Nordic Council
Mr. Helgi Hjørvar, MP
Mr. Torkil Sørensen, Senior Adviser
West-Nordic Council
Henrik Old, President of the West-Nordic Council
Mr. Thordur Thorarinsson, Secretary General
SECRETARIAT
Mr. Bjørn Willy Robstad, Secretary General
GUESTS
Mr. Carl Bildt, Foreign Minister of Sweden and Chair of the Arctic Council
Mr. Gustaf Lind, SAO – Chair, Sweden
Mr. Alf Håkon Hoel, Regional Director, Institute of Marine Research, Norway
Mr. Ole Kristian Bjerkemo, Chair of EPPR
Mr. Lars Otto Reiersen, Executive Secretary, AMAP
Ms. Birgitta Evengård, Professor of Infectious Diseases and Co-Chair of the Arctic Human Health Expert Group 2011-2013
Mr. Björn Dahlbäck, PhD, Director-General, Swedish Polar Research Secretariat
Mr. Patrick Hebert, Counsellor, Canadian Embassy
Ms. Kirsten Maling Biering, Ambassador, Danish Embassy
Mr. Juha Markkanen, Minister Counsellor, Finnish Embassy
Mr. Frode Solberg, Minister Counsellor, Norwegian Embassy
Mr. Nikolay Shpikalov, Third secretary, Russian Embassy