BSPC

Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference

Presidency

The 27th BSPC unanimously appointed
Mr Jorodd Asphjell,
Member of the Norwegian Parliament,
as President of the BSPC 2018-2019 and
Jörgen Petttersson as Vice-President.

CV of President Jorodd Asphjell

Parliamentary terms
2017–2021 Member of the Storting for Sør-Trøndelag County
2013–2017 Member of the Storting for Sør-Trøndelag County
2009–2013 Member of the Storting for Sør-Trøndelag County
2005–2009 Member of the Storting for Sør-Trøndelag County

Storting committees
2017–2021
Member, Standing Committee on Education and Research 19.01.2018 – 30.09.2021
Member, Standing Committee on Local Government and Public Administration 12.10.2017 – 19.01.2018

2013–2017
Member, Standing Committee on Justice 17.10.2013 – 30.09.2017
Member, The Election Committee 08.10.2013 – 30.09.2017

2009–2013
Member, Standing Committee on Health and Care services 20.10.2009 – 22.03.2013
Member, Standing Committee Local Government and Public Administration 22.03.2013 – 30.09.2013

2005–2009
Member, Standing Committee on Health and Care services 19.10.2005 – 30.09.2009
Parliamentary delegations

2017–2021
Member, Delegation to the Nordic Council

2013–2017
Member, Delegation to the Nordic Council

2009–2013
Member, Delegation to the Nordic Council 25.10.2012 – 30.09.2013
Substitute member, Delegation to the Nordic Council 22.10.2009 – 30.09.2012

2005–2009
Substitute member, Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Local government
1999–2003 Deputy Mayor, Orkdal Municipal Council
1987–1999 Member, Sør-Trøndelag County Executive Board
1983–1987 Member, Orkdal municipal council

Political appointments
1983–1985, 2005– Board member, Sør-Trøndelag Labour Party
2003–2007 Chair, Orkdal Labour Party organisation
1977–1985 A number of offices in Labour Youth League at the local, county and national level

Education and work experience
1997–2005 County secretary, Sør-Trøndelag County Labour Party
1994–1997 Self-employed
1980 Qualified in the graphic trades
1977–1994 Printer

CV Vice President Jörgen Pettersson

Jörgen Pettersson studied economy at Ålands handelsläroverk in the Åland Islands. He is also a journalist and previous deputy editor at a local newspaper, Ålandstidningen. In 2011 Mr. Pettersson left the news industry and joined the Centre Party and was elected to the Åland Parliament where he served as chairman for the Committee of finance, business and agriculture. He was reelected in 2015 and became the same autumn chairman of the Centreparty of Åland. Besides that mr Pettersson is the chairman of Mariehamns Elnät Ab, a local electricity company, and publisher of Ålands Sjöfart, a shipping magazine. Jörgen Pettersson have long experience of international cooperation; since 2009 he is the chairman of the International Island Games Association.

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