Aase Helene Fidje Ødegaard – 2017

During a period of 2 years, Aase Helene Fidje Ødegaard made 25 national costumes out of garbage – mainly from her own household. She wanted to focus on the joy of recycling rubbish. Most of us have to look closely before we realise that the costumes in fact are made of chocolate paper, plastic bags, […]

Mike Troxel – 2017

Mike Troxel is born and raised in Denver, Colorado, but moved to Chicago as a young man. There he met and married a lovely Norwegian lady and now has 4 children. He has worked for over 25 years with culture, social and entrepreneurial-related projects and startups. From music festivals to poverty and justice issues to […]

Mozhgan Tavakolifard – 2017

Mozhgan Tavakolifard holds a PhD in Machine Learning and started her career as Data Scientist. She founded her first company, DharmicData, in 2015. The company, consisting of 12 world-class employees, became one of the first and biggest Nordic Data Centres of Excellence. The main product of the company was a personalisation platform to collect data […]

Oskar Blakstad – 2017

Oskar Blakstad is a clinical psychologist and tech enthusiast from Norway. He focuses on implementing internet technologies in healthcare units. Blakstad founded Explorable.com, a website about science for students, which has been visited by more than 50 million users. Blakstad is currently working on creating an automated online treatment for individuals with mental health problems, […]

Thomas Idem – 2017

Thomas Idem, also known as the ADHD coach (ADHDCoachen), has extensive experience in fields like journalism, tourism and the event industry. He himself has the diagnosis of ADHD and thinks it suits him well. Thomas puts prejudices and myths about ADHD to question and gives us an insight and how we can focus on the […]

Angela Luna – 2017

Angela Luna is the founder & CEO of ADIFF, a humanitarian outerwear startup that utilizes the fashion industry to provide aid for global displacement. Coming from a background in design, she saw the massive unrealized potential of the fashion industry and sought to create change. She is a member of the Forbes 30 Under 30 […]

Venke Knutson – 2017

Venke Knutson is a songwriter, a teacher and the founder of Poprommet.no, a fast-growing music school in Norway. She is also the head behind the philosophy «Mappeløs», which encourages everyone to be met with the same expectations no matter where they come from; We will not let your past decide what you can do or be […]

Svein Wilhelmsen – 2017

Svein Wilhelmsen founded Basecamp Explorer & Basecamp Foundation in 1998. The Basecamp Group has since worked to preserve one of the world’s most important ecosystems for our larger mammals; the world-famous Masai Mara wildlife area in Kenya. The Mara ecosystem is also vital for the preservation of Serengeti, Tanzania – and vice versa. The conservation […]

Nancy Westerberg – 2017

Nancy Westerberg used to be an occupational therapist. Some 20 years ago she embarked on a new and exciting chapter in her life. She was then 60 years old, retired and able to devote her time, at least, to her “first love” – being creative and working with all kinds of materials. Some quite ordinary […]

Æli Manouchehri – 2017

Æli Manouchehri is an IT Engineer with a passion for technology and the future use of tech to help improve the quality of living for all. Æli was born in Tehran, Iran, but his entire family fled to Norway during the revolution when he was just 5 years old. He got his degree in IT […]