Secretary-General of the Nordic Council

Secretary-General of the Nordic Council
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Incumbent Kristina Háfoss since 1 February 2021
Nordic Council Nordic Council Secretariat
Seat	Nordic Council Headquarters Copenhagen, Denmark
Nominator	Nordic Council
Formation	July 1971
First holder
Website	Official website

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.

On 1 February 2021 Kristina Háfoss of the Faroe Islands became the new Secretary-General.^[1]

List of Secretaries-General[]

Image	Secretary-General	Country	Term of office
		Norway	1971–1973
	Helge Seip	Norway	1973–1977
	Gudmund Saxrud	Norway	1977–1982
		Finland	1982–1987
		Finland	1987–1989
		Norway	1990–1994
		Sweden	1994–1996
	Berglind Ásgeirsdóttir	Iceland	1996–1999
	Frida Nokken	Norway	1999–2007
	Jan-Erik Enestam	Finland	2007–2013
	Britt Bohlin Olsson	Sweden	2014–2021
	Kristina Háfoss	Faroe Islands	2021–

See also[]

• Nordic Council
• Nordic Countries

References[]

External links[]

• Official website