{"id":58,"date":"2019-06-19T13:56:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T13:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordnorge.dev09.dekodes.no\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2025-06-27T09:16:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T09:16:35","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nordnorge.dev09.dekodes.no\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Our purpose<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The purpose of Northern Norway Tourist Board is to establish and further develop Northern Norway as a sustainable year-round destination, through market development and facilitating sales of Northern Norwegian tourism products. This is to the benefit of employment, settlement and general interests in Northern Norway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We aim to create real and measurable results by increasing the awareness of the region, both nationally and internationally. Our company want to stimulate increased value creation and profitability through close dialogue with our partners and clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ownership and partners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Northern Norway Tourist Board (NordNorsk Reiseliv AS) is mainly owned and financed by Nordland, Troms and Finnmark county municipalities. We also work closely with Visit Norway<\/a> \/ Innovation Norway, destination companies (see our destination map<\/a>), R&D institutions, tourism companies\/networks and other visitor management in our region.<\/p>\n\n\n

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In addition, we have extensive cooperation with our partners Swedish Lapland Visitors Board and Finnish Lapland Tourist Board, first through the projects Visit Arctic Europe (phase I and II) and now the Arctic Europe Tourism Cluster<\/a> (AETC). This project is financed by Interreg Aurora. Other financiers: Innovation Norway, Troms fylkeskommune, Finnmark fylkeskommune, Troms Holding, Regional Council of Lapland and Region Norrbotten.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Northern Norway Tourist Board is also a member<\/strong> of some national and international organizations (click on the logos for more info):<\/p>\n\n\n

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Organization<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Northern Norway Tourist Board has offices in Alta, Troms\u00f8 and Bod\u00f8. If you need to get in contact with anyone in the company, please contact one of the following persons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The employees of NordNorsk Reiseliv, visiting Vester\u00e5len in Dec 2023. Photo: Ian Robins \/ Ringstad Resort<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Alta<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Jan Roger Eriksen<\/strong>
Head of Travel Trade
janroger@nordnorge.com<\/a>
+47 977 43 317<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Olga Phillippenko<\/strong>
Travel Trade Manager
olga@nordnorge.com<\/a>
+47 477 68 508<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ar\u016bn\u0117 Klior\u0117 <\/strong>
Digital mediespesialist
arune@nordnorge.com<\/a> 
+47 482 40095<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bod\u00f8<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Siw Sandvik
<\/strong>Head of Communication and Consumer Marketing
siw@nordnorge.com<\/a>
+47 947 93 075<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roger Johansen<\/strong>
Web Manager
roger@nordnorge.com<\/a>
+47 918 49 075<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rigmor Myhre<\/strong>
Communication Manager B2C
rigmor@nordnorge.com<\/a>
+47 958 55 320<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Troms\u00f8<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Trond \u00d8ver\u00e5s<\/strong>
CEO
trond@nordnorge.com<\/a>
+47 906 26 170<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Knut Hansvold<\/strong>
Project Manager
knut@nordnorge.com<\/a>
+47 926 68 019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marie Nystad<\/strong>
Media Producer
marie@nordnorge.com<\/a>
+47 954 23 503

Agnete Stensland
<\/strong>Market Analyst
agnete@nordnorge.com<\/a>
+47 922 61 436<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexia Diakaki
<\/strong>Project Manager
alexia@nordnorge.com<\/a>
+47 936 23 711<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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