Board of NGF

The executive committee
President: Carin Lennartsson, Sweden
1. Vice President: Mikaela von Bonsdorrf, Finland
2. Vice President: Jette Thuesen, Denmark
Secretary General at 27NKG: Amaia Calderón Larrañaga, Sweden

NGF representatives in the member organizations:
Iceland
Sirrý Sif Sigurlaurdóttir, Societas Gerontologica Islandica
Konstantin Shcherbak, Icelandic Geriatric Society
Norway
Vegard Skirbekk, Norwegian Society for Aging Research
Nils Holand, Norwegian Geriatrics Association
Sweden
Joy Torgé, Swedish Gerontological Society
Peter Nordström, Swedish Geriatric Society
Finland
Mikaela von Bonsdorff, Societas Gerontologica Fennica
Heli Tikkanen, Finnish Geriatric Society
Linda Enroth, Finnish Society for Growth and Ageing Research
Denmark
Pia Nimann Kannegaard, Danish Society for Geriatrics
Jette Thuesen, Danish Gerontological Society.

More information about the member organizations and their NGF representatives is presented on the interleaf About NGF.     

Secretary and treasurer of the NGF: Louise Scheel Thomasen.

Scientific commitee

The Scientific Committee of NGF for the years 2023 & 2024:

Denmark
Paolo Caserotti
University of Southern Denmark, Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics
Pia Nimann Kannegaard
Bispebjerg Hospital, Department of Geriatric Medicine
Aske Juul Lassen
University of Copenhagen, SAXO-Institute and Centre for Healthy Aging
Charlotte Juul Nilsson
University of Copenhagen, Department of Public Health
Christine Swane
The EGV Foundation

Finland
Ilkka Pietilä
University of Helsinki, Faculty of Social Sciences
Sari Stenholm
University of Turku, Department of Public Health
Hanna-Maria Roitto
University of Helsinki
Jutta Pulkki
Tampere University, Faculty of Social Sciences
Elina Sillanpää
University of Jyväskylä, Gerontology Research Center, Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences

Iceland
Ólöf Guðný Geirsdóttir
University of Iceland, Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition & The Icelandic Gerontological Research Institute
Sirrý Sif Sigurlaugardóttir
University of Iceland, faculty of Social Work and the Icelandic Gerontological Society
Gudlaug Thorsdottir
University Hospital in Reykjavik
Sigrún Sunna Skúladóttir
University of Iceland, Faculty of Nursing & The Icelandic Osteoporosis Society
Baldur Helgi Ingvarsson
MD, Geriatrician at Landspitali University Hospital

Norway
Kristin Taraldsen
Department of Physiotherapy, Oslo Metropolitan University
Tale Hellevik
NOVA, Section for Age Research and Housing Studies, Oslo Metropolitan University
 Marja Aartsen
NOVA, Norwegian Social Research, Oslo and Akerhus university college of Applied Sciences, Oslo
Zada Pajalic
Faculty of Health Sciences at (HiOA), Oslo and Akerhus university college of Applied Sciences, Oslo

Sweden
Janicke Andersson
School of Health and Welfare, Halmstad University
Maya Kylén
Department of Health Sciences, Lund University
Joy Torgé
Department of Social Work, Linköping University
Andreas Motel-Klingebiel
Department of Ageing and Social Change, Linköping University
Charlotta Nilsen
Institute of Gerontology, Jönköping University

NGF

The Nordic Gerontological Federation (NGF) was founded 1974 as an umbrella organization for the gerontological and geriatric organizations in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The primary mission of NGF is to support, organize and expand gerontological research, development and eduction within the Nordic countries. Read more about NGF by clicking the tabs in the left menu.