NOPHO Board

The Secretary General serves a four-year term, which consists of two years as Secretary General Elect followed by two years as Secretary General. As Chairman of the Board, the Secretary General presides over meetings. The current Secretary General, assigned in 2024, will serve until 2026, when Secretary General Elect will assume the role.

Päivi Lähteenmäki (FI)
NOPHO Secretary General
Elected 2024

paivi.maria.lahteenmaki@varha.fi

Mathias Rathe (DK)
Secretary General Elect

Mathias Rathe (DK)
Treasurer

Peder Skov Wehner (DK)
Auditors of accounts

Trond Flægstad (NO)
Auditors of accounts

Svein Kolmannskog (NO)
Stand in auditor of accounts

Jakob Stenman (SE)
Paediatric surgery

Anna Valaine (LA)
Organizer of the Annual meeting 2025

Denmark

Mimi Kjærsgaard
Danish representative

Yasmin Lassen
Danish representative

Mathias Rathe (DK)
Danish representative and Treasurer

Estonia

Kristi Lepik
Estonian representative

Maarja Karu
Estonian representative

Finland

Laura Korhonen
Finnish representative

Kirsi Jahnukainen
Finnish representative

Iceland

Sólveig Hafsteinsdóttir
Icelandic representative

Ólafur Jónsson
Icelandic representative

Lithuania

Grazina Kleinotiene
Lithuanian representative

Rosita Kiudeliené
Lithuanian representative

Latvia

Anna Valaine
Latvian representative

Žanna Kovaļova
Latvian representative

Norway

Tove Nystad
Norwegian representative

Anne Grete Bechensteen
Norwegian representative

Sweden

Dominik Turkiewicz
Swedish representative

Christina Egnell
Swedish representative

Young NOPHO

Monika Kapitančukė (LIT)
Young NOPHO coordinator

 

Secretary General

Päivi Lähteenmäki (FI) elected 2024

Secretary General elect  

TBA (DK)

Treasurer

Mathis Rathe (DK) 

Organizer of the
Annual meeting 2025

Anna Valaine (LA)

Auditors of accounts

Trond Flægstad (NO)
Peder Skov Wehner (DK) 

Stand in auditor of accounts

Svein Kolmannskog (NO) 

Pediatric surgery

Jakob Stenman (SE)

Denmark

Mathias Rathe
Mimi Kjærsgård
Yasmin Lassen 

Estonia

Kristi Lepik elected 2024
Maarja Karu elected 2022

Finland

Laura Korhonen elected 2024
Kirsi Jahnukainen

Iceland

Ólafur G. Jónsson
Sólveig Hafsteinsdóttir

Latvia

Anna Valaine
Zanna Kovalova

Lithuania

Grazina Klenoitene elected 2024
Rosita Kiudeliene

Norway

Anne Grete Bechensteen
Tove Nystad 

Sweden

Dominik Turkiewicz
Christina Egnell 

Young NOPHO

Monika Kapitančukė (LIT)
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