Employees
Ann Helen Hellevik
Ann Helen works on official studies and clean-up tools, as well as heading up the National Coordination Council against Marine Litter. She is a fisheries science graduate with a master’s degree in marine food from the Arctic University of Norway. She worked as a researcher at Møreforsking for 20 years. She previously spent three years working at Sunnmøre Outdoor Council as Head of Marine Litter.
Anja Meland Rød
Anja works on OSPAR, the beach cleaning tools and other areas within marine litter. Anja holds a M.sc in international environmental studies from the NMBU and Universidad de Costa Rica. She has worked on climate projects for the Norwegian Development Fund, environment at municipality level and conducted research on behalf of the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications.
Annsofie Kristiansen
Annsofie’s work has a particular focus on sea-based sources. She holds a master’s degree in comparative politics from UiB and specialised in Norwegian-Russian fisheries management. She was previously the CEO of the Norwegian Coastal Fishermen’s Association, where she worked with public administration, research and policy environments on regulation of fishing and fishing tools in the coastal fleet.
Eirik Okkenhaug
Eirik works with operation and further development of the map tools Rent Hav and Rydde. He has previously worked in Oslo municipality with prevention and clean-up of marine litter in the Oslofjord. He also worked at the Ministry of Defense and at the Norwegian embassy in Beijing. Eirik holds a master's degree in international relations with a focus on environmental challenges in East Asia.
Håkon Arnljot Arctander
Håkon is a lawyer and his work spans a large range of activities at the centre. His background is from the Norwegian Coastal Administration and the Norwegian Public Roads Administration. There, he primarily worked on procurement processes and contract monitoring.
Mads Homleid Busvold
Mads predominantly works on the National Beach Cleaning Project. He is trained as a chemical engineer at the University of Stavanger. He has previously worked as an engineer and project manager at the Municipality of Vestvågøy.
Maria Antonsen
Maria predominantly works on the national Rydde tool. She also works on waste solutions for ports, the national beach cleaning project and the Lighthouse Lofoten conference. Maria holds a master’s degree in Arctic Marine Biology from UiT. After completing her studies, she worked for three years within the waste industry.
Marie-Fleurine Olsen
Marie-Fleurine works, among other things, international cooperation and official studies. She holds a master’s degree in regional planning and cultural understanding from UiT. She has previously worked for the County Governor of Troms and Finnmark with emergency planning, regional planning and climate.
Peter Flermoen
Peter is working with the map tool Rent hav. He is also a part of The national Collaboration Council against Marine Litter. He has a master’s degree in geography from Trondheim NTNU, with specialization in mapping with the use of GIS.
Ragnhild Nyland
Ragnhild works with a special focus on sea-based sources to marine litter. She trained as an environmental manager at UiT/NMBU and as a media engineer with NRK. Ragnhild has worked as an environmental and quality manager in a maritime construction company and as a project manager within nature-based business development.