About us
Founder
Ola Nilsson attended the Red Cross / Red Crescent United World College in Fjaler, Norway in 1995-97. Living together 200 students from 70 countries at the foot of the mountain and shores of the fjord, really shaped his world view and inspired his social involvement. After Norway, he returned to his hometown of Helsingborg and started working at the local Immigration/Integration Bureau, going out in schools to talk about racism, xenophobia, antirasism, tolerance and understanding. He left for Minnesota, USA, where he completed his B.A. in Political Science with a minor in Women’s and Gender Studies at Macalester College. He got involved in the Dismantling Racism Group, which brought him to national trainings in Mississippi with the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond, and organizing trainings in Minnesota. He moved to Stockholm a year after graduation, where he started working for civil society organizations such as PeaceQuest/Sweden, the Foundation of Women’s Forum, Swedish Red Cross Youth and the National Council of Swedish Youth Organizations. He also initiated a three year project - Forge - aimed at empowering young people to become social entrepreneurs. He has vast experience in large group facilitation, leadership and organizational development. He now lives in Brussels, where he freelances and is involved in various projects, including Rättviseförmedlingen in Sweden and of course, TO OSLO, WITH LOVE.
Hosting team
Magdalena Musiala
A trainer in leadership, team building and personal development, Magdalena is passionate about the development of teams and organizations at all levels and has worked with more than 4000 people through 200 workshops and seminars. Based in Sweden, she has been working for five years throughout Europe for organizations such as the European Union, the Red Cross and Ashoka and the Office of Employment and Swedish business schools HEC and ESSEC in Paris. She was trained in law and political science at Stockholm University and the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris and is also a certified trainer within the method of the Human Element by Will Schutz.
Mette Karlsvik
I took my International Baccaleurate at Red Cross Nordic United World College. I now work as a writer of fiction and non-fiction, and will publish my 6th book this fall. I also work as a journalist and union-worker for Den Norske Forfatterforening/ Union of Norwegian Authors. I am from Nordmøre, Norway.
Oddne Dahle Laegreid
I am a professional host and facilitator working with change and development in private and public organisations. My passions is to bring people together in real conversations about how we meet the challenges we face. I am very curious to see what 3 days of Open Space can lead to in terms of deeper wisdom and action. Look very much forward to see you all.
Juho Toivola
I am dedicated volunteer for the Guide and Scout movement. I decided to participate in TO OSLO, WITH LOVE after attending a dialogue training in Saudi Arabia in the summer of 2011. I am a psychologist, working in HR consulting and I enjoy playing the guitar very much.
Hinda Talal
President Swedish Muslims for Peace and Justice Gothenburg
Agnete Nilsson
I work as a leadership consultant with official institutions all over Sweden. I have a Masters degree in Social work and psychology. My passion is to facilitate and coach leaders in their work with personal development, leadership and teamwork in their organizations. I also work with dialogue methods for large groups in change processes. I have written two books about leadership and project work. In Oslo I will coach the hosting team, take part in the Open Space work and have a reflection group with the process leaders at the end of each day.
Johanna Valentin
I am born and raised in Sweden. I am a student at the Kaospilots in Denmark, a leadership education working with creativity and innovation. I am currently working at The Good Guys, a company working with strategy, communication and sustainable development. I have experience within the field as a process consultant and amongst other projects I worked in Bogota for 3 month, helping an organization working with conflict resolution in Colombia.
Sandra Kinnaman Nordström
I am a social entrepreneur, project manager and a process facilitator, working for The Good Tribe; a company that engages and empowers people in businesses, governmental institutions and NGOs to passionately create change. I am passionate about working with groups of change makers, creating environments and processes where people become creative and reach the core issues at hand. I am currently working on a project to engage youth in the climate issue, helping them develop their own ideas and empowering them as change agents.
Enabling partners
We thank our partners for making TO OSLO, WITH LOVE happen!
Enabling partners:
The following partners helped through substantial contributions and/or in-kind investments to realize TO OSLO, WITH LOVE…
For a full list of the inviting partners who also contributed through their time, networks and spread, please see the Partners page.
