About the SSAI

• SSAI ethical code of conduct
• SSAI articles
• SSAI privacy policy
• SSAI diversity policy
• SSAI organisational overview
• SSAI board of directors
• SSAI committees
• SSAI meeting agendas and minutes
• SSAI reimbursement
• SSAI visual identity elements
• National societies

Officers

President

Kári Hreinsson
Reykjavik, Island
E-mail: [email protected]

Secretary General

Gunnar Bentsen
Oslo University Hospital
Oslo, Norway
E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]

Treasurer

Steffen Kløve Albæk Pedersen
Odense University Hospital
Odense, Denmark
E-mail: [email protected]

Editor in Chief of Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Professor Michael Haney
University Hospital of Umeå
Umeå, Sweden
E-mail: [email protected]

Director Acta Foundation

Christian Wamberg
Denmark
E-mail: [email protected]

Board members elected by the national societies

Denmark

Rune Sort, (Danish Society President)
E-mail: [email protected]

Anders Kehlet Navne Nørskov
E-mail: [email protected]

Finland

Timo Kaakinen (Finnish Society President)
Helsinki
E-mail: [email protected]

Johanna Hästbacka (Vice Chair of Finnish Society)
Tampere
E-mail: [email protected]

Iceland

Katrin Thormar (Icelandic Society President)
Landspitali University Hospital
Reykjavik, Iceland
E-mail: [email protected]

Gunnar Thorarensen (member elected)
Landspitali University Hospital
Reykjavik, Iceland
E-mail: [email protected]

Norway

Svein Arne Monsen (Norwegian Society President)
Bodø, Norway
E-mail: [email protected]

Kristian Strand (member elected)’
Stavanger University Hospital
Stavanger, Norway
E-mail: [email protected]

Sweden

Karin Löwhagen (Swedish Society President)
Sahlgrenska University Hospital/ Mölndal
Göteborg, Sweden
E-mail: [email protected]

Amanda Irgum Liljeström (member elected)
University Hospital of Umeå
Umeå, Sweden
E-mail: [email protected]

Ex officio board members

Past President

Professor Klaus Olkkola
University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital
Helsinki, Finland
E-mail: [email protected]

Congress President (SSAI congress 2026)

Martin Ingi Sigurðsson
Reykjavik, Island
E-mail: [email protected]

Previous Congress President (SSAI congress 2024)

Professor Janne Liisanantti
Oulu University Hospital
Oulu, Finland
E-mail: [email protected]

Educational Committee

Ebbe Hvidberg Bessmann
E-mail: [email protected]

Clinical Practice Committee

Maija-Liisa Kalliomäki
Department of Anaesthesiology
Tampere University Hospital,
Tampere, Finland
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Research Committee

Current Editor-in-chief of Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Nordic Young Anaesthesiologists Committee

Lauri Husa
E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]

Webmaster

Mads Astvad
Odense University Hospital
Odense, Denmark
E-mail: [email protected] (webmaster business), [email protected] (non-webmaster business)