About the SSAI
Officers
President
Kári Hreinsson
Reykjavik, Island
E-mail: karih@landspitali.is
Secretary General
Gunnar Bentsen
Oslo University Hospital
Oslo, Norway
E-mail: gunnarbentsen@hotmail.com / gbentsen@ous-hf.no
Treasurer
Steffen Kløve Albæk Pedersen
Odense University Hospital
Odense, Denmark
E-mail: skapedersen@gmail.com
Editor in Chief of Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
Professor Michael Haney
University Hospital of Umeå
Umeå, Sweden
E-mail: michael.haney@anestesi.umu.se
Director Acta Foundation
Søren Pischke
Oslo University Hospital
Oslo, Norway
E-mail: s.e.pischke@medisin.uio.no
Board members elected by the national societies
Denmark
Christian Wamberg, (Danish Society President)
Bispebjerg Hospital
Copenhagen, Denmark
E-mail: christian.aage.wamberg.02@regionh.dk
Rune Sort (member elected)
E-mail: rune.sort.01@regionh.dk
Finland
Anne Vakkuri (Finnish Society President)
Helsinki
E-mail: anne.vakkuri@hus.fi
Timo Kaakinen (member elected)
Oulu
E-mail: timo.kaakinen@oulu.fi
Iceland
Katrin Thormar (Icelandic Society President)
Landspitali University Hospital
Reykjavik, Iceland
E-mail: katrinthormar@gmail.com
Gunnar Thorarensen (member elected)
Landspitali University Hospital
Reykjavik, Iceland
E-mail: gunnithor@gmail.com
Norway
Svein Arne Monsen (Norwegian Society President)
Bodø, Norway
E-mail: svein.arne.monsen@nordlandssykehuset.no
Kristian Strand (member elected)’
Stavanger University Hospital
Stavanger, Norway
E-mail: kristian.strand@sus.no
Sweden
Karin Löwhagen (Swedish Society President)
Sahlgrenska University Hospital/ Mölndal
Göteborg, Sweden
E-mail: karin.lowhagen@vgregion.se
Amanda Irgum Liljeström (member elected)
University Hospital of Umeå
Umeå, Sweden
E-mail: amanda.irgum.liljestrom@regionvasterbotten.se
Ex officio board members
Past President
Professor Klaus Olkkola
University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital
Helsinki, Finland
E-mail: klaus.olkkola@helsinki.fi
Congress President (SSAI congress 2026)
Martin Ingi Sigurðsson
Reykjavik, Island
E-mail: mingi@hi.is
Previous Congress President (SSAI congress 2024)
Professor Janne Liisanantti
Oulu University Hospital
Oulu, Finland
E-mail: janne.liisanantti@oulu.fi
Educational Committee
Cecilia Escher
Karolinska University Hospital
Stockholm, Sweden
E-mail: cecilia.escher@ki.se
Clinical Practice Committee
Professor Morten Hylander Møller
Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet
Copenhagen, Denmark
E-Mail: morten.hylander.moeller@regionh.dk
Research Committee
Current Editor-in-chief of Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
Nordic Young Anaesthesiologists Committee
Lauri Husa
E-mail: lauri.husa@gmail.com / lauri.husa@helsinki.fi
Webmaster
Mads Astvad
Odense University Hospital
Odense, Denmark
E-mail: webmaster@ssai.info (webmaster business), mads@astvad.dk (non-webmaster business)