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)