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Anna Frost
Anna Frost is a speaker and consultant with over 20 years of experience in leadership and organizational development. She has worked across a wide range of industries, from safety-critical environments such as maritime and healthcare, to multinational corporations including Assa Abloy, Ericsson, ICA, and Mölnlycke Health Care.
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Qaisar Mahmood
Qaisar Mahmood is a Swedish author and social commentator with extensive experience in the public sector, having held a variety of roles within government institutions. Born in Lahore, Pakistan, he moved to Sweden at the age of seven and grew up in Tensta, Stockholm. He holds a Master’s degree in Political Science from Stockholm University and has worked for several Swedish government agencies, including the Swedish National Audit Office and the Government Offices of Sweden.
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Dahlia Rezai
Dahlia Rezai is a political scientist, expert in social sustainability, and a highly regarded speaker who inspires engagement around some of the most critical societal challenges of our time. She is recognized for her courage and warmth, with a confident and professional stage presence that captures and connects with audiences.
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Mona Riabacke
Mona Riabacke is a researcher in decision-making and a frequently engaged speaker and workshop leader. Her lectures are thought-provoking and inspiring, focusing on how we can better lead ourselves and others in times of change, when uncertainty is high and the pace is ever increasing.
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Antje Jackelén
Antje Jackelén is the former Archbishop of the Church of Sweden and currently serves as Archbishop Emerita. She is active as a Senior Advisor and Professor of Systematic Theology at Lund University, with her primary research focusing on the intersection of science and theology/religion.
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Linda Leopold
Linda Leopold combines big-picture thinking on AI with real industry experience. Named one of nine “inspirational women leaders in AI shaping the 21st century” by Forbes, she spent seven years in AI leadership roles at the global fashion retailer H&M Group.
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Joakim Paasikivi
Joakim Paasikivi is known as one of the most frequently consulted security policy analysts in Swedish and Nordic media. He is a sought-after speaker by government agencies, military units, and the business community alike.
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Malin Rapp
Malin Rapp has a background in brain and motivation research and is an expert in creating energy and direction in times of change. She speaks about the courage to lead yourself and how to build workplaces where psychological safety and courage go hand in hand to face uncertain times.
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Hanna Linderstål
Hanna Linderstål has 25 years of experience working in cybersecurity and is a recognized strategist with extensive expertise advising governments, agencies, and corporations globally. Her knowledge encompasses hybrid warfare, immersive AI, and cyber threat analysis, establishing her as a trusted authority in the rapidly evolving digital threat landscape. In 2024, she was honored as Sweden's Security Profile of the Year.
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Christina Stielli
Christina Stielli is a well-known Swedish speaker. She has met thousands of people and her lectures always receive top ratings. Her talks reflects her personality – charming, warm, personal, and with a lot of humor. Christina strives to inspire organizations to create a happier workplace. When employees are happy and satisfied with the management and ...
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Gunnar Söderström
Gunnar Söderström enters the stage with energy and a big smile, ready to inspire. Gunnar talks about I, and how change is necessary for growth, both in our private life and at work. Through communication, motivation, and information, a change process doesn’t have to be difficult or complicated. By creating engagement and involvement, you will ...
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Olof Gränström
Keynote speaker Olof Gränström is a political scientist and economist. Olof’s mission in life is to make people learn and understand more about the world we live in. It is not a lack of data that create our misconceptions of the world – it is our limited cognitive ability to understand the data. However, we ...
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Eric Thyrell
Eric Thyrell is a Swedish motivational keynote speaker. Eric has been delivering fun and inspirational speeches for over fourteen years. His main topics are communication, teamwork, change, leadership, conflict resolution and sales. Eric was nominated as speaker of the year in Sweden 2019 and has received the highest rating, ”Diamond Speaker”, by the world’s most ...
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Gurra Krantz
Gurra Krantz is one of Sweden’s most experienced and merited professional skippers with more than 45 years of international racing. Gurra organized and managed racing projects in two Americas Cup, three Whitbread Round the World Races and one Volvo Ocean Race. He is the first, and so far, the only Swedish skipper with an overall podium finish.
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John Howchin
John Howchin is the former Secretary General of the Ethical Council of the AP Funds and Head of Environmental Affairs at Norges Bank, the “Norwegian Oil Fund”. He has worked globally with the world's largest companies on climate, environment and human rights for over 20 years.
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Peter Kurzwelly
Peter Kurzwelly is a leading expert in artificial intelligence in Sweden and has played a key role in building AI Sweden, the country’s national center for applied AI. In recent years, Peter has been based in Montreal, Canada, where he has collaborated with leading research institutes such as Mila and the Vector Institute to strengthen Sweden’s international AI presence.
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Rebecka Carlsson
Rebecka Carlsson is a sustainability entrepreneur, business advisor and author. She has co-founded a handful of sustainable companies and worked as a political advisor to Sweden’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Climate and the Environment. Rebecka Carlsson is trained in exponential technologies by Singularity University at NASA, and in social entrepreneurship at Stanford Graduate ...
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Fredric Bohm
Fredric Bohm is a licensed psychologist, social worker, author, and Director of Development. He frequently speaks on topics such as relationships, workplace happiness, group dynamics, leadership, attitudes, change, organizational culture, and self-leadership, focusing on how individuals can take control over their own lives both professionally and personally.
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Katarina Blom
Swedish psychologist Katarina Blom, author and TEDx speaker (5M+ views), reveals how strong relationships are the single strongest predictor of happiness, health, and resilience — and the key to innovation and high-performing teams.
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Renata Chlumska
Renata Chlumska is Sweden’s foremost female adventurer with incredible achievements such as paddling around the USA and climbing the ”Seven Summits,” the highest peaks on all seven continents. To make projects like these possible, Renata emphasizes the importance of her team; while the achievement is hers, it would not have been possible without her team. ...
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Charlotte Mattfolk
Charlotte Mattfolk is a senior strategic advisor within the fields of future analysis and strategy, business transformation, digitalization, sustainability and entrepreneurship. Within the field of future analysis, she has a track record of over 500 studies across a wide variety of industries and topics. Charlotte has been speaking about the future the last 20 years, ...
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Ami Hemviken
Ami Hemviken is a human behaviorist and is one of the most popular speakers in Sweden. She has won prizes such as Speaker of the Year and Most booked speaker in Sweden. Her way of making contact with the audience is unique, and give you both laughters and share insights about human behaviors, communication, and ...
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Anders Hansen
Anders Hansen is a psychiatrist, speaker, and popular TV show host with his docuseries about the mysteries of the human brain. He trained at the Karolinska Institute, holds an MBA from Stockholm's School of Economics, and is a published author of several books on the brain.
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Jana Söderberg
Her background as an economist, psychosynthesis therapist, coach and athlete in Germany, USA and Sweden has given Jana Söderberg an unique knowledge about the human capacity for self-motivation and self-leadership.
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Johannes Lukas
Success is not luck and ‘age’ is not a barrier – with this in mind Johannes Lukas started his career as a coach. After his active career as a biathlete and completing his studies, he first started as an assistant coach for the Swedish biathlon team while launching his own company focused on creating individual training plans for ambitious amateur athletes.
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Nicklas Bergman
Straight-talking Swedish entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and thinker, Nicklas Bergman understands and interpret the technological megatrends currently shaping business, society, and culture. He works with forward-thinking leaders and organizations, established and new, to help them navigate an increasingly uncertain future
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Paulina Modlitba
Paulina Modlitba is one of Sweden’s foremost thought leaders in technology and innovation. As an angel investor in tech companies, board professional, keynote speaker, and consultant she takes on society’s significant challenges with insatiable passion. Paulina developed an interest in programming and the internet at an early age. Eventually, she applied to the Royal Institute ...
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Seth Engström
Seth is one of Sweden's most booked artists and he has today worked as a full time professional magician for over 16 years. He is internationally one of the most respected names in the industry and his astonishing arsenal of card tricks has amazed millions of people worldwide.
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Magnus Göransson
Magnus Göransson brings a remarkable background as the former Head of Design at LEGO’s Innovation Department, where he was responsible for shaping one of the world’s most creative work cultures.
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Evelina Anttila
Evelina Anttila is an investor, entrepreneur, and former lawyer who has distinguished herself as a strong voice in AI development, gender equality in business, and the responsibility of capital in shaping society.
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Amer Mohammed
Amer Mohammed is a futuristic digital director, speaker, and entrepreneur with experience in combining business development, technology, change enablement, and design to implement effective, long-lasting enterprise business transformation strategies. He founded his first start-up in 2003, the world’s first web-based distribution system for free newspapers. With his background as a programmer and system architect, he ...
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Nicholas Fernholm
Nicholas Fernholm is the former logistics manager at Älvsjö epidemic hospital, ”robot manager” at the Karolinska Hospital in Stockholm, and project manager for Region Stockholm’s supply of personal protective equipment. Nicholas lectures on how society, organizations, and individuals are affected by the technological shifts and changes in the world around them. We are probably, as ...
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Parisa Zarnegar
Parisa Zarnegar lectures on organizational development and leadership from a neuroscientific perspective. She combines her practical experience with academic and research-based knowledge, offering tangible and applicable tools. With her unique approach, she empowers individuals and organizations to embrace and drive change, foster innovation, and achieve sustainable growth.
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Märtha Rehnberg
Märtha Rehnberg is a climate freak by heart, political economist by training, entrepreneur and policy-advocate by practice. She is the Co-Founder of Copenhagen-based think tank DareDisrupt, specialized in a responsible disruption and exponential technologies.
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Ashkan Fardost
Sweden, the late 90’s, a quiet Stockholm suburb. A teen who dreams of being a music producer has just gotten his hands on the first piece of production software capable of rivaling a professional setup. At the time, he is a weirdo – listening to trance, claiming to make music while sitting quietly in his ...
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Robert Karjel
Robert Karjel is a helicopter pilot and a lieutenant colonel in the Swedish Air Force. His job as a helicopter pilot has taken him all over the world, from peace-keeping in Afghanistan to pirate-hunting in Somalia. Robert Karjel is a unique voice that takes you on a journey through crises and challenges, both in the ...
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Stina Yones
Stina Yones is an inspiring speaker and advisor with deep expertise in strategic sustainability, business development, and trend analysis. With over 15 years of experience spanning both the corporate world and civil society, she helps organizations navigate complexity and develop sustainable business strategies that are both profitable and future-proof.
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David Jacoby
David Jacoby is one of Sweden’s least camera-shy hackers and a leading IT security expert. With over 25 years of experience in professional hacking, he has received multiple awards both as a speaker and for his unique research and work in combating digital crime.
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Andreas Carlsson
Andreas Carlsson is an internationally renowned songwriter, producer and CEO of an innovative music tech company. His music has been nominated for several Grammy and Emmy Awards, and his songs have sold over 150 million physical albums and been streamed over 4 billion times.
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Anna Rosling Rönnlund
Together with Hans Rosling and Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund founded Gapminder in 2005. Gapminder’s mission statement is to fight devastating ignorance with a fact-based world view everyone can understand. She designed the user-interface of the famous animating bubble-chart tool called Trendalyzer, used by millions of students across the world, to understand global development trends. ...
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Ola Rosling
Ola Rosling is the co-founder and president of the “Gapminder Foundation,” which he founded together with his wife, Anna Rosling Rönnlund, and his father, Hans Rosling. As a lecturer, Ola Rosling presents statistics and facts in a way that makes the information easier to understand and remember. His passion and expertise shine through, making the content stick.
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Kjell A. Nordström
Dr Kjell A. Nordström is the interpreter of the new business world. His dynamic style has made him a highly appreciated speaker, and he has given keynote presentations in over 100 countries. The Global Gurus Top 30 Management ranking put him at number 23 worldwide and among the top 5 in Europe.
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Sofia Rasmussen
Sofia Rasmussen is a trend analyst, lecturer, moderator, author, and was nominated for MySpeaker Of The Year 2022 and named one of Veckans Affärer’s 101 super talents in 2019. She has a master’s degree in Political Science and has worked for 16 years researching the labor market and people’s work life values. Sofia Rasmussen lectures ...
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Katarina Graffman
Katarina Graffman is Doctor in philosophy, in cultural anthropology, writer, and lecturer. Based on over 20 years of continuous anthropological studies of the human consumer, Katarina can map and, to some extent, predict human behavior, which is not least important when it comes to sustainable consumption. Katarina has paid special attention to media consumption and ...
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Erik Fernholm
Erik Fernholm is a thought leader, social entrepreneur and award-winning keynote speaker with an academic background in cognitive neuroscience and happiness research.
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Olof Röhlander
Olof Röhlander is the northerner who shifted gears from a career in table tennis to be a mental trainer and author. Sharing a relevant and ever topical message, Olof has spoken to people from all walks of life in a wide array of forums. He has a remarkable ability to reach out even the most ...
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Jacob Bergdahl
If our planet had been created a year ago, humanity would have existed on the planet for ten minutes, and the industrial era would have started only two seconds ago. The internet would have existed for mere milliseconds. In those milliseconds, humanity has created innovations at an unbelievable speed. The invention of technologies such as ...
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Oscar Jonsson
Oscar Jonsson is a scholar of strategy, emerging technology, and Russia who is the founder of Phronesis Analysis and Researcher at Swedish Defence University. His background is that he has ten years of experience working in academia, armed forces leadership, and think-tanks, including 2,5 years of management in the knowledge sector. Oscar Jonsson’s research focuses ...