Patron: Mr Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman, The Nippon Foundation
Honorary Member: Princess Christina, Mrs Magnuson
Honorary Chairman: Ambassador Magnus Vahlquist, Former Ambassador of Sweden to Japan
The Foundation is governed by a board consisting of 13 members. The chairman shall be a Swedish citizen.
Chairman:
Mrs Elisabeth Nilsson (Sweden), Former Governor of Östergötland County, Sweden
Vice Chairmen:
Professor Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard (Denmark), Former Director, Copenhagen Business School
Dr. Jussi Nuorteva (Finland), Chancellor, Orders of White Rose of Finland and Lion of Finland; Former Director General, National Archives of Finland
Professor Gudrun Nordal (Iceland), Director, Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
Mr Tatsuya Tanami (Japan), Special Advisor, The Nippon Foundation; Former Managing Director, Center for Human Rights Education and Training
Professor Henrik Syse (Norway), Research Director, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO); Former Member of the Norwegian Nobel Peace Prize Committee
Mrs Ewa A. Kumlin (Sweden), Former Director, The Swedish Institute in Paris; Former Cultural Counsellor, Swedish Embassy in Paris
Board members:
Dr Anne-Marie Engel, MD, PhD (Denmark), Chief Scientific Officer, The LEO Foundation
Professor Sixten Korkman (Finland), Professor Emeritus, Aalto University, Finland; Former Director General of ECOFIN (EU)
Ambassador Kiyotaka Akasaka (Japan), President, The Nippon Communications Foundation; Former President, Foreign Press Center, Tokyo; Former UN Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information
Mr Ichiro Kabasawa (Japan), Executive Director, The Nippon Foundation; Former Senior News Editor, Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK)
Professor Asbjørn Rolstadås (Norway), Professor Emeritus, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Mr Edvard Fleetwood (Sweden), Secretary General, Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation
Secretary to the Board:
Mr Edvard Fleetwood (Sweden), Secretary General, Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation