Mikael Ljungblom appointed interim Managing Director for New Nordics AI
Mikael Ljungblom, currently Director of Public Policy & International Relations at AI Sweden, has been appointed interim Managing Director of the new Nordic-Baltic AI center, New Nordics AI. He will share the role with Iida Lähdemäki, currently COO at AI Finland. As interim directors, their mission is to establish an initial organization, secure further funding, and launch the first projects.
Iida Lähdemäki and Mikael Ljungblom.
In a challenging geopolitical climate, the Nordic and Baltic countries have a unique opportunity to collaborate more closely, faster and more powerfully, on one of the great shifts of our time. To build our own capabilities and prosperity with the help of AI, we must be both hungry and bold. New Nordics AI is a manifestation of that.
Mikael Ljungblom
Interim Managing Director of New Nordics AI
New Nordics AI, which has received initial support of 30 million Danish kroner from the Nordic Council of Ministers, will accelerate innovation, policy development, and the responsible use of AI in the region. The center’s secretariat will be located in Stockholm, and staff will be placed in each participating Nordic-Baltic country.
The center will be officially launched on October 22 in Helsinki, coinciding with Finland’s presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers.
The recruitment of a permanent Managing Director is currently underway.
About the Nordic-Baltic AI Center
The initiative is a collaboration between five of the Nordic region’s leading organizations in artificial intelligence: AI Sweden, AI Finland, Digital Dogme (Denmark), TEK Norge and Almannarómur (Iceland). In addition to the secretariat in Sweden, staff will be hired in all participating countries.
The formal launch of the center will take place on October 22 in Helsinki.
The center will serve as a cross-sectoral hub for governments, companies, and organizations, to consolidate strategic leadership and expertise. The ambition is to include organizations from the Baltic countries as well.
The center is funded in part by the Nordic Council of Ministers.
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