The Nordic Art Association (NKF) is an organization dedicated to the visual arts in the Nordic countries, aiming to create networks. NKF was founded 1945 with branches in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden as well as the autonomies of Faroe Islands, Greenland, Åland and the Sámi People.
The Swedish Section
The Swedish section runs an international residency programme, in order to stimulate artistic production, and a programme of public events to promote exchange of ideas between artists, curators, researchers, and the public. NKF also runs temporary projects with the aim of promoting interdisciplinary collaborations and mobility with global reach. The board of the Swedish section consists of artists and curators. Additional board members are chiefly recruited from the sustaining member organizations of the Swedish section.
The board is divided in two sections as follows, executive and advisory
Executive board:
Jonas Böttern, chairperson - shared position (artist, Hillside Projects)
Emily Berry Mennerdahl, chairperson - shared position (artist, Hillside Projects)
Björn Norberg, secretary (curator Ulvhäll Art)
Timo Menke, treasurer (artist)
Sara Rossling (freelance curator)
Liv Strand (artist)
Susanne Ewerlöf (curator Tensta konsthall)
Henrik Eriksson (artist)
Camilla Larsson (freelance curator)
Annika Enqvist (freelance curator)
Advisory Board:
Alvaro Campo (artist)
My Lindh (artist)
Jonatan Habib Engqvist (freelance curator)
Ulf Robé (artist)
Bengt Jahnsson-Wennberg (artist)
Nomination committee:
Salad Hilowle (artist)
Rebecka Wigh Abrahamsson (curator Uppsala Art Museum)