Gunhild Stordalen

Gunhild Anker Stordalen
Gunhild Stordalen in 2009
Born (1979-01-15) January 15, 1979
Haugesund, Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Other names Gunhild Melhus
Occupation Physician, advocate, debater
Known for Founder and president of EAT Foundation, Co-founder of Stordalen Foundation and CEO of GreeNudge
Spouse(s) Petter Stordalen

Gunhild Anker Stordalen (born Gunhild Melhus, January 15, 1979) is a Norwegian physician, environmental advocate and public debater. She is the founder and president of EAT Foundation, the co-founder and chairman of the philanthropic Stordalen Foundation, the CEO of GreeNudge and serves on the board of several commercial and nonprofit organizations. She has been engaged in public debate on issues like climate change and public health and is a driving force in transforming the global food system.[1]

Early life and education

The daughter of a doctor and a civil engineer, she was born in Haugesund and raised in the sparsely populated hamlet of Muggerud outside Kongsberg. According to an interview with Dagbladet in 2010[2] she grew up in an anti-materialistic and pacifist household and was involved with environmental issues from an early age.[3]

Gunhild Stordalen graduated from Kongsberg secondary school in 1998. She enrolled at the medical faculty of the University of Oslo in 2000, and joined the medical research program. She received her M.D. (cand.med.) title in 2007. During her time at University she worked with sexual awareness information for youths (Medisinernes Seksualopplysning) as well as an expert panelist[4] on NRKs radio program Juntafil, a show with 250 000 listeners that answers young Norwegians sometimes very explicit sexual questions. Stordalen also worked as a model during her time at University[5]

In 2007 Gunhild Stordalen enrolled in the Ph.D-program at the Institute of Pathology Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet and in 2010 she defended her doctoral thesis Molecular studies on bone with focus on fracture healing in experimental osteoporosis in the field of pathology and orthopedics. (see bibliography).

Environmentalism

Gunhild Stordalen is an engaged environmentalist. The Stordalen Foundation, which she in 2011, co-founded with her husband Petter Stordalen focuses primarily on climate change and Gunhild Stordalen has written several op-eds on the subject.[6][7]

The Stordalen foundation focuses on 4 separate areas:

  • The Rainforest Foundation
  • Zero Emission Resource Organisation (ZERO): The Stordalen foundation supports the non-profit environmental organization Zero. Gunhild Stordalen serves on the Board of Directors of the organization.
  • European Climate Foundation: The foundation supports the European Climate Foundation (ECF)[8] and Gunhild Stordalen serves on the organization’s supervisory committee.
  • GreeNudge: In June 2011 the couple founded GreeNudge, a non-profit initiative that will initiate and support behavioral research related to energy efficiency and climate change,[9] in order to provide evidence-based data as a basis for decision makers to implement effective climate policies.[10]
  • On April 18, 2012 a new collaboration between University of Oxford/Smith School of Enterprise and Environment and the Rothschild Foundation and the Stordalen Foundation was announced. 250 of the world’s most influential thinkers and leaders have been invited to Oxford University in July to discuss the management of natural resources. Speakers include Bill Clinton, David Miliband, and James Cameron.[11]

Stordalen is an Earth Hour ambassador[12] for Norway.

Animal Welfare

Stordalen is also an advocate of animal rights and refused to do an interview with Elle until they changed their policy on their use of fur[13] and has spoken out against the fur industry on several occasions,[14] she has also contributed at catwalk shows for the Norwegian Animal Welfare Alliance.

Women's health

As the spokesperson of the Norwegian Heart and Lung Patient Organization (LHL), she campaigned to raise awareness of heart conditions affecting women.[15] She has also educated the public on numerous occasions about the subject of her thesis, osteoporosis.[16]

EAT Foundation

In 2013, Gunhild Stordalen founded the EAT Initiative with the idea of transforming the global food system to ensure the growing population a healthy and nutritions diet within safe environmental limits. In 2014, together with the Stordalen Foundation and the Stockholm Resilience Center she hosted the first EAT Stockholm Food Forum. The forum which ran for two days, dealt with the connection between food, health and sustainability. Hosting 400 participants from 28 nations, it was a combination of talks, panel debates and discussions between researchers, politicians and industry.[17] The participants included Charles, Prince of Wales, who spoke via a link on the theme of 'The global food system: A sustainable future', former US President Bill Clinton, who gave the keynote speech, and Professor Hans Rosling. Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland and Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway[18] took part in a discussion from a consumer perspective on food and health. Following this, the Wellcome Trust joined Stockholm Resilience Center and the Stordalen Foundation in launching the independent EAT Foundation in March 2016. This enabled the EAT Stockholm Food Forum to become an annual event, where the brightest minds from science, politics, business and civil society come together to exchange ideas on how to shift food systems towards sustainability, health, security, and equity within the boundaries of our planet.

The EAT Foundation has grown into a global multi-stakeholder movement for transforming the world’s food system. To broaden its reach and spread the message, EAT Foundation, for the first time, organized a food forum outside of Stockholm, namely in Jakarta, Indonesia in October 2017.

Gunhild Stordalen together with the rest of EAT Foundation, aims to stimulate interdisciplinary research by establishing collaboration across scientific disciplines that interact with food issues, to improve nutrition and food safety and tackle global health and environmental challenges including obesity and non-communicable diseases, climate change and ecosystem degradation.

Marriage and family

Gunhild and Petter Stordalen’s romance has been one of Norway’s most publicized relationships since it became public in 2006.[19] On New Year's Eve 2008 Petter Stordalen proposed on top of Aspen Mountain. The NOK 35 million (approx. USD 5 million) wedding was held in Morocco on June 12, 2010, making it Scandinavia’s most expensive wedding, outspending the Crown Princess of Sweden.[20] The lavish treatment of the guests included chartering an airplane[21] and renting all the rooms of La Mamounia, one of the world’s finest luxury hotels. The ceremony was officiated by Bob Geldof[22] in front of 240 of Norway’s most prominent celebrities,[23] from finance and the arts. The wedding received press attention normally reserved for royal weddings; Norway’s largest news website, VG Nett, had a protocol for the public to leave their greetings.[24]

Illness

On 22 October 2014 Stordalen was diagnosed with systemic sclerosis and has since been undergoing treatment for the disease.[25]

Recognitions and Directorships

In 2012 Stordalen was named the youngest woman on Kapital's annual list over the 100 most influential women of Norway[26]. In 2014 WWF Sweden named Gunhild Stordalen as Environmental Hero of the Year and in 2016 she was recognized among the 150 most influential business communicators in Sweden. She is a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Food Forum and was one of 29 leaders selected by United Nations Secretary-General ban Ki-moon in 2016 to provide inspiration and direction for the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement and its mission in eradicating malnutrition [27]. In 2016, Gunhild Stordalen was also awarded with the Norwegian Fredrikkeprisen, the Norwegian Women's Sanitation Association's award.

In addition to being both the founder and president of EAT Foundation, Gunhild is also the founder and chair of the environmental organization GreeNudge and sits on several boards. These include Nordic Choice Hotel Group, Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN), Movement Lead Group, World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council (on the Future of Food Security and Agriculture), ECOHZ Renewable Energy Foundation, BT Group’s Committee for Sustainable and Responsible Business, the climate initiative DrawDown and the international advisory board of the Stockholm Resilience Center.

Bibliography

  • Melhus G, Solberg LB, Dimmen S, Madsen JE, Nordsletten L, Reinholt FP (2007). "Experimental osteoporosis induced by ovariectomy and vitamin D deficiency does not markedly affect fracture healing in rats". Acta Orthopaedica. 78 (3): 393–403. doi:10.1080/17453670710013988. PMID 17611855.
  • Solberg LB, Melhus G, Brorson SH, Wendel M, Reinholt FP (2006). "Heat-induced retrieval of immunogold labeling for nucleobindin and osteoadherin from Lowicryl sections of bone". Micron. 37 (4): 347–54. doi:10.1016/j.micron.2005.11.010. PMID 16387503.
  • Melhus G, Brorson SH, Baekkevold ES, Andersson G, Jemtland R, Olstad OK, Reinholt FP (2010). "Gene expression and distribution of key bone turnover markers in the callus of estrogen-deficient, vitamin D-depleted rats". Calcified Tissue International. 87 (1): 77–89. doi:10.1007/s00223-010-9371-2. PMC 2887935. PMID 20495792.
  • Nissen-Meyer LS, Svalheim S, Taubøll E, Reppe S, Lekva T, Solberg LB, Melhus G, Reinholt FP, Gjerstad L, Jemtland R (2007). "Levetiracetam, phenytoin, and valproate act differently on rat bone mass, structure, and metabolism". Epilepsia. 48 (10): 1850–60. doi:10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01176.x. PMID 17634065.

References

  1. ↑ Vi må lede an Aftenposten. Retrieved 8 November 2013 (in Norwegian)
  2. ↑ Anne Gunn Halvorsen (20 November 2010). "Den grønne, glitrende" [The green and shiny]. Dagbladet Magasinet.
  3. ↑ Staff (Week 47 2010). "Profile: Gunhild Stordalen". Norwegian Climate Network. Retrieved 11 September 2011. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ↑ Pål Hoveng Plassen (20 March 2002). "A different Saturday job". Universitas. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  5. ↑ Marcus Husby (5 February 2007). "Stordalen's model girlfriend". Se&Hør. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  6. ↑ Gunhild Stordalen (23 March 2011). "Helse sukrer klimapillen" [Health sweetens the climate pill]. Aftenposten. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  7. ↑ Gunhild Stordalen (5 November 2010). "Den store klimagåten" [The climate conundrum]. Aftenposten. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  8. ↑ Irene Mjøseng (11 May 2011). "Satser millioner på miljøet" [Investing millions in the environment]. Laagendalsposten. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  9. ↑ Arne Storrønningen (7 July 2011). "På den grønne gren" [On a green branch]. Fremtiden. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  10. ↑ Marianne Løland Skarsgård (9 May 2011). "Svir av 25 mill. i året på miljøet" [Burns 25 million annually on the environment]. Hegnaronline. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  11. ↑ Morten Bertelsen (23 April 2012). "Climate Summit with Clinton". Dagens Næringsliv.
  12. ↑ Ivan Tostrup (15 March 2011). "Earth Hour: Her er ambassadørene" [Earth Hour: here are the ambassadors]. WWF Medlem. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  13. ↑ Espen Sandli; Eivind Kristensen (16 December 2009). "Earth Hour: Stilte pels-ultimatum for intervju" [Made fur ultimatum for interview]. Dagbladet. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  14. ↑ Niels Christian Geelmuyden, Kapital, June 2011
  15. ↑ Irene Mjøseng (14 January 2011). "-Menn har rulet legeyrket lenge nok" [-Men have ruled the medical profession long enough]. Laagendalsposten. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  16. ↑ Mette Heitmann (18 November 2010). "Brekker du lett?" [Breaking bones often?]. TV2. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  17. ↑ .Kungahuset - Prince Daniel and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway attend the EAT Stockholm Food Forum
  18. ↑ Kungahuset - Prince Daniel and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway attend the EAT Stockholm Food Forum
  19. ↑ Ingar Johnsrud; Mads A. Andersen (12 June 2010). "Stordalen ventet to år på flørte sms?" [Stordalen waited two years for a text message]. Verdens Gang. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  20. ↑ Inger Marie Treborg (5 January 2010). "Verdens dyreste bryllup" [The world's most expensive wedding]. TV2. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  21. ↑ Ida Anna Haugen; David Andersen (11 June 2010). "Sushi og Champagne til Stordalen-gjestene" [Sushi and Champagne for Stordalen's guests]. Verdens Gang. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  22. ↑ Kim Daniel Lindegaard (13 June 2010). "Petter Stordalen og Gunhild viet av Bob Geldof" [Petter Stordalen and Gunhild wed by Bob Geldof]. TV2. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  23. ↑ Ingar Johnsrud; Mads A. Andersen; Erlend Skevik (12 June 2010). "Tok helt av på festflyet til Stordalen" [Wild on board Stordalen's party jet]. Verdens Gang. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  24. ↑ Protocol (12 June 2010). "Gratuler Petter Stordalen og Gunhild Melhus" [Congratulate Petter Stordalen and Gunhild Melhus]. Verdens Gang. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  25. ↑ http://www.aftenposten.no/amagasinet/Gunhild-Stordalen---Jeg-er-sa-takknemlig-for-at-jeg-overlevde-7958275.html%5Bfull+citation+needed%5D
  26. ↑ Tellefsen, Giske, Schmidt, Fjærestad, Nestaas, Holth, Solem (1 May 2012). "Norway's most influential women". Kapital.
  27. ↑ http://eatforum.org/person/dr-gunhild-stordalen/
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