Ragnhild Lied – Head of Nordic trade unions guarding the Nordic model

What are you reading?

“I am always reading a book, preferably two, because I commute. I am reading Barcode by Terje Bjøranger, a classical crime novel, on a tablet. I am also reading Elena Ferrante’s latest book in print. I thought her four Neapolitan novels made for fascinating reading. I always need to have a book, a fiction novel.”

What is your favourite tool in the office?

“I guess I’d have to say the smartphone now.”

What did you want to be when you were a child?

“Early on I wanted to be a ballet dancer, later I wanted to be a dentist, but I didn’t have that many dreams. I enjoyed school.”

What is you hidden talent?

"Baking. I think it is exciting to see what happens with the dough when you have worked it just so. I can really enjoy managing to make a perfect dough for buns, and I can enjoy shaping round, lovely buns. That is something I always enjoy,” she says and laughs heartily.