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Matilda af Hällström, entrepreneurial Nordic Council lobbyist in Brussels

It is an active 24-year-old which the Nordic Council has chosen to be its first local representative in Brussels. Matilda af Hällström is already busy finding out how the Nordic Council can improve its cooperation with the EU and within the EU.
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One minute interview

What are you reading?

Against All Odds by Jorma Ollila (the former head of Nokia).

What is your favourite tool in the office?

Email. 

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

A Broadway musical star. 

What is your hidden talent?

I am good at football. I am currently playing in the British United Football Club. We play in the highest amateur series in our region of Belgium. I’m a centre back. As a student I won the Scottish Universities’ Football Cup. 

Matilda af Hällström – Nordic Council’s voice in Brussels
  • The Nordic Council’s first employee in Brussels
  • Started in September 2017
  • 24 years old, the oldest of five siblings, from Espoo in Finland
  • With a diplomat father, she grew up in Brazil, Switzerland, Holland and Finland
  • Studied at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, the University of Helsinki and in Paris
  • Wrote a master’s thesis on Nordic cooperation and the relationship with Russia
  • Has lived in Brussels since 2015, worked as an intern for MEP Nils Torvalds, at the Helsinki EU Office and at the communications agency Miltton
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