{"id":18,"date":"2026-02-10T16:01:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T16:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/letsopenupoverwhisky.org\/styrelsen\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T14:09:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T14:09:47","slug":"styrelsen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/letsopenupoverwhisky.org\/en\/om-oss\/styrelsen\/","title":{"rendered":"Board of Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Board of Directors<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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We are a community for all whisky lovers. Here you can learn, share and enjoy the many nuances of whisky.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Sara Larsson - Chairwoman\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Sara Larsson is the chairman of Let's Open Up Over Whiskey<\/i> and has many years of professional experience in the whisky industry, where she has worked with various brands, external communication and strategic partnerships. She has experience in running projects at the interface between industry, culture and the public, and works within the organization with a focus on structure, long-term thinking and responsible development.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Susan Stenstr\u00f6m - Board Member\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Susan Stenstr\u00f6m is a board member and has experience from the whisky industry through work with marketing, communications and public relations activities. In addition to her involvement in Let's Open Up Over Whiskey<\/i> She is the chairwoman of the Swedish Whisky Association. She contributes perspectives on representation, norms and how inclusion can take shape in practice, especially in the social and cultural context of whisky.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Jan Groth - Board Member\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Jan Groth is a board member with extensive experience in the whisky industry, including import, distribution and international collaborations. He is also involved in the Nordic whisky initiative Nordic Whisky Collaboration and works within Let's Open Up Over Whisky on issues related to industry dialogue, collaboration and the role of the organisation in a broader Nordic and international context.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Bjarne Kristiansen - Board Member<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Bjarne Kristiansen is a board member with a background in communication, digital development and web. He has experience working with whisky-related organisations and brands. With knowledge of business development and digital communication within the whisky industry, he is responsible for Let's Open Up Over Whiskey<\/i> for issues related to digital presence, technical structure and accessibility.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Frida Birkehede - Board member and secretary<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Frida Birkehede is a board member and secretary of Let's Open Up Over Whiskey.<\/i> She is a writer, podcaster and communicator with a strong background in the whisky industry, working with text, content and storytelling in various whisky-related contexts. Within the organization, she is responsible for documentation, content and issues related to visibility and knowledge sharing.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Styrelsen Vi \u00e4r en gemenskap f\u00f6r alla som \u00e4lskar whisky. H\u00e4r kan du l\u00e4ra dig, dela och njuta av whiskyens m\u00e5nga nyanser. Sara Larsson – Ordf\u00f6rande Sara Larsson \u00e4r ordf\u00f6rande f\u00f6r Let\u2019s Open Up Over Whisky och har m\u00e5ng\u00e5rig yrkesm\u00e4ssig bakgrund inom whiskybranschen, d\u00e4r hon bland annat arbetat med olika varum\u00e4rken, kommunikation ut\u00e5t och strategiska […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":16,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/letsopenupoverwhisky.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/letsopenupoverwhisky.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/letsopenupoverwhisky.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letsopenupoverwhisky.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letsopenupoverwhisky.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/letsopenupoverwhisky.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":377,"href":"https:\/\/letsopenupoverwhisky.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions\/377"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letsopenupoverwhisky.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/letsopenupoverwhisky.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}