{"id":2862,"date":"2025-04-08T02:43:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T00:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/?p=2862"},"modified":"2025-04-09T15:51:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T13:51:11","slug":"looking-back-on-norways-chairship-of-the-arctic-council-you-have-to-be-respectful-to-all-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/2025\/04\/08\/looking-back-on-norways-chairship-of-the-arctic-council-you-have-to-be-respectful-to-all-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking Back on Norway&#8217;s Chairship of The Arctic Council: &#8220;You Have to Be Respectful to All Members&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chair of the Arctic Council, Morten H\u00f8glund, reflects on the two years that have passed and Norway taking over the chairship from a Russia at war. &#8220;It was intense, like being inside a tumble dryer. But very rewarding&#8221;. And the most important task: Keeping the council alive as Denmark takes over as chair in May.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"334\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/6_1.600x334.jpg\" alt=\"Credits: Arctic Council Secretariat\" class=\"wp-image-2863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/6_1.600x334.jpg 600w, https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/6_1.600x334-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Credits: Arctic Council Secretariat<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Norway\u2019s Arctic Ambassador Morten H\u00f8glund is the receiver of the 2025 High North Hero Award. The honor recognizes his success in maintaining cooperation during heightened geopolitical tensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The jury specifically noted his \u00abexceptional leadership in navigating the Arctic Council\u2019s operations in a challenging time of geopolitical tension\u00bb. The award was presented to H\u00f8glund during the High North Dialogue conference in Bod\u00f8, on March 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here, H\u00f8glund is interviewed by High North News Editor-in-Chief Trine Jonassen shortly after receiving the award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"responsive-embed widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Morten H\u00f8glund Receives 2025 High North Hero Award for Leadership During Geopolitical Tensions\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-QU4Hvdxwio?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The High North Hero Award is an annual honor established by the High North Center for Business and Governance to recognize individuals, organizations, or companies who have contributed to highlighting or developing the High North region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chair of the Arctic Council, Morten H\u00f8glund, reflects on the two years that have passed and Norway taking over the chairship from a Russia at war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cooperation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2862"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2864,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2862\/revisions\/2864"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}