Fri, Jun 03, 2016

Paavo Lipponen named as Arctic Hero

Lipponen High North Diaglogue Arctic Hero — Photo by Christine Karijord

Finland's former Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen, a Friend of UArctic, has been received the Arctic Hero prize during the High North Dialogue meeting at Nord University in Bodø, Norway. Lipponen remarked, "This is my Nobel prize" on receiving the award. [Source: High North News, in Norwegian].