Advisory Council

The Right Livelihood Award Foundation is grateful for the generous support from its advisors in various fields such as fundraising, PR, organisational questions, legal advice, accounting, or national and international politics. Their commitment greatly strengthens the Foundation’s impact.

Currently serving are:

  • Pia Gadd, Journalist, Sweden.
  • Birgitta Hambraeus, former Member of the Swedish Parliament, Sweden.
  • Sven Hamrell, Senior Adviser, Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, Sweden.
  • Albrecht Kasper, Managing Director, Albertinen Stiftung, Germany.
  • David Krieger, Founder, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, USA.
  • Peter Nobel, Jur. Dr., Sweden.
  • Annette Ringier, President, Right Livelihood Award Foundation Switzerland.
  • Arne Ruth, former chief editor for culture of Dagens Nyheter, Sweden.
  • Frank Schwalba-Hoth, former Member of the European Parliament, Belgium.
  • Thomas Strömberg, Partner, Deloitte, Sweden.
  • Carl Tham, former Swedish Minister, former Swedish Ambassador to Germany, Sweden.
  • Margot Wallström, Vice-President of the European Commission, Belgium/Sweden.
  • Anders Wijkman, Member of the European Parliament, Belgium/Sweden.

"The Right Livelihood Award Recipients throw off the straitjacket of conventional ideas, they think the 'unthinkable' and inspire us with their courage, their compassion and their hope."

Margot Wallström in her endorsement to the Award's school brochure
"Pioneers for Peace"
(Download pdf)