Hilde Sandvik is a journalist, editor and author. She has been committed to building a Scandinavian consciousness for many years, and has made a podcast and radio programme called Norsken, svensken and dansken (the Norwegian, the Swede and the Dane), which is broadcast on Danish, Norwegian and Swedish radio. She previously worked as the culture and debate editor of Bergens Tidende, and she is the founder and editor of the website Broen.xyz. Hilde Sandvik has also initiated the project “Support not protect” that aims at counteracting negative social control by encouraging brothers to support rather than protect their sisters. Sandvik is the deputy board chair of the Norwegian media group Amedia and member of the board of directors of the Amedia group.

Christian Have is founder and owner of HAVE Kommunikation & PR, which over the course of three decades has become Scandinavia’s largest communications agency within the culture area. Christian Have is also a prominent voice in the public debate concerning arts and culture. He uses his voice as a public debater, speaker, moderator, author and not least as a member of several boards within Danish and Nordic cultural affairs. Among other things, he is the deputy chair of the foundation Kulturfonden Finland Danmark.  During his career, he has worked with a plethora of people – from upcoming artists to global superstars – and has published several books about culture and communication, includingAnsvar eller anarki, Den nye guldalder and most recently Kunstig Intelligens.