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Oslo For Business For Peace Foundation

John Elkington · 4 May 2016 · Leave a Comment

Across to Oslo a couple of days ago to speak at a conference hosted by the Business for Peace Foundation. Love the city: maybe it’s genetic – when I had my genes tested by 23andMe, the Scandinavian signal was very pronounced, via the Vikings and Normans. My bother Gray tracked the family vine back to Rollo the Ganger, after of William the Conqueror – who I had always seen as the arch enemy.

A bunch of people I knew at the conference, among them Jane Nelson and Paul Polman of Unilever, but also a whole range of people who were new to me. Included a lovely dinner with the Crown Prince Haakon and his wife – delightful couple – at his home outside the city. During the visit, I went across to a Nexus event to speak alongside Jan-Olaf Willums. Wish I could see how the two of us looked through their eyes …

A cauldron outside the Crown Prince's home
A cauldron outside the Crown Prince’s home
Viking ship design in the hotel, under refurbishment
Viking ship design in the hotel, under refurbishment
The Crown Prince speaks at the conference - I had his microphone next
Crown Prince Haakon speaks at the conference – I had his microphone next
Stairway down to where Jan-Olaf and I spoke to the Nexus high net worthers
Stairway down to where Jan-Olaf and I spoke to the Nexus high net worthers
View from inside, as we leave
View from inside, as we leave

 

Door to the City Hall
Door to the City Hall, Jan-Olaf disappearing inside
Sculpture near the hotel
Sculpture near the hotel
Ditto
Ditto

 

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I began this blog with an entry reporting on a visit to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on Cape Cod, on 30 September 2003. The blog element of the website has gone through several iterations since, with much of the older material still available.

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