Norwegian Chinese Friendship Association

Mette Husemoen, Ph.D. Dr. Husemoen is founding partner of NEX, co-founder of the Society for Organizational Learning in China – SoL  China. Mette holds a PhD in Management, MSc in Physics, and Diplôme d’Ingénieur from IFP in Paris. Her educational background includes studies at Harvard and MIT and postdoc research in collaboration with Tsinghua and Peking University. Mette has had the unique opportunity to study with late teacher Nan Huaijin, one of China’s most acknowledged teachers of classic Chinese culture, and founder of the Taihu Great Learning Center outside Shanghai. Mette has lived and worked in Beijing for several years working closely with the Norwegian and Chinese communities. She is the founder of the Norwegian Society Club in Beijing (Klubb Norge).

Co-founder of the Norwegian Chinese Friendship Association . Medical doctor by training with postgraduate degrees in public health (MPH) and  clinical investigational research  (PhD) with specialization in Visions Sciences. He has lived and worked in Asia for some three decades of which the last decades in Beijing (until 2016). In China he has worked broadly in the fields of public health and clinical research, and as university lecturer and has been actively involved in the promotion of academic and cultural exchanges between our two countries. He has over the years also been working to promote business opportunities for Norwegian SMEs in China particularly within the Medical & Health Information Technology Sectors. 

Partner in Nova – a Law Firm in Oslo that specializes in tax law. Bryne has for many years been recognized in several leading rankings, including Legal 500. He is an experienced speaker and facilitator. He was a member of the European Unions’s Value Added Tax (VAT) Committee. Eivind has been active and  instrumental in the development and promotion of  business relations between China and Norway for almost two decades. He was co-founder (2007) and Chairman of the Board and subsequent Board Member of the Norwegian Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Norway. He has more recently been serving as chairman of the board of Hurdal Ecovillage, a unique and pioneering project in sustainable living in Norway.

Sonja grew up in Norway in a Chinese speaking family. She holds a Master of Science in Business (siviløkonom) from BI Norwegian Business School Oslo in 2019. In 2016-2017, she lived one year in Shanghai while pursuing studies at Fudan University. In 2016-2017, she lived one year in Shanghai while pursuing studies at Fudan University. Sonja has worked as a trainee in the multinational company COWI (consulting engineering company) in Oslo, within mobility planning, plan for land and transport use, sustainable transport and city planning, and market research in connection with car-free city centre. Her work experience also includes work at Pareto Bank in Oslo within finance, collateral, and loan administration. Currently, she works in the real estate industry in Nordic Group Holding AS as office manager with responsibility for the Oslo branch.  

Pamela was born in Wales in 1958 and is the Director of the Norwegian Taiji Centre which was founded in 1983. For over 40 years she has worked extensively through her engagement in the Chinese Arts and Dao Philosophy with a broad section of Norwegian Society.  She has been  conducting regular teaching of Taijiquan classes and training teachers to teach. She has for many years been developing close associations with Daoist and Taijiquan Masters, Academics, and Institutions in China and for over 15 years organising annual field trips with her student delegates to China hosted by the Beijing Chapter of China People’s Association of Friendship with Foreign Countries. Through this work she has been an important «ambassador» for Norway for the  promotion of  people to people understanding.

Ellen Zhang is a cofounder of  the Norwegian Chinese Friendship Association. She holds   a Masters of Business Administration from the Norwegian Business School (BI).  As a founder and Chairman of Noract AS she became pionneer and business leader for development of guided tourism in Norway mostly focused on the Asian and  mainland Chinese market .   In 2022 she succesfully completed  advanced courses  in IT management and became a Senior Associate for Microsoft Norway. Since 2024 she has returned to developing niche markets for Asian tourists in Norway. Ellen has through her work in Noract developed a very extensive network  from both local and national governments and diverse business sectors and through this has created numerous win-win opportunities  based on mutual visits and exchanges