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Letters of the President

September Letter 2026

September letter 2026At the beginning of this month, including the International Sexual Health-day we, my wife and colleague Elsa Almås and I, spent some exiting days at the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa. The occasion was the second meeting of the WSHA,...

August Letter 2026

August letter 2026 It lights up at night     From selected windows in a tall building in Oslo, the lights are on, and when darkness arrive, the word «TILLIT» stands out in all its splendour. TILLIT means TRUST. How extremely interesting then that this piece...

July letter 2026

July letter 2026 The Porto Proclamation Rights, justice and euphoria   One may see these items as sides of the same issue, which I shall not dispute. Nevertheless, we must realize that rights are constructed through time consuming political and bureaucratic...

February letter 2026

February letter 2026   Through my window I see a mixture of snow and rain falling almost vertically from the sky. It is time for rubber footwear to step safely into the mudlike mixture of snow, water and pollution. Winking though the falling drops and crystals is the...

January letter 2026

January letter 2026   First of all: Happy new year to all who read this letter! While winter is holding is white and frozen hand over all nature around us, we can imagine the majority of life on the Northern hemisphere are in different ways hibernating. It is like a...

December Letter

December letter                                                                                                                                    Texcoco, Mexico Jan 7th 2025 By Dec. 31st, 2024 became part of history. 2025 Is still newborn. In the immediate...

November Letter

November letter     In my childhood we had a song for each month of the year, and I am certain that this is a more or less worldwide phenomenon. The Norwegian November song in my English translation goes like this: November is so sad and grey, but useful...

October letter

October letter Norway, November 5th 2024   October has come to its conclusion, winter is budding on the Northern hemisphere, strong winds are roaring the West- and North coast of Norway, and in Spain rain falls like rivers to the ground, causing hundreds of...

September letter

September letter Norway, October 7th 2024   In a time of increasing violence where aggression is hard to separate from defense, it feels like many ideals are put aside to the benefit of more primitive instincts in the human psyche. We know from widespread...

August letter

August letter Norway, August 28th 2024     We are leaving behind the month of softness in the Northern Hemisphere and a month of spring in the Southern Hemisphere. Much is in the air, though not all of it brings joy and relief. We are approaching September...