Our founder and Chair of the Board, Nora Sveaass, has been awarded this year’s Formidlingspris (Communication Prize) by the Institute for Active Psychotherapy (IAP) for her important work for human rights, both nationally and internationally. An honour she describes to Psykologisk.no as “moving, fantastic, and very unexpected.” Sveaass expresses feeling incredibly lucky to receive the prize and for the attention her work is now getting. At the same time, she emphasises that this recognition stands in stark contrast to the reality many face today. Nora personally knows human rights defenders who have been imprisoned or killed. She has colleagues in other parts of the world who experience persecution and suppression of freedom.
In light of this, Sveaass believes that psychologists have a particular responsibility and must see themselves as defenders of human rights, something that is more important now than ever before. She has also received several other awards, including Honorary Membership of the Norwegian Psychological Association, Amnesty International’s Human Rights Prize, Bjørn Kristiansen’s Memorial Prize, and the University of Oslo’s Human Rights Prize.
This text is an excerpt based on the article titled “Nora Sveaass vant pris: – Rørende og uventet” published on Psykologisk.no. by Synnøve Fonneland, you can read the full article in Norwegian by clicking here.