In 2006, Kistefos AS established the Kistefos Public Service Fellowship Fund. The fund was created in order to support Norwegian students to pursue masters’ degrees in public administration at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Havard University.
The fund will finance at least two students annually from 2007-2013 and will be financed by a donation of around NOK 8 million from Kistefos AS. Recipients of scholarships must sign a binding contract to work in the public sector in Norway for a period of at least three years after graduation.
Individuals supported by the Kistefos Fund are known as Kistefos Fellows and may enroll in Kennedy School degree programs to earn a Master in Public Policy (MPP), Two-year Master in Public Administration (MPA2), Master in Public Administration/International Development (MPA/ID), or Mid-Career Master in Public Administration (MC/MPA). The Kistefos Fund can support student tution, fees and living expenses.
For 2009, the three candidates, Trygve Bendiksby, Andreas Hall and Espen Beer Prydz have all been awarded the Kistefos Fellowship.
Trygve Bendiksby - Career Master in Public Administration (MC/MPA)
Trygve is currently serving as the Alternate Director at the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) for Denmark, Finland, France, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. He is also employed as Counselor to the Executive Director for Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Norway, Spain and Sweden at Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). He previously served as first secretary at the Norwegian Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela. He attended the University of Oslo where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. He also earned a Master’s Degree in European Administrative and Political Studies from the College of Europe and a Master’s Degree in Political Science from the University of Oslo.
Andreas Hall – Master in Public Policy (MPP)
He is currently pursuing a joint MBA and MPP Program with the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and the Harvard Kennedy School. He previously served in the Royal Norwegian Navy. He also attended the University of Pennsylvania where he earned a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Economics.
Espen Beer Prydz – Master in Public Administration/International Development
Espen is currently employed at the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD). He was previously employed by the Poverty Action Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He earned his Bachelor’s of Science degree in Environmental Policy and Economics at the London School of Economics.
