Election 2025

The deadline to submit proposals for the election of the Principal and Deputy Principal is Friday, 24 January 2025.

The Principal and Deputy Principal are to be elected together, and the proposal should include both the Principal and Deputy Principal candidates. 3–10 proposers must sign proposals for candidates.

How to submit a proposal

You submit a proposal by having one of the proposers send an email to valgstyret@nmh.no with the names of the candidates and a copy to the others who are to sign the proposal. These others then forward the email to valgstyret@nmh.no, where they write that they support the proposal.

This page will publish proposals continuously.

Proposed candidates

On 25 November 2024, the electoral board received the following proposals: Astrid Kvalbein and Morten Qvenild as candidates for principal and Deputy principal.

Presentation of the candidates

As at the last election, the candidates will also have the opportunity to present themselves on this page.

• You can also see the candidates' presentation in Levinsalen on Wednesday, 5 February, from 3:00 to 5:00 PM.

The actual election

The election of the Principal and Deputy Principal will be conducted electronically from 24 February to 28 February 2025.

• The Principal and Deputy Principal are elected together.
• Proposals should include both the Principal and Deputy Principal candidates.
• Voting rights have eligible employees and students. The proposal must be signed by at least three and at most ten eligible voters.
• If a candidate is not employed at the Norwegian Academy of Music is proposed [...], the proposal must be accompanied by written consent from the person. Such consent cannot be withdrawn. Anyone who must accept an election but does not want an election can demand this to be stated on the ballot paper.
• There is no limitation on who is eligible to be Principal and Deputy Principal, cf. the University and College Act § 4-6 (1). No one can be re-elected as Principal or Deputy Principal if the person will have served in the position for eight years at the beginning of the new election period.

Employee and student representatives to the board will be elected from 22 to 24 April.

More information about the process will come.