Karin Ahlbäck of Kirkkonummi

Kirkkonummi

Kirkkonummi is a municipality of inhabitants in southern Finland. The literal meaning of the words "Kirkkonummi" and "Kyrkslätt" in English is "church moor"....

, Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 is one of 12 elected volunteer members of the World Scout Committee, the main executive body of the World Organization of the Scout Movement

World Organization of the Scout Movement

The World Organization of the Scout Movement is the Non-governmental international organization which governs most national Scout Organizations, with 31 million members. WOSM was established in 1920, and has its headquarters at Geneva, Switzerland...

. From 2008 to 2011, Ahlbäck served as Youth Advisor to the World Scout Committee representing the World Scout Youth Forum

World Scout Youth Forum

The World Scout Youth Forum provides an opportunity for young members of World Scouting to discuss and express their views on issues of interest to them...

, serving in the Educational Methods Committee, Registration Fee Task Force and World Scout Youth Forum 2011 Planning Committee, and was elected to the World Scout Committee at the 39th World Scout Conference in Brazil

Brazil

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 in January 2011. Her term on the World Scout Committee will expire at the 40th World Scout Conference in Ljubljana

Ljubljana

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, Slovenia

Slovenia

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 in 2014, but she will be eligible for re-election for one additional term.

Ahlbäck lives in Helsinki

Helsinki

Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

, and is presently finalizing her Masters

Master's degree

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 in Applied Mathematics and Engineering at Helsinki University of Technology in Otaniemi, Finland. She holds a Bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

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 in Applied Mathematics

Applied mathematics

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. She studied abroad at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne

The École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne is one of the two Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology and is located in Lausanne, Switzerland.The school was founded by the Swiss Federal Government with the stated mission to:...

 in Lausanne, Switzerland.

External links

• http://www.scout.fi/karin
• http://www.scout.fi/nyheter/2011/01/karin-ahlb-ck-invald-i-wosm-s-v-rldskommitt (Swedish)