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The inspectors have many years of experience in inspecting equipment in accordance with the regulations

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International contacts

Strategic management

Operational management

Einar Jon Skulason Hansen Group Chief Executive Officer, Certified Inspector and International Contact

Einar Jon Skulason Hansen

Group Chief Executive Officer

Certified Inspector

International Contact

Lene Maarth
Chief Operating Officer
Country Director for Denmark
Certified Inspector

Lene Maarth

Chief Operating Officer

Country Director for Denmark
Certified Inspector

Denmark - Administration

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Mikael Sørensen

Administrative Assistant

Denmark - Inspectors

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Knud Birkedal Nielsen

Certified Inspector
Advisory Engineer

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Kim Bach

Certified Inspector

Certified Drone Operator

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Mads Holger Strander Sinding

Certified Inspector

Denmark - Advisors

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Jørgen Lindevall

Technical designer

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Thorvald Johan Einarsson

Engineer

Norway

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Joachim Fjeld

Country Director

Certified inspector

Sweden

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Ulrik von Reitzel

Country Director

Certified inspector

Faroe Islands

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Helena Mortensen

Country Director

Sales Manager

Portugal

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Maria João Gomes

Country Director

Certified Inspector

United Kingdom

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Ray Morrison

Country Director

Certified Inspector

IOSH Certified

Türkiye

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Derya İyikul Kotan

Country Director

Certified Inspector

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Ege Sevinçli Çubukçu

Certified Inspector

Canada

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Trevor Zahara

Country Director

Certified inspector

Serbia

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Uros Brzakovic

Country Director

Certified Inspector

Iceland

Snjólaug Maria Jónsdóttir Country Director and Certified Inspector

Snjólaug Maria Jónsdóttir

Country Director

Certified Inspector

What we can do!


The Institute actively participates in the European product safety committee CEN and the American product safety committee ASTM. As co-authors of various safety standards issued in Europe and America, we have direct access to the applicable safety regulations in the EU, USA and Canada well in advance of their implementation. Additionally, we have access to all interpretative documents from the various product safety committees, ensuring we are always informed of the latest safety initiatives and can seamlessly integrate them into our professional development.


  • Our course leader has extensive experience in training both inspectors and installers for the playground industry, as well as in issuing personal certificates.


  • Our inspectors are all certified according to the applicable safety standards, with their training regularly updated and their inspections monitored annually by management.

 

  • With many years of experience, our inspectors are proficient in inspecting equipment in accordance with the applicable regulations, including playgrounds, multi-sport equipment, parkour equipment, skating rinks, outdoor fitness, bouncy castles, and trampolines. Several of our inspectors also hold certification as safety inspectors according to the American and Canadian playground safety standards.

 

  • Our engineers can perform calculations in steel, conduct physical tests of load-bearing elements on site, and perform traction and stability tests for equipment. The Institute also possesses several HIC testers and can perform the required drop tests onto all kinds of falling surfaces, as well as certify falling surfaces.


Responsibility is crucial, which is why we’re going all-in on the World’s Most Important Plan: The UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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SDG 3

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We want to ensure a healthy life for all and promote well-being for everyone at all ages.

Target 3.4

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We are committed to increasing focus on better motor challenges and motor skills development among children and young people, which can thusly help more people within this target group experience the joy of movement and play their way to health and well-being.

SDG 4

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We want to ensure equal access for all to quality education and promote everyone’s opportunities for lifelong learning.

Target 4.b

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At the Nordic Playground Institute, it is important that our employees are always qualified to perform their duties as well as possible. Accordingly, we continually make sure to build on their educational qualifications and skills so that we are always up-to-date and thereby helping increase focus on better and greater motor challenges and motor skills development.

Target 4.7.1

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Each year, the Nordic Playground Institute sponsors a young man from Kenya at the Starehe Boys Centre. The school provides high-quality education for young men so that they can contribute to working for democracy and combating corruption in the country. The school is a member of the international association of schools working to educate the whole person: Round Square.

SDG 5

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We want to achieve gender equality and further the rights and opportunities of all women and girls.

Target 5.1

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We make sure that women in the workplace have the opportunity to participate on equal footing with men in relation to making decisions.

Target 5.5

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Women must be ensured full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making.

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