Test jury

Artist and Opera Singer
Richard Söderberg
Rickard is one of Sweden's most famous opera singers and artists who, in addition to his work for human rights, also has a strong commitment to the environment. Ever since he first discovered essential oils in the 80s, he has been fascinated by natural skin and body care. Rickard is also part of the project management for the competition.

Artist and Songwriter
Tove Styrke
A musician and songwriter with a keen interest in makeup as an art form and as an enhancement of expression on stage and in pictures, Tove is passionate about sustainability and ensuring that from the consumer's perspective, non-toxic and sustainable choices are the easiest and most obvious to make.

Makeup Artist
Linda Öhrstrom
Linda has worked as a makeup artist for over 25 years and she only works with natural and organic products. Linda has been named Makeup Artist of the Year by ELLE Magazine three times, most recently in 2016. Her clients include H&M, Robyn, Zara Larsson, Crown Princess Victoria and many more! Linda is also part of the project management for the competition.

Artist, Creator and Lecturer
Adam Risberg
As a drag artist, creator and lecturer, Adam is constantly working creatively on and off stage. Behind all the glitz and glamour, he is and always will be an environmentalist. Sustainability and beauty are close to his heart, which is why he has chosen to participate in the jury for the Organic Beauty Awards.

Journalist, Writer and Beauty Blogger
Hannah Sjöstrom
Hannah Sjöström is a journalist and author who has written about green beauty since 2008. In her two books , Naturally Stylish – How to Make a Green Detox and Hello Glow: The Road to Radiant Skin, she delves into everything from ingredients to effective and holistic beauty methods. Hannah works as a digital consultant, yoga teacher and is part of the Beauty Editors .

Journalist and Beauty Blogger
Agneta Elmegård
In 2013, Agneta founded the blog Skönhetsredaktörnerna.se on Aftonbladet. She is particularly interested in green chemistry, ingredient technology and beauty from a sustainability perspective. Agneta is educated in sustainability strategies at Cambridge University in England and last year she was listed by Diversified Communication UK as one of Scandinavia's most influential people in "Green Beauty".

Product Manager at Hälsokraft
Maria Kallin
Maria works as a store coach and product manager at Hälsokraft HK AB. She is a trained nutritionist, so food and dietary supplements have been her area of expertise. Over time, she has developed an incredibly great passion for natural skin care. Maria, together with talented store owners in Hälsokraft, as well as experts in the field, has developed a sustainability strategy for the chain that will be implemented, in proud collaboration with NOC Sweden. With support for this, they will develop a larger range of natural skin care, where the goal is to spread more knowledge and inspire more people to choose natural skin care. Maria chose to be a member of the jury to stay updated on new products and to help inspire more people to choose natural products.

Beauty and Health Entrepreneur
Johanna Bjurström
Johanna has worked with beauty and health for over 20 years. She is, among other things, a trained skin therapist, dermopath and homeopath and in nutrition and NPL, and she has run several companies in skin care and health. Today she runs her own brand Johanna Bjurström . Johanna has also written the book Happy Skin – young skin for life.

Nordic Category Manager at Life
Victoria Ajdert
Victoria works as a category manager responsible for Beauty. She has always loved beauty and believes it is important to use natural, pure and organic ingredients. A motto that is important to her is that:
“If you care about what you put in your body when you eat and drink, you should also care about what you put on the outside of your body.”
Victora is always curious about finding new brands and testing new products.

Product & Category Manager at Swedish Health Food
Åsa Andersson
Åsa is driven and goal-oriented and works as a product manager at Svensk Hälsokost.se . Health, exercise and natural products have always been a leading theme in her life. Åsa's previous work as a hairdresser and makeup artist has meant that she is constantly looking for organic and natural products, as she has always protected nature and the environment. Through her current work, Åsa tries to inspire others to consume products that are good for the environment, health and sustainability.

Former Category Manager at Apotea
Susanne Arwidsson
Susanne has worked for many years in the beauty industry, such as Åhlens, Kicks (12 years with EMV and range manager for brands in face, body care, hair care and sun products) and most recently as category manager at Apotea.se in the same categories. She is passionate about beauty products and enjoys using products that are good for skin health, provide nutrition, have beneficial properties and a wonderful feeling of effect. Being able to participate and contribute to selecting organic products with high-quality natural ingredients, which provide a good balance for people and the planet, while showing transparency throughout the entire manufacturing process, feels very good to her.

Dancer and DJ
Maele “Cheza” Sabuni
Maele “Cheza” Sabuni is one of Sweden’s leading dancers and he has been making a living from his passion for over 15 years. His achievements include touring with the Riksteatern, dancing and choreographing in the Melodifestivalen and dancing for royalty in major contexts such as the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, the Polar Music Prize and National Day at Skansen. Maele has also toured internationally with the performance Bach in The street. Maele is interested in skincare and what he puts in his body as his body is his workplace and should last a lifetime!

Lecturer and Swimmer
Therese Alshammar
Therese is a former swimmer, one of the world's best, and today works with health. She lectures on sustainability and motivation and about living well. Therese loves organic and natural products. She also teaches children to swim and runs her own cleaning company, Cleane, which makes environmentally friendly, fragrant cleaning products that are kind to both people & our water.

Influencer
Shama Persson
Shama is a model and runs the new 50+ modeling agency Golden Age Models. She is also an author and influencer and a strong force in the field of mental health. Since 2017, Shama has been actively working to generally reduce the intake of toxins in both what she eats and puts on her body. Shama has tried a number of different organic brands and has had different experiences, both good and bad over the years. She feels that her mature skin has a greater need for support than when she was young. Photo: Peter Assarsson

Makeup Artist
Igancio Ölund Alonso
Ignacio is one of Scandinavia's most sought-after makeup artists. 15 years of experience has led to regular collaborations with Swedish fashion companies, prestigious magazines, and our biggest stars.

Actor and Director
Monica Wilderoth
Monica has worked as an actor, director and playwright for 25 years and is now Artistic Director of the Theatre at Byteatern Kalmar Länsteater. She has had problems with her facial skin all her life. Rosacea, acne, stress and a lot of make-up on stage have made her careful about what she puts on her face, both in terms of creams and make-up.

Sustainability Entrepreneur
Fatma Guettou
Fatma works to create more inclusion and sustainability in society. She is the founder of Watoto Arts , a business that offers dolls where diversity and inclusion are celebrated while the company protects the environment and the planet. All design and production takes place in Sweden by creating employment locally. Fatma has always had a great interest in natural skincare and as a jury member she wants to highlight and celebrate organic products.

Stylist and Makeup Artist
Isatou “Aysha” Jones
Isatou Aysha Jones is a model who became a stylist and then an event and PR manager before training as a makeup artist. Aysha is the founder of several groundbreaking initiatives in the fashion and beauty industry such as Afrika fashion week Stockholm, Gambia fashion week and Melanin boxes. Awarded for both her entrepreneurship and activism, Aysha is one of Sweden's leading actors in the work of increasing diversity and inclusion in every space she occupies. In addition to being the owner of FÄRG MAKEUP & ACADEMY, Aysha is a columnist for some of Sweden's largest feminist and anti-racist magazines.

Author, Lecturer and Health Coach
Johannes Cullberg
Johannes' life mission is to help as many people as possible take control of their health. He has won several awards such as Change Maker of the Year 2023, Sustainable Forerunner of the Year 2018, The Natural Outstanding Achievement Award 2017 and Stockholm's Most Entrepreneurial Person 2016. Johannes currently runs the coaching business RE:YOU but previously founded the organic food chain Paradiset. Previously, Johannes was Sweden's youngest publicly traded CEO of the health company Feelgood and also built up LIDL in the Norwegian market.

Skin Therapist and former Training Manager at Skincity
Madelene Motin
Madelene has been a trained skin therapist for 12 years and has worked as a training manager for Sweden, Norway, Denmark and the UK at the e-commerce company Skincity . She loves everything about skin care and beauty and had it as an interest long before she trained as a skin therapist. In recent years, interest in natural and organic skin care has also grown. Madelene finds it interesting to delve into ingredients and how an ingredient from nature can be transformed into something active that you then get an effect from in your skin care.

Fashion Journalist with a Sustainability Focus
Nina Campioni
Nina has worked as a fashion journalist for over 15 years and has always had a sustainability focus in her work. She now also runs a second-hand store, Ninas Nuggets, both physically and digitally. Eco-beauty is an obvious priority when it comes to the body's largest organ for me personally but of course also for the world at large.

Category Manager Doz Pharmacy
Marie Nielsen
Marie is a Category Manager at Doz apotek , responsible for the categories face and body care, among others, since January 2021. Before that, Marie lived and worked in Denmark as Brand Manager for Danish Urtekram – pioneers in organic products. As Brand Manager, she was part of the product development team, which has given her a good insight into both the challenges you face as an organic producer and the opportunities that exist in natural and organic skincare.
Quality jury

Teacher and Lecturer in Skin and Cosmetics
Anna Irestig
Anna Irestig is one of our two product experts and ingredient reviewers. Anna is a trained organic skincare therapist, aromatherapist and “ingredient geek”. She works as a teacher at Axelsons, among other things.

Organic Beauty Entrepreneur
Katarina Sundlöf Jibreus
Katarina is an eco-beauty expert who for many years ran Sundløf Organic Skin Care with a webshop and a store on Linnégatan in Stockholm. Katarina has worked with organic beauty since 2008 but has had an interest in natural, clean and effective skincare products long before that. Together with Anna Irestig, Katarina is the competition's product expert and ingredient reviewer.
Sustainability jury

Independent System Changer and Sustainability Expert with a focus on Economics for Well-being
Sophie Gripenberg
Sophie has a background in development issues, economics and systems perspectives. She has worked in civil society for 15 years and has run several projects and initiatives, including fair trade and eco-certification. In recent years, she has worked as a consultant with several start-ups, organizations and companies on strategic sustainability work, environmental management systems and sustainability communication. She also works on issues related to our economic system, including as a board member of an ethical bank, communications, policy and research manager at the organization Economy for Common Good and board member of Wellbeing Economy Alliance Sweden. She is the founder of the fashion platform A Sustainable Closet. More info sophiegripenberg.com

Sustainability and Communication Consultant & Influencer
Annika Sundin
Annika is a communications expert and sustainability developer with extensive experience in project management and behavioral change. That we should protect our only planet and our health is a given for Annika and believes that the Organic Beauty Awards are an important and independent force that shows the way and makes it easy to do the right thing – a seal of security and quality for the consumer. And a source of inspiration for other brands to follow.
Annika also runs one of Sweden's largest sustainability inspiration accounts, Medveten i stan. She is also a former board member of the association Medveten Konsumtion.