Contestants, judges and speakers:

IS  - ISLAND – ICELAND

 CHIEF JUDGE: Jens Krarup Nielsen DK – FEIF judge
Jens has been a judge in 25 years and he became a FEIF international judge 15 years ago. He has judged many Nordic and World Championships. This is not his first time as Chief judge. He has earlier been a Chief judge at both Nordic and World Championships. 

 Per Kolnes NO - FEIF judge
Per became judge in 1980 and a FEIF International judge in 1996. He has judged 8 NC and 5 WC in addition to a lot of WR events. Per is also a breeding judge. 

 Tore Haugslien NO – FEIF judge
Tore started with Icelandic horses in 1975 – just as a rider until the beginnings of the eighties. He became a FEIF International judge in 1997. He has been judging 6 WC and many NC. He was for many years a member of the board in the Norwegian Icelandic Horse Association until he stepped down last year. 

 Erik Andersen NO – National judge
Erik is a judge, rider and instructor. The last years he has been responsible for the education of instructors in Norway. Became a judge in 1981 and has judged 1 WC and 2 NC in addition to a lot of WR events. 

 Åsa Eriksson SE – FEIF judge
Åsa is 31 years old and have been a judge for 10 years. She passed the FEIF exam last year. Normally she judge about 10 to 15 competitions a year. Among this year events are the Swedish and Finnish championships and several other world ranking competitions. She also judged the last Nordic championship in Denmark. 

Pia Andréasson SE – FEIF judge
Pia has been working with education of Icelandic horses and riders since 1999. She became a judge in 1996 and a FEIF International judge in 2008. 

 Lena Lennartsson SE – FEIF judge
Lena has been a judge in over 20 years and she became a FEIF international judge when FEIF started with international judges. She has been judging several WC and NC. For 15 years she sat in the FEIF sport committee. She is a member of the sport committee in Sweden where she handles issues about competition and judging. In addition she is responsible for the education of judges in Sweden and has a "school of gaits" on her website www.landsbergislandshastar.se.  

 Einar Örn Grant IS – FEIF judge
Einar comes from Litli Hvammur in Eyjafjörður on the north of Iceland. He became a judge in 1981 and a FEIF International judge in 1994. Have judged all kind of events in addition to World Championship, the Mid-Europe Championship and Nordic Championship. He have also been a judge in the Icelandic Championship and at Landsmót.  

Friðfinnur Hilmarsson IS – FEIF judge

 Elisabeth Jansen IS – FEIF judge
Elisabeth was an active competition rider until she started to judge in 2004. She became an FEIF judge in 2008. She has been judging almost every weekend from May to August in sports and gæðinga competitions the last 4 years. She judged the Tölt competition on Landsmót 2008 and the spring breeding evaluation on Hella 2008.

 Laura Pihkala-Posti FIN – FEIF judge
Laura started with Icelandic horses in 1982 and was a member of the Finnish national team in 1986. Became a judge in 1992 and a FEIF International judge in 1999. Have been a judge at the WC and NC several times. Was a member of FEIF sport judges committee in 2007/2008. She is also educated a FEIF instructor. Have a little horse farm in Tampere and breeds Icelandic horses in a small scale.  

 Ann Winter FIN – FEIF judge
Ann was born in Finland in 1958 in Helsingfors. She moved to Iceland in 1988 and has lived there since. Became a judge in 1988 and a FEIF International judge in 1999. Have been a judge at the WC and NC several times. The first NC was actually in Norway in 1992. Have also judged several Icelandic and Finnish championships. 

 Nicolay Thye DK – FEIF judge
Nicolai got his first Icelandic horse in 1986. He started as a judge 12 years ago and became a FEIF judge in 2005. He judge approximately 20 events each year in Norway, Sweden, Holland, Germany and Denmark. He was a judge at the last NC and WC. Since 2007 he has been a member of the FEIF Judge committee. 

Presentasjon av speakere:

  Sari Halme SE
Sari is 45 years old and is daily working as a prosecutor. She started with Icelandic horses in 1993. She began speaking at small, local competitions, but has lately been speaking at the "Nordic" 2004 and at World Championships in Norrköping in 2005. Was this year the speaker at the Swedish Championships and has aslo been speaking at several breeding shows.