Winners 2025
Nordic Women in Tech Awards
Helsinki NWiTA 2025
đź“Ť Hosted at: House of Consciousness (HOC) – ✨ Together with: Boitano AS and Wrixit
After another year, they have all gathered and celebrated the achievements of women across the Nordic countries. They received a significant number of nominations and outstanding profiles. The local and global judges had a really hard time selecting one winner in each of the twelve categories. Congratulations to all the inspiring winners on their well-deserved awards! Nordic Women in Tech Awards is proud to partner with Innovation Against Hate at Oslo Innovation Week 2025 — a powerful event tackling one of today’s most urgent challenges: technology-facilitated abuse and online harassment. Today’s young people are growing up online, yet too often in unsafe digital environments. More than 80% report feeling unsafe or exposed online, facing threats like deepfakes, harassment, and exploitation every day.
🎤 Speakers include:
Mia Landsem | Bjørn Ihler | Warsame Ali | Eirik Norman Hansen | Hege Tokerud | Sofie Staal | Meriam S. | Ingrid Stolpestad | Ida Faldbakken | Astrid Sundberg
01 – Developer of the year:
Ruth Merethe Granevang (Tech Lead at AschehougNorway)
Is awarded to an individual who has made a meaningful and lasting contribution to the technological area of software development and has achieved or was a part of outstanding projects, and who has developed creative solutions to problems that were solved with code.
02 – Digital Transformation leader of the year:
Edmary Altamiranda Maldonado (Controls & Systems Engineering Lead at Aker BP ASANorway)
An individual in a digital position within Tech industry, who has demonstrated successful results in the area of digital innovation in the last 24 months.
03 – DEIB Champion of the year:
Despina Stamkou (Founder & CEO of FemHireSweden)
An organization (employer) or individual promoting diversity, inclusion, equality and belonging in Tech in their respective organization or for the wider community.
04 – Entrepreneur of the year:
Anu Ala-Ouitinen (COO, Founder of Moder OyFinland)
Is awarded to an individual, who is an owner or main shareholder of a tech start-up with significant growth over the last 36 months and who is ready to demonstrate a successful commercial plan in achieving their goals.
05 – Initiative of the year:
Shannon Hanson (CSO at ReefCircularDemark)
Awarded to honor an individual or organisations that has raised the bar and serves as an example to the industry and has also demonstrated exceptional initiative to show that women are a significant part of a tech project’s success. This could involve education, training, and various other types of campaigns.
06 – Innovator of the year:
Aura Pyykönen (MD PhD – Founder of Isla TerveysFinland)
This category focuses on an individual or technology company who has created or implemented exceptional innovation/inventions, client successes, and deployment in the last 24 months.
07 – Investor of the year:
identity.vc (Finland)
An individual or organisation who has invested in female-led tech startups.
08 – Social Impact Award:
Vilde Thoresen Nord (Co-founder and CEO ofSammen om en jobb • Norway)
Recognising an individual, social enterprise or organisation for their exceptional contributions to society, making a positive impact through technology. Nominees may have developed technology that caused social change or empowered underrepresented people.
09 – Rising star of the year:
Helena Haugane (Cloud Specialist at Microsoft EMEA • Norway)
Recognises an up-and-coming tech professional in the last five years that has demonstrated exceptional creativity or ability within the industry; who is recognised by others as having the potential to become a future leader in their industry and presents significant evidence of a promising future.
10 – Women in Tech Ally:
Bridget E. Burger (Specialist, Research Services at Reykjavik University • Iceland)
Celebrating an ally who actively empowers, act as a mentor and advocates for women in technology, have made a difference in their community and have gone out of their way to support the cause of attracting more women in the tech industry over the last 24 months.
Liva Echwald Awards​:
Dr. Anna SigrĂĂ°ur Islind (Professor at Reykjavik University • Iceland)
Is awarded to honor and keep alive the legacy of our beloved Liva Echwald, who left us too early. A nominee in this category are, just like Liva, a mentor, a role model and relentless Diversity and Inclusion advocate, coaching young founders and showing women that nothing is impossible.
Teen of the year​​:
Olivia (Medical student, Karolinska Institute Board member Swedish Surgical Society for Medical Students [SKFL]
And, Student society for surgery and anesthesia [KirA] • Sweden)
The Teen of the Year Award Category will recognize outstanding young women, aged 13-19, who are making waves in the world of technology, innovation, and leadership in the Nordics.