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'''Gunnar K. A. Njalsson''' (1968 - ) is the current [[Governor]] (President and [[CEO]]) of [[Spacepol|The SPACEPOL Corporation]]<ref>Canadian Who's Who. University of Toronto Press. 2007.ISBN 9780802040619</ref>, a [[Canadian]] publishing and government consulting house focused on national innovation policy, strategic intelligence and the creation of new services and products from research-based knowledge. He is also an administrative [[scientist]] and lecturer best known for bridging the worlds of [[Public Administration]] and [[Technology]] in his research and academic work. <ref>Marquis Who's Who in Finance and Business. Marquis, NJ. 2009. ISBN 9780837903583</ref>

'''Gunnar K. A. Njalsson''' (born 1968) is the current [[Governor]] (President and [[CEO]]) of [[Spacepol|The SPACEPOL Corporation]],<ref>Canadian Who's Who. University of Toronto Press. 2007.ISBN 9780802040619</ref> a [[Canadian]] publishing and government consulting house focused on national innovation policy, strategic intelligence and the creation of new services and products from research-based knowledge. He is also an administrative [[scientist]] and lecturer best known for bridging the worlds of [[Public Administration]] and [[Technology]] in his research and academic work.<ref>Marquis Who's Who in Finance and Business. Marquis, NJ. 2009. ISBN 9780837903583</ref>

== Early Life ==  

== Early life ==

Njalsson grew up in [[North America]] and northern [[Europe]] leaving home at the age of 15 years. He worked evening jobs and paid rent from that age in cities such as Laguna Beach, [[California]] in addition to his regular schooling. Having lived in countries such as [[Iceland]], the [[United States]], [[Canada]], [[Norway]], [[Mexico]] and [[Finland]], he was  

Njalsson grew up in [[North America]] and northern [[Europe]] leaving home at the age of 15 years. He worked evening jobs and paid rent from that age in cities such as Laguna Beach, [[California]] in addition to his regular schooling. Having lived in countries such as [[Iceland]], the [[United States]], [[Canada]], [[Norway]], [[Mexico]] and [[Finland]], he was  

speaking seven languages fluently by the age of twenty. <ref>Radio västnyland (archived), Intervju med Gunnar K. A. Njålsson (An Interview with Gunnar K. A. Njålsson), Ekenäs, Finland. June 1992.</ref>

speaking seven languages fluently by the age of twenty.<ref>Radio västnyland (archived), Intervju med Gunnar K. A. Njålsson (An Interview with Gunnar K. A. Njålsson), Ekenäs, Finland. June 1992.</ref>

Njalsson began his university career in the [[United States]] at the age of seventeen and studied at universities such as the [[University of Texas at El Paso]] and [[Texas Tech University]], originally majoring in [[Computer Science]] and [[Psychology]]. He would later complete his [[Bachelors]] and [[Masters]] degree in [[Finland]], and is currently working towards a [[Doctorate]] degree.  He also studied Science and Technology Management in [[Argentina]] at the National University of Quilmes.<ref>Who's Who in Computational Science and Engineering. Saxe-Coburg Publications, Stirlingshire. 2006. ISBN 1874672180</ref> He minored in [[Economics]] and [[Computer Science]] and [[Engineering]] receiving highest honors. Despite receiving highest marks for his two first degrees at the [[University of Helsinki]] and having graduated with two degrees within two and a half years, he would never receive any scholarships or honorable mention from the University of Helsinki from which he academically distanced himself in May of 2007.<ref>SSKH Informerar (The Swedish School of Social Science Information - Graduation Edition), May 1996. Helsinki.</ref><ref>Hamodia (Jewish Daily), Discrimination in a Land that Prides Itself in Tolerance and Ethics. pp F3 and F18, 22 May 2007. New Jersey, London and Jerusalem.</ref>

Njalsson began his university career in the [[United States]] at the age of seventeen and studied at universities such as the [[University of Texas at El Paso]] and [[Texas Tech University]], originally majoring in [[Computer Science]] and [[Psychology]]. He would later complete his [[Bachelors]] and [[Masters]] degree in [[Finland]], and is currently working towards a [[Doctorate]] degree.  He also studied Science and Technology Management in [[Argentina]] at the National University of Quilmes.<ref>Who's Who in Computational Science and Engineering. Saxe-Coburg Publications, Stirlingshire. 2006. ISBN 1874672180</ref> He minored in [[Economics]] and [[Computer Science]] and [[Engineering]] receiving highest honors. Despite receiving highest marks for his two first degrees at the [[University of Helsinki]] and having graduated with two degrees within two and a half years, he would never receive any scholarships or honorable mention from the University of Helsinki from which he academically distanced himself in May 2007.<ref>SSKH Informerar (The Swedish School of Social Science Information - Graduation Edition), May 1996. Helsinki.</ref><ref>Hamodia (Jewish Daily), Discrimination in a Land that Prides Itself in Tolerance and Ethics. pp F3 and F18, 22 May 2007. New Jersey, London and Jerusalem.</ref>

== Political Career ==

== Political career ==

Njalsson was elected vice President of the [[Left Alliance Party]] branch in [[Espoo]], the second largest city in [[Finland]] in 1998 and became President of the Espoo branch of the party in 1999.<ref>Länsiväylä, (New Party Branch President Likes to be near Nature), Espoo, 2000.</ref> He was appointed to several committees representing the Swedish-speaking minority for 2001-2004 as well as being a deputy member of the municipal planning council of the city for the period 2001-2003.<ref>Record of Appointments to Councils, City of Espoo, 22.01.2001. http://www.espoo.fi/asiakirja.asp?path=1;31;37423;37424;37425&id=22B4B0A804731F49C22569E400496423&Kanta=Kunnari\intrakun_e.nsf</ref>

Njalsson was elected vice President of the [[Left Alliance Party]] branch in [[Espoo]], the second largest city in [[Finland]] in 1998 and became President of the Espoo branch of the party in 1999.<ref>Länsiväylä, (New Party Branch President Likes to be near Nature), Espoo, 2000.</ref> He was appointed to several committees representing the Swedish-speaking minority for 2001-2004 as well as being a deputy member of the municipal planning council of the city for the period 2001-2003.<ref>Record of Appointments to Councils, City of Espoo, 22.01.2001. http://www.espoo.fi/asiakirja.asp?path=1;31;37423;37424;37425&id=22B4B0A804731F49C22569E400496423&Kanta=Kunnari\intrakun_e.nsf</ref>

He renounced his party membership in 2003 and would eventually become Classical or Social [[Conservative]].<ref>Vem och vad 2008 (Who's Who in Finland), Schildts förlags. Espoo, Finland. 2008. ISBN 9789515017505</ref> In a communique, he openly criticized the Archbishop of the [[Lutheran]] Church of Finland for apologizing to the [[Muslim]] community in the wake of violence and protests against western interests in response to the [[Muhammad_cartoons_controversy|Danish cartoons]] which ignited a furor in 2006. In 2006, Njalsson also published an open letter to the President of Finland, the Prime Minister and the Finnish Archbishop Jukka Parma calling for Finnish national leaders to discuss measures against anti-social and unethical behaviour which he warned is becoming an increasingly serious problem in the country.<ref>SPNW Research Network Newswire Service. Accessed and Printed 10 June 2007. http://www.spacepol.ca/spnw/index.xml</ref> Njalsson held a position as member of the Board of Directors of the Writers' Guild of Espoo from 2000 to 2006 working toward greater public support of literature and culture.<ref>City of Espoo, Writers' Guild of Espoo Biography Pages. http://www.espoo.fi/kirjailijat/suomi/njalsson.html</ref> He is also considered by the city of [[Kauniainen]], [[Finland]] to be a local writer.<ref>City of Kauniainen Libraries, Biographies of Local Writers. http://elmerinfo.net/index.php?lang=SE&p=Etsi_tietokannasta&page=single_entry&search=authors&id=227</ref>

He renounced his party membership in 2003 and would eventually become Classical or Social [[Conservative]].<ref>Vem och vad 2008 (Who's Who in Finland), Schildts förlags. Espoo, Finland. 2008. ISBN 9789515017505</ref> In a communique, he openly criticized the Archbishop of the [[Lutheran]] Church of Finland for apologizing to the [[Muslim]] community in the wake of violence and protests against western interests in response to the [[Muhammad cartoons controversy|Danish cartoons]] which ignited a furor in 2006. In 2006, Njalsson also published an open letter to the President of Finland, the Prime Minister and the Finnish Archbishop Jukka Parma calling for Finnish national leaders to discuss measures against anti-social and unethical behaviour which he warned is becoming an increasingly serious problem in the country.<ref>SPNW Research Network Newswire Service. Accessed and Printed 10 June 2007. http://www.spacepol.ca/spnw/index.xml</ref> Njalsson held a position as member of the Board of Directors of the Writers' Guild of Espoo from 2000 to 2006 working toward greater public support of literature and culture.<ref>City of Espoo, Writers' Guild of Espoo Biography Pages. http://www.espoo.fi/kirjailijat/suomi/njalsson.html</ref> He is also considered by the city of [[Kauniainen]], [[Finland]] to be a local writer.<ref>City of Kauniainen Libraries, Biographies of Local Writers. http://elmerinfo.net/index.php?lang=SE&p=Etsi_tietokannasta&page=single_entry&search=authors&id=227</ref>

== Academic and Researcher ==

== Academic and Researcher ==

Gunnar Njalsson became one of the principle pioneers and researchers in the field of International [[Space Law]] in the [[Nordic Countries]]<ref>Helsingin sanomat, Kilpajouksu Kuun ja muun avaruuden luonnonrikkauksista on jo alkamassa, Helsinki, Finland. Vesa Santavuori. Helsinki, Finland. 20 October 1996.</ref> and worked from the Institute of Air and Space Law (the only such institute in the Nordic countries) at the [[University of Lapland]] in [[Rovaniemi]], [[Finland]] from 2003 to 2004. Between 1998 and 2007, he traveled throughout the Nordic countries lecturing in Public Technology Management, Planning and Implementation of E-services and Space Law Development.<ref>Länsiväylä, Onko kuu jo kaupan? (Is the Moon up for Sale?). Espoo, 1999.</ref><ref>Indian Government Expert Database in Science and Technology (NISSAT), http://nissat.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/experts/ Accessed and Printed 30 March 2004</ref> He is an active member of the [[IEEE]]<ref>IEEE list of proposed Senior Members 2009. http://www.ieee.org/portal/cms_docs_iportals/iportals/membership/senior-members/update_files/smstatusmtglistjuly23.pdf</ref> and a fellow of the [[International Institute of Space Law (IISL)]]. <ref>International Institute of Space Law, List of Inducted Fellows. http://www.iislweb.org/docs/200406-IISLnewsletter.pdf</ref>

Gunnar Njalsson became one of the principle pioneers and researchers in the field of International [[Space Law]] in the [[Nordic Countries]]<ref>Helsingin sanomat, Kilpajouksu Kuun ja muun avaruuden luonnonrikkauksista on jo alkamassa, Helsinki, Finland. Vesa Santavuori. Helsinki, Finland. 20 October 1996.</ref> and worked from the Institute of Air and Space Law (the only such institute in the Nordic countries) at the [[University of Lapland]] in [[Rovaniemi]], [[Finland]] from 2003 to 2004. Between 1998 and 2007, he traveled throughout the Nordic countries lecturing in Public Technology Management, Planning and Implementation of E-services and Space Law Development.<ref>Länsiväylä, Onko kuu jo kaupan? (Is the Moon up for Sale?). Espoo, 1999.</ref><ref>Indian Government Expert Database in Science and Technology (NISSAT), http://nissat.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/experts/ Accessed and Printed 30 March 2004</ref> He is an active member of the [[IEEE]]<ref>IEEE list of proposed Senior Members 2009. http://www.ieee.org/portal/cms_docs_iportals/iportals/membership/senior-members/update_files/smstatusmtglistjuly23.pdf</ref> and a fellow of the [[International Institute of Space Law (IISL)]].<ref>International Institute of Space Law, List of Inducted Fellows. http://www.iislweb.org/docs/200406-IISLnewsletter.pdf</ref>

Njalsson's research on public policy determination in the field of national innovation and technology programmes draws some ideas from the field of Cognitive and Occupational Psychology, in that he has in several works proposed that different interest and occupational groups may formulate problems and the solutions to the problems in differing ways in part based upon their cognitive and occupational background. Njalsson refers to this phenomenon as ''problem-solution mindsets'' and describes those with differing profiles for example as ''technocrats'' or ''econocrats''.<ref name="Njalsson">Njalsson, Gunnar K. A. From autonomous to socially conceived technology: toward a causal, intentional and systematic analysis of interests and elites in public technology policy ''Theoria: a journal of political theory'' Issue 108 pp. 56–81. Berghahn Books. 12/05. http://www.berghahnbooks.com/journals/th Accessed: 2006-12-15</ref>

Njalsson's research on public policy determination in the field of national innovation and technology programmes draws some ideas from the field of Cognitive and Occupational Psychology, in that he has in several works proposed that different interest and occupational groups may formulate problems and the solutions to the problems in differing ways in part based upon their cognitive and occupational background. Njalsson refers to this phenomenon as ''problem-solution mindsets'' and describes those with differing profiles for example as ''technocrats'' or ''econocrats''.<ref name="Njalsson">Njalsson, Gunnar K. A. From autonomous to socially conceived technology: toward a causal, intentional and systematic analysis of interests and elites in public technology policy ''Theoria: a journal of political theory'' Issue 108 pp. 56–81. Berghahn Books. 12/05. http://www.berghahnbooks.com/journals/th Accessed: 2006-12-15</ref>

== A Canadian Corporate Leader ==

== A Canadian Corporate Leader ==

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Gunnar K. A. Njalsson founded [[Spacepol|SPACEPOL]] in 1998 as a spinoff project at the [[University of Helsinki]] and to unite researchers in Space Law and Public Technology Policy. In 2005, Njalsson converted the international volunteer network into a commercial enterprise.<ref>Marquis Who's Who in Finance and Business. Marquis, NJ. 2009. ISBN 9780837903583</ref> SPACEPOL was incorporated in 2008 as The SPACEPOL Corporation, was removed from Finland and is based in Canada remaining to this day a privately held Canadian-controlled corporation.

Gunnar K. A. Njalsson founded [[Spacepol|SPACEPOL]] in 1998 as a spinoff project at the [[University of Helsinki]] and to unite researchers in Space Law and Public Technology Policy. In 2005, Njalsson converted the international volunteer network into a commercial enterprise.<ref>Marquis Who's Who in Finance and Business. Marquis, NJ. 2009. ISBN 9780837903583</ref> SPACEPOL was incorporated in 2008 as The SPACEPOL Corporation, was removed from Finland and is based in Canada remaining to this day a privately held Canadian-controlled corporation.

* Njålsson, Gunnar K. A., An International Legal Regime for Outer Space - Different Types of Regime Change, Masters Thesis (in Swedish), 81, September 1996

* Njålsson, Gunnar K. A., An International Legal Regime for Outer Space - Different Types of Regime Change, Masters Thesis (in Swedish), 81, September 1996

== Related ==  

== Related ==

* [[Spacepol|SPACEPOL Éditeurs universitaires]]  Academic publishing and consulting house based in [[Quebec]], [[Canada]]

* [[Spacepol|SPACEPOL Éditeurs universitaires]]  Academic publishing and consulting house based in [[Quebec]], [[Canada]]

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==External Links==

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