Beatrice Fihn was born on 17 November 1982 and is a Swedish lawyer.
17 Facts About Beatrice Fihn
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Beatrice Fihn was the executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons from 2014 to 1 February 2023.
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Beatrice Fihn was born on 17 November 1982 in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Beatrice Fihn studied at the Stockholm University, earning a bachelor's degree in international relations in 2008.
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Beatrice Fihn then worked at a bank in Geneva and earned a one-year Master of Laws degree in international law at the University College London.
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Beatrice Fihn has given presentations at United Nations meetings, in parliaments around the world, at universities like Harvard and Notre Dame, and at global conferences such as the World Economic Forum, Munich Security Conference, and the Royal Institute of International Affairs' Chatham House.
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Beatrice Fihn returned to the WILPF in 2010, working with its 'Reaching Critical Will' disarmament programme, until becoming the executive director of ICAN in 2014.
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In 2018, Beatrice Fihn produced the film The Day the World Changed, the first-ever virtual reality memorial experience dedicated to those directly affected by nuclear warfare dating back to 1945.
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In 2018, Beatrice Fihn criticized US President Donald Trump on his nuclear policies.
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In 2018, Beatrice Fihn visited Nagasaki for the first time and visited Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.
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In 2018, Beatrice Fihn delivered the 24th annual Hesburgh Lecture in Ethics and Public Policy at the University of Notre Dame.
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In September 2018, Beatrice Fihn delivered remarks at the Museum of Mathematics in New York honoring Stanislav Petrov, the winner of the Future of Life Award for 2018.
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In 2019, Beatrice Fihn delivered the Kenneth N Waltz Annual Lecture at Aberystwyth University.
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The title of Beatrice Fihn's lecture was "International Politics is alive and well ".
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In 2021, Beatrice Fihn was a featured speaker at the Second IPB World Peace Congress held in Barcelona, Spain.
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In March 2022, Beatrice Fihn participated in a United Nations event intended to draw attention to gender and nuclear disarmament.
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In February 2023, Beatrice Fihn stepped down as executive director of ICAN and left Daniel Hogsta as Interim Executive Director until a new director is found.