Nordic Landscapes
Inspired by the quiet landscapes and birdlife of the Nordic world.
Civil Servant — Author — Researcher
Exploring diplomacy, global affairs and conflict through writing and experience.
“Understanding conflict requires patience, perspective and the courage to observe the world as it truly is.”
Anssi Kullberg is a civil servant and writer born in Helsinki, Finland. He graduated from the University of Jyväskylä as Master of Social Sciences and studied also in Lund (Sweden), Tartu (Estonia) and Turku (Finland).
Since 2004 he has worked for the Finnish Foreign Service serving in Damascus, Beirut, Addis Ababa, Kabul, Kyiv, Brussels and Islamabad, as well as in departments of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland.
He has also worked with the Directorate of Immigration, research projects on radicalization and terrorism and the European External Affairs Service.
His works include the non-fiction series The Wolf-Crier's Diaries and the fiction trilogy The Time of the Titans.
Over two decades in diplomacy and policy, his work has taken him across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
Inspired by the quiet landscapes and birdlife of the Nordic world.