Visit Vestfold is the official marketing company and unifying body for the tourism industry in Vestfold. Visit Vestfold was established on January 18 2016 and is organised as a membership organisation.
Visit Vestfold will be the driving force behind Vestfold’s efforts to realise its potential for value creation in the tourism industry and to have a professional and as year-round tourism industry as possible.
The administration of Visit Vestfold
Visit Vestfold’s administration is characterised by people with a passionate commitment to Vestfold and the diversity of experiences and opportunities the region has to offer. Our offices are located at Torp Sandefjord Airport.
Contact information:
Torpveien 130
3241 Sandefjord, Norway
Tel: 33 46 05 90
E-mail: info@visitvestfold.com
Org.nr: 958810415
Meet the people:
General Manager
Ellen Larsen
E-mail: ellen@visitvestfold.com
Tel. dir: 950 29 916
Ellen has extensive experience in the tourism industry and has long been passionate about bringing Vestfold’s tourism industry together under one umbrella.
Before Visit Vestfold was established, she was tourism manager in Sandefjord. Ellen is a Sandefjord girl who moved back to her home town in 2002. Before returning, she worked with tourism development and marketing in the Norefjell region and in Akershus Reiselivsråd.
She has also worked for several years in cultural marketing, as marketing manager at Kulturkvartalet Sandvika. Ellen has her theoretical ballast with economics and tourism studies from Telemark Distriktshøgskole and from Lillehammer.
When Ellen isn’t at work, she can often be found at one of the county’s many cultural events, or on one of the many hiking trails the county has to offer.
Product Manager
Trude Schelbred
E-mail: trude@visitvestfold.com
Tel. dir: 472 95 015
Trude has extensive experience in sales, having owned her own shop and been sales manager at Kari Trestakk. Trude has also worked with local tourism in Sandefjord before joining Visit Vestfold, including Sandefjord Motor Hotel and Visit Sandefjord.
Trude handles most things at Visit Vestfold. She is responsible for the event calendar, member services, event assistance, guides and various administrative office tasks.
Trude is a Sandefjord girl with a passion for experiences in the county’s immediate surroundings. When she’s not at work, you’ll often find her socialising in a café or attending a concert at one of the county’s many cultural venues.
Digital content manager
Line Løge Ornell
E-mail: line@visitvestfold.com
Tel. dir: 400 13 120
Line describes herself as a typical weather refugee from Bergen, and is therefore particularly fond of Vestfold’s many sunny days. She holds degrees in economics and marketing from BI Norwegian Business School and Nanyang Technological University, loves travelling (so much so that she lived in the USA, Singapore and China before landing in Larvik) and is a real marketing nerd who loves working with campaigns, analyses and producing creative content.
Prior to Visit Vestfold, she worked in both finance and marketing, and she loves working at the intersection of creativity and analysis to promote the desire to travel to Vestfold.
In her spare time, you’ll usually find her at the fitness centre, walking the dog or on the sofa with a good book.
Marketing Manager
Kristoffer Paulsen
E-mail: kristoffer@visitvestfold.com
Tel. dir: 928 00 313
With international experience building brands from both the client and agency side, Kristoffer is a strategically strong marketer. He holds a bachelor’s degree in sports tourism from Australia and a master’s degree in media management from the New School of Public Engagement in New York. In his job, he is particularly interested in the combination of sustainable tourism development and creative communication.
Kristoffer is a social type who lives the hectic toddler life with his family in Larvik. He also spends a lot of time on his surfboard in the waves along the Vestfold coast.
Marketing coordinator
Line Masdal Aadne
E-mail: line.aadne@visitvestfold.com
The board of Visit Vestfold
Chairman of the Board: Emma Järpell, Engø Gård
Deputy Chairman: Øyvind Hagen, Quality Hotel Tønsberg
Board members:
Runa Strindin, Midgardsblot
Pearl Schellenberg, RS Noatun
Olav Tarjei Valebjørg, Høyt og Lavt Gruppen
Eva Helling-Nilsen, Farris Bad
Thomas Ødegård, Scandic Park Sandefjord
Deputies:
Tine Kleive-Mathisen, Torp Sandefjord Lufthavn
Nerma Macak, Unike Hoteller