Author Archives: Johanna Virtanen
Blast from the past: GP Zürich 2004 report with commentary
A while ago, while looking for something else on my hard drive, I found a piece of my personal judging history: a report I wrote after Grand Prix Zürich 2004. It was originally published on the Wizards of the Coast …
New regional forum
As you have probably noticed, our old regional forum at Nordic-judges.org has gone offline. This wasn’t intentional – somebody just forgot to pay for the domain registration. However, during the past six months it has become obvious that the forum …
New Warden in Sweden
After serving as Warden since the very beginning of the warden program, Patrick Ericsson has decided to step down, up and possibly sideways to concentrate more on global program projects as a Level 3. Luckily, it was easy to find …
Conference report: Nordic region winter 2015 conference
Conference is… gathering We arrived by plane, from Denmark. From Norway and the Baltic countries, many small groups did the same. Finns mostly opted for car trips oscillating between minutes and hours. A Swedish delegation arrived by ship from Stockholm. It may sound …
Winter 2015 Nordic judge conference!
The Winter 2015 Nordic region judge conference will be held in Espoo, Finland on the 7th of November! Please go here for more information: http://apps.magicjudges.org/events/4076/
New Warden for Norway
Old wardenEven Heggo has decided to step down from his role as Warden of Norway. The Norwegian judge community has seen incredible growth during Even’s years as Level 2, and in the last year his hard work has really paid …
Malmö Judge Conference report
by Even Hansen, L1, Norway The Nordic Judge Conference for the spring 2015 was held in Malmö in Sweden. This was my second time attending a Nordic Judge Conference and the third time attending a judge conference overall. The …
Warden announcement
Gunnar Holmstedt has chosen to step down from the position of Warden for Southern Sweden. After a discussion with Gunnar and other leading local judges, it was decided that Patrick Ericsson, currently Warden of Northern Sweden, will take over the …
Patrick Ericsson promoted to Level 3
Patrick Ericsson from Sweden was promoted to Level 3 at GP Utrecht. When I first met Patrick, I determined that he wasn’t ready to test for L1 and sent him away without much encouragement or advice. Luckily, he came back …
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