TONO's annual meeting voted through several changes to TONO's statutes and a restructuring of governing provisions. Read what was passed here.
/ 10/06/2025 / Kristian DugstadTONO's annual meeting was held on Tuesday, June 10th as a hybrid meeting with participants at Sentralen in Oslo and online.
The board has carried out a clean-up and restructuring of TONO's governing documents over the past year. The annual meeting decided to discontinue the distribution plan as a separate document, and the content is now divided into the statutes, a new principle document and the membership terms. The changes are intended to make the regulations more transparent and accessible.
Most of the proposed changes were adopted. Some proposals, such as removing TONO's profile as a cultural policy actor in TONO's tasks, introducing advance voting for the annual meeting and differentiated vote weighting for music publishers, were not adopted. A more detailed explanation of the specific changes will be posted on tono.no in the near future.
TONO's board consists of two representatives from the Norwegian Composers' Association (NKF), NOPA, the Norwegian Music Publishers Association (MF), independent members and three employee representatives. Members are elected for two years at a time with overlapping terms. Four board positions are up for election each year to ensure continuity.
The nomination committee's recommendation was adopted with MF representative Mia Hallesby and NKF representative Kristin Bolstad up for re-election, and independent Kristin Marie Skolem and Samsaya Sharma from NOPA as new representatives. This also means that Tove Bøygard (NOPA) and Camilla Granlien (Independent) have left TONO's board.
Ole Henrik Antonsen was re-elected as chairman and Mia Hallesby as deputy chairman, in line with the nomination committee's recommendation.
The TONO members' representatives on the TONO board are thus as follows, with the representatives who were up for election highlighted in bold:
| Manager | Deputy representative | |
| NOPA | Samsays Sharma (new) | Tom Hugo Hermansen (1st substitute) (new)
Ine Hoem (2nd alternate) (1 year) (new) |
| Ole Henrik Antonsen (re-elected as chairman) |
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| NKF | Kristin Bolstad (re-elected) | Martin A. Hirsti-Kvam (1st deputy) (re-elected)
Mathilde Groos Viddal (2nd alternate) |
| Knut Olaf Sunde | ||
| MF | Mia Hallesbys (Re-elected) (Re-elected as Deputy Chair) | Francisca Aas (1st alternate) (new)
Ketil Sveen (2nd alternate) |
| Frithjof Hungnes | ||
| Uavh. | Halvard Rundberg | Grutle Kjellson |
| Kristin Marie Skolem (new) | Jenny Whale (new) |
In addition to these, there are also three employee-elected representatives on the board, who are elected every two years by TONO's employees according to its own rules. For the period 2025-27, Ida Carina Tengs, Ida Otterstad and Henrik Petersheim have been elected.
Mia Hallesby, chairwoman of Musikkforlaggerne and deputy chairwoman of TONO's board, had submitted two proposals to TONO's annual meeting. One concerned a trial scheme with the possibility of expanding TONO's board by up to two external members. The other concerned a new model for allocating TONO's cultural funds, where the funds would be distributed through a professional committee upon application, while the associations would be ensured operating support. None of these proposals were adopted.
The control committee is elected for two years and all positions on the control committee are up for election.
| Manager | Deputy representative | |
| NOPA | Anniken Paulsen (new) | Tore Thomassen (new) |
| NKF | Bjørn Bolstad Skjelbred (re-election) | Christian Blom (re-election) |
| MF | Johan Husvik-Olaussen (re-election) | Celine Høie (re-election) |
| Uavh | Andreas Stensland Løwe (re-election) | Erik Honoré (new) |
| Heirs | Ane Lillian Tveit (re-election) | Britt Irene Børresen (re-election) |
The members of the Scholarship Committee are elected for two years with overlapping terms. The new Scholarship Committee consists of the following representatives:
| Manager | Items | |
| NOPA | Hans Martin Autestad (new) | Philip Emilio Larrain (re-election) |
| Tatiana Pereira | Sarah Jane Summers | |
| NKF | Julian Skar (re-election) | Jonas Skaarud (re-election) |
| Hilde Marie Holsen | Agnes Ida Pettersen | |
| MF | Marion Skogseth Bjørsvik (new) (1 year) | Thomas Autestad (new) (1 year) |
| Uavh. | Edward Valberg | Jennifer Torrence |
| Helga Myhr (re-election) | Håvard Skaseth (new) |
The election committee is nominated by TONO's board. In line with the board's recommendation, half of the representatives, or alternate representatives, were elected for 1 year, to ensure future overlap.
| Manager | Items | |
| NOPA | Arvid Wam Solvang (re-election) | Kate Havnevik (re-election) (1 year) |
| MF | Asbjørn Myrvold (re-election) (1 year) | Kristin Andersen (re-election) |
| NKF | Anna Aardalen (re-election) | Yngve Slettholm (re-election) (1 year) |
| Uavh. | Nora Konstanse Hansen (new) (1 year) | Petter Carlsen (new) |
The annual report and annual accounts for 2024 for the company and group TONO, including the auditor's report and the control committee's report, were adopted, and fees were set for the auditor and shop stewards in TONO. The latter are regulated at the same level as the regulation of the salaries of employees in TONO's administration.
