Tor Birger Skogen (Norway)
Tor Birger has played Othello since 1988, and represented Norway in the 1990 WOC in Stockholm and the 2005 WOC in Reykjavik. He was co-founder of the Norwegian Othello Federation and has been president since 2002.

In addition to playing Othello, he has been an active Go player for many years. He has won the Norwegian Go Championship several times, and participated in the World Amateur Go Championship in 1986.

Vidar Aas (Norway)
Vidar has played Othello since 1985, and has participated in the WOC five times. He was founder of the Norwegian Othello Federation in 1988 and became Norwegian Othello Champion in 1989 and 1990.

He is also a player and organizer of several other games and tournaments. In addition to the five WOC's, he has also participated in three other boardgame WC's: Rummikub, Carcassonne and Stratego, and was Norwegian Carcassonne Champion in 2006.

The tasks of the crew are:
- running the tournament
- live games publishing/transcripts
- computer operating
- documentation
- information/media

Helpers
Others are most welcome to come and help us, but unfortunately free lunches and Victory Dinner are limited to the players and the official crew. This is due to heavy costs.  Unfortunately, Norway is a rather expensive country.