The following individuals were instrumental in UArctic's creation, each in their own way. Without them our network would not have grown into the success it is today.
We thank the founders of UArctic for their invaluable effort:
Riitta Aikio
Claus Andreasen
Lloyd Axworthy
Bård A. Berg
Guðmundur Bjarnason
Þórleifur Björnsson
Asgeir Brekke
Terry Callaghan
Richard Caulfield
Leif Christoffersen
Cynthia (Cindy) Dickson
Gérard Duhaime
Níels Einarsson
Claudia Fedorova
Eirik Fiva
Bruce Forbes
Scott Forrest
Amanda Graham
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
Thorsteinn Gunnarsson
Pekka Haavisto
Johan Daniel Hætta
Bill Heal
Olav Hesjedal
Joella Hogan
Janne Hukkinen
Jón Haukur Ingimundarson
Birgitte Jacobsen
Paula Kankaanpää
Jan Henry Keskitalo
Leslie King
Veera Kinnunen
Esko Koponen
Lars Kullerud
Richard Langlais
Lauri Lantto
Anita Lehikoinen
John Lehman
Lars-Erik Liljelund
Guy Lindström
Thomas McGovern
Audrey McLaughlin
Erling Olsen
Leo Pekkala
Tony Penikett
Larisa Pisareva
Greg Poelzer
Paul Reichardt
Lars-Otto Reiersen
Larissa Riabova
Esko Riepula
Rune Rydén
Aron Senkpiel
Outi Snellman
Ande Somby
Jan Idar Solbakken
David Stone
Knut Vollebaek
Sally Webber
Oran Young
Steven Young