Samuelsson Joins DWS as Program Officer for East Africa
Mr Tore Samuelsson from Sweden is the new program officer for Eastern Africa at the LWF Department for World Service (DWS) headquarters. Before assuming his new position in February, Samuelsson, 56, worked since 2001 as communications director for the Uppsala (Sweden)-based Life & Peace Institute, an organization specializing in scientific research on international conflicts from a Christian-ethical perspective.
Samuelsson’s career over a period of 30 years in communication and development includes responsibility for a number of LWF/DWS programs in Africa, and several years’ employment with his home church, Church (Lutheran) of Sweden, and its development and emergency relief agency, Church of Sweden Aid.
He was marketing director for the Church of Sweden newspaper Svenska Kyrkans Tidning, 1998 to 2001, prior to which he worked for slightly over one year as associate director of Läkarmissionen Foundation, an independent Swedish foundation supporting development and humanitarian efforts. Between 1987 and 1997, he worked at the LWF/DWS headquarters for four-and-a-half years, as program officer for six country programs in Africa, and as communications and reporting officer for Eastern and Southern Africa based in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.
Samuelsson’s employment with Church of Sweden Aid from 1980 to 1993 included the position of director for communications, associate development director, and consultant for media productions. From 1976 until 1980 he was a reporter for Sweden’s Dagen daily newspaper.
He holds two diplomas—in journalism and communication from Göteborg University, and in development studies from Uppsala University, both in Sweden. He is currently pursuing further studies on the role of religion in conflict and peace building.
Samuelsson is married with three children.
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