Reverend Eltvik (Norway) has held career positions within the YMCA world movement for over 30 years holding various leadership and programme director roles, including Secretary General of YMCA Europe (1999 – 2011) and the World Alliance of YMCAs.
On behalf of YMCA Europe he led the reestablishment of 20 National YMCA Movements in Central and Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin wall.
He was also the initiator of the YMCA Europe Youth Festivals in Prague, where more than 7,500 young people from 50 countries met in both 2003 and 2008.
Previously Reverend Eltvik has been involved in teaching and the ministry, both in the military and The Church of Norway.
