in 2011 the couple secured their personal acquaintance Arnold Schwarzenegger as keynote speaker. Renewable energy: In 2009 Petter Stordalen bought 67% of the shares in ECOHZ; an independent provider of Renewable energy with Guarantees of Origin. Today ECOHZ is the market leader, with an expected growth of 10% in 2012. International Climate Agreements: The foundation supports the European Climate Foundation (ECF) and his wife Gunhild Anker Stordalen serves on the organization's supervisory committee. In January 2012 the couple participated in Al Gore's Climate Reality Project's expedition to the Antarctic Consumer behavior: In June 2011 the couple founded GreeNudge. The purpose of the organization is to support and advance research on how climate initiatives, behaviorism, and communication interact. The goal of the foundation is to give decision makers the knowledge they need in order to implement effective climate policies. All hotels in Stordalen's hotel company, Nordic Choice Hotels, are certified according to the ISO 14001 standard. Stordalen's hotel company, Nordic Choice Hotels, is Executive Business Partner of the EAT Initiative. Personal life Stordalen lives in Oslo, Norway, and has three children with his first wife Ingrid; Emilie, Henrik and Jakob. In 2010, Stordalen married Gunhild Anker Stordalen, a doctor and former model. On New Year's Eve 2008 Stordalen proposed on top of Aspen Mountain. The NOK 35 million (US$5 million) wedding was held in Morocco on 12 June 2010, making it Scandinavia's most expensive wedding. The lavish treatment of the guests included chartering an airplane and renting all the rooms of La Mamounia, one of the world's finest luxury hotels. The ceremony was officiated by Bob Geldof in front of 240 of Norway's most prominent celebrities, from finance and the arts. The wedding received press attention normally reserved for royal weddings; Norway's largest news website, VG Nett, had a protocol for the public to leave their greetings. The couple has since been dubbed the Bill and Melinda Gates of Norway by the Norwegian tabloids for their combination of business and philanthropy. In November 2019 the couple announced that they decided to separate but remain friends and continue some cooperations. Following the Utøya shooting, on 22 July 2011, Stordalen donated NOK 5 million to the Norwegian Workers' Youth League to rebuild the summer camp. Bibliography Jeg skal fortelle deg min hemmelighet. Published 2015 References External links strawberrygroup.no 1962 births Living people People from Porsgrunn Norwegian hoteliers Norwegian businesspeople in real estate Norwegian