Johan Ailo Kalstad

Johan Ailo Kalstad currently serves as the Director of NRK Sámi, the Sámi division of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), a public broadcaster. NRK Sámi is dedicated to providing content to the Sámi people, the indigenous population of northern Europe who reside in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Kola peninsula in Russia. NRK Sápmi also provides content to the non-Sámi majority in Norway from a Sámi perspective.

With roots in Guovdageaidnu, a town in the northern part of Sápmi, Johan Ailo is fluent in the Northern Sámi language and holds a Master's degree in Business Administration and a Bachelor's degree in Journalism. He has worked in various Sámi organisations, previously serving as the Director of the Sámi University of Applied Sciences.

NRK Sámi, one of the oldest Sámi institutions, produces daily radio, television, and online content for all segments of the Sámi population in Norway. The organization airs and publishes content in three Sámi languages (the Northern, Lule, and Southern Sámi languages) as well as in Norwegian and has a close collaboration with SVT Sápmi, SR Sameradion, and YLE Sápmi, its sister organisations in Sweden and Finland.