Background
Viking, Nils Olof Son of Karin Elizabeth and Gunnar Nils Viking.
Viking, Nils Olof Son of Karin Elizabeth and Gunnar Nils Viking.
Bachelor of Architecture, University Strathclyde, Glasgow, 1973. Master of Science in Urban Studies with distinction, Oxford Brookes University, 1988. Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Planning, Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, 1995.
Assistant, job architect Ralph Erskine Architect and Planner, Drottningholm, Sweden, 1973—1980. Urban planner Sida Ministry Lands, Francistown, Botswana, 1980—1984. Research fellow, director studies, head international programmes Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1988—2007, researcher, lecturer, since 2010.
Head spatial planning Municipality Norrköping, Norrkoping, Sweden, 2001—2002. Advisor, district urban planners Swedeplan, Serowe, Botswana, 1991—1992. Legal drafter, urban planning Republic Botswana, Development Control Code, 1995.
District advisor, local management, natural resources ORGUT Consulting AB, Office Prime Minister, Kibaya, Tanzania, 1997—2000. Poject manager, team leader on preparation national land use and development master plan Swedesurvey AB, Kigali, Rwanda, 2007—2009.
Member of Botswana Institute Development Professions, Swedish National Association Planners, Royal Institute British Architects, Swedish Planners, Swedish Architects.
Married Marie Elsa Birgitta Blomqvist, July 20, 1974. Children: Sunniva Karin, Ambjörn Olof.