Ajahn Nitho

Norwegian forest monk, born 1970 on the west coast. Educated at the University of Bergen and the Norwegian School of Economics, he worked as a CFO for several years before travelling to Australia in 2007 to ordain under Ajahn Brahm. Full bhikkhu ordination in 2009.

He trained for more than ten years in Australia and made several practice stays with Ajahn Ganha in Thailand. He returned to Norway and co-founded Den Norske Buddhistforening (DNBF) in 2021. He is the spiritual director of DNBF and will lead our first retreat in November 2026.

His teaching is simple, warm, and direct. He is one of the few teachers in the English-speaking forest tradition network who teach regularly in Scandinavia.