Marius Lucas Strøm Pettersen is the Chair of Erfaringssentrum, a national organization representing peer support workers and the use of lived experience within mental health, addiction and recovery work. Having personally struggled with suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts, he has worked his way back to stability and now uses his experiences to advocate for hope, recovery, and inclusion. In addition to his organizational work, he contributed to the visual elements of the film Life After You (“Livet etter deg”).

