WBD Names Programming VP for the Nordics

Amazon MGM Studios alum Karin Lindström has joined Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) as group VP of programming for its Nordic operations.

Formerly head of Nordics originals at Prime Video, Lindström will oversee strategy and budgets for WBD’s content investments in the Nordic region as well as programming and planning operations for the linear networks in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. Reporting to Christina Sulebakk, executive VP and managing director for the Nordics at WBD, she will work closely with Pil Gundelach Brandstrup, group VP of original production networks and streaming.

“I am thrilled to begin this journey at Warner Bros. Discovery,” said Lindström. “The WBD team offers such a strong slate of Nordic programs, streaming titles and sports. Among my personal favorites are Wahlgren’s World in Sweden, Over the Atlantic in Finland and Sweden, Celebrity Hunted in Denmark and Norway and my newest favorite, Jon’s Farm in Norway. With WBD’s powerful storytelling, I look forward to contributing to continued commercial success and engaging broad audiences across platforms. Content remains the foundation, and data is the driver. Staying close to customer behavior across all aspects of content consumption will be our focus going forward.”

“We are delighted to welcome Karin to WBD Nordics,” said Sulebakk. “She is a highly talented and experienced industry executive who, in her new role, will focus on developing and implementing our content investment strategy, while optimizing the performance and positioning of our linear channel portfolios.”