IMRF Awards About & News Categories Individual #WomenInSAR Team Innovation & Technology Lifetime Achievement People's Choice Award Finalists 2021 Captain Chen Jian Anna Bertrandsson Littke Krista Lynn Elvidge Commander Maritime Dr. Suzanna Razali Chan Lifeboat Station Scheveningen Coastguard Nelson NSRI JetRIB Team The LARUS Project Patrick van Eyssen Media Gallery 2021 Sponsors Past Awards Awards 2021 Winners 2021 Runner Ups Media Gallery 2021 News Articles 2021 Awards 2019 Winners 2019 Finalists 2019 Isobel Tugwell Captain SONG Yin Captain HUANG Zhibin Daisy Gallardo Marine Rescue Port Macquarie Coastguard New Zealand & Other Teams Floating Rescue Stretcher Use of remotely controlled assets in Maritime SAR Clay Evans Arthur Allen Media Gallery 2019 News Articles 2019 Awards 2018 Winners Finalists Media Gallery 2018 Sponsors 2018 News Articles Awards 2017 Winners Finalists Media Gallery 2017 News Articles Awards 2016 Winners Finalists Media Gallery 2016 News Articles IMRF Awards 2021 - Anna Bertrandsson Littke, SSRS Anna Bertrandsson Littke, Swedish Sea Rescue Society (SSRS) Joint Winner of the IMRF #WomenInSAR Award Anna Bertrandsson Littke has been nominated in the #WomenInSAR category for her role as an inspiring driving force, encouraging positive cultural change on an individual, station, community, and national organizational level. She is described as embodying the values of inclusion, diversity and equality that makes this award so important. First and foremost, Anna is an exemplary volunteer sea rescuer, and a Coxswain on all the different SAR vessels operated by SSRS, demonstrating her versatility and ability to adjust to the situation and mission at hand. She leads her team confidently, calmly assessing situations, providing the highest level of individual care to those in distress all the while keeping a smile, and never losing her cool. When Anna became the Station Manager at one of SSRS’s oldest (100 years +) and busiest stations, she changed the traditionally male-dominated macho maritime culture by leading by example, encouraging the team to listen to each other, and by being a role model for both men and women. Her mentorship has led to greater acceptance of the different skills that each crew member brings to the team and provides a degree of psychological safety - encouraging more and more women to consider joining the crew. She is the person to represent SSRS in the community, being a worthy and formidable ambassador of SSRS values and mission. Anna was the first female Head Instructor of SSRS’s SAR Course. Her pedagogic approach of lifting the best attributes of each crew member, male or female has improved the safety and efficiency of SSRS’s rescue capabilities. Anna is an inspiration and role model to other women. She participated in the IMO/World Maritime University seminar “Empowering Women in the Maritime Community” as well as the IMRF’s #WomenInSAR African development SAR course in Morocco in 2019. Anna is now the National Volunteer Coordinator for SSRS, managing operational and organisational challenges across all 73 stations and 2,300 volunteers. She is fair and balanced, listens to the issues and in a calm common-sense manner develops solutions for the greater welfare and happiness of the volunteer crew. She is a shining beacon in a stormy night. Photo Gallery View the photos in Flickr Videos IMRF Awards 2021 - #WomeninSAR Award IMRF Awards 2021 - The Final Results