Visionary entrepreneur, Factfulness co-author, and creator of groundbreaking tools that make the world easier to understand.
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Thank you so much for your wonderful presentation at the UFI Global Congress. Your keynote was powerful – insightful and so engaging!
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Anna Rosling Rönnlund is an internationally acclaimed speaker, entrepreneur, and innovator dedicated to helping people understand the world through facts. As co-author of the global bestseller Factfulness and co-founder of Gapminder, she has transformed the way millions of people view global development and the future. Her engaging presentations combine data, storytelling, and interactive experiences that challenge assumptions, inspire curiosity, and replace confusion with clarity. Whether speaking to business leaders, educators, policymakers, or large conference audiences, Anna delivers thought-provoking insights that leave a lasting impact.
Anna Rosling Rönnlund is one of the most influential voices in the field of fact-based understanding, data visualization, and global development. Through her work as an entrepreneur, educator, author, and speaker, she has dedicated her career to combating widespread misconceptions about the world and replacing fear and confusion with knowledge and perspective.
Her mission is simple yet powerful: to help people understand the world as it really is. In an age where information is abundant but understanding is often lacking, Anna offers a refreshing and evidence-based perspective that enables audiences to make sense of complex global issues.
As a speaker, Anna is known for her ability to transform statistics and global trends into compelling stories that are both memorable and actionable. Her presentations are insightful, entertaining, and highly interactive, encouraging audiences to question their assumptions and see the world through a new lens.
Anna Rosling Rönnlund is best known as the co-author of Factfulness, the internationally bestselling book written together with her husband Ola Rosling and her father-in-law Hans Rosling.
The book became a global phenomenon by revealing how most people systematically misunderstand the state of the world. Through research, data, and practical examples, Factfulness demonstrates that many of our assumptions about poverty, health, education, population growth, and global development are outdated or simply incorrect.
The success of Factfulness established Anna as a leading advocate for a fact-based worldview. Her talks expand on the ideas from the book, helping audiences understand why misconceptions persist and how organizations and individuals can make better decisions when guided by facts rather than assumptions.
Together with Hans and Ola Rosling, Anna co-founded Gapminder, an independent educational non-profit organization dedicated to promoting a fact-based understanding of the world.
Gapminder has become internationally recognized for creating innovative educational tools and resources that make complex global data accessible to everyone. Millions of people use Gapminder’s materials every year to better understand development trends, demographics, health, education, and economic progress.
Through Gapminder, Anna has played a central role in designing and developing solutions that challenge common myths and encourage critical thinking. Her work demonstrates how data can become meaningful when presented in ways that are intuitive, visual, and engaging.
Organizations booking Anna Rosling Rönnlund gain direct access to the insights and experiences behind one of the world's most influential educational movements.
Long before data visualization became a widely recognized discipline, Anna Rosling Rönnlund was creating innovative ways to bring statistics to life.
In 1998, she and Ola Rosling invented the groundbreaking bubble-chart software Trendalyzer. The technology transformed complex datasets into animated visual stories that allowed users to see patterns, trends, and changes over time with remarkable clarity.
Trendalyzer attracted global attention and was eventually acquired by Google in 2007. Following the acquisition, Anna joined Google's headquarters as a Senior User Experience Designer, where she spent three years contributing to the development of innovative digital experiences and tools.
Her unique combination of design expertise, analytical thinking, and storytelling continues to define her work today. Audiences leave her presentations with a deeper appreciation of how data can reveal insights, challenge biases, and improve decision-making.
After returning to Gapminder in 2010, Anna launched one of the organization's most ambitious and impactful projects: Dollar Street.
Dollar Street is the world's largest photo project illustrating how people live at different income levels across the globe. By documenting households from a wide range of countries and economic backgrounds, the project provides a visual and factual perspective on everyday life around the world.
The initiative challenges stereotypes and offers a more nuanced understanding of global living conditions. Instead of grouping people by country, Dollar Street organizes homes according to income levels, helping viewers discover similarities and differences that often go unnoticed.
This innovative approach reflects Anna's broader mission of replacing assumptions with evidence and creating tools that make the world easier to understand.
Anna's presentations are consistently praised for being engaging, practical, and eye-opening. She combines deep expertise with an approachable style that resonates with audiences from all sectors and industries.
When you book Anna Rosling Rönnlund, audiences can expect:
Anna speaks to corporate audiences, leadership teams, educational institutions, public sector organizations, associations, and international conferences. Her ability to make complex topics understandable and relevant makes her a sought-after keynote speaker around the world.
Whether addressing misconceptions about global trends, exploring the power of data visualization, or sharing lessons from Gapminder and Dollar Street, Anna Rosling Rönnlund delivers presentations that inspire audiences to think differently. Her talks provide clarity, optimism, and a deeper understanding of the world we live in, making her an exceptional choice for organizations seeking a speaker who combines insight, innovation, and lasting impact.
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Thank you so much for your wonderful presentation at the UFI Global Congress. Your keynote was powerful – insightful and so engaging!
UFI Congress Germany
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A standout moment was the insightful keynote by Anna Rosling Rönnlund. Her eye-opening presentation challenged common misconceptions, provided a fact-based and accurate understanding of global issues, and offered hope for our shared future: "Remember: things can be bad, and getting better.
BCSD Portugal
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Thank you for a wonderful lecture yesterday! Anna really inspired students to be humbler and more curious!
Ottawa University Canada
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Thank you so much for your valuable time and inspiration. Many of our colleagues have commented on not only what you brought to the discussion but also how you did it.
Volvo Cars Sweden
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Your presentation was one of the most wonderful things I've ever had the privilege of watching. Thank you very much for sharing your incredible message.
Oxford University UK
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I would like to thank you once again for your inspiring impulse. It was very well liked by the audience.
Metafinanz Germany
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Thank you very much for this provocative, yet very fascinating and fruitful presentation on the importance of fact-based approach to the way we see the world.
Berne Union Belgium
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I usually start thinking about other things during presentations, but I was fascinated and listened carefully to every second of your talk!
UFI Congress Germany
Keynote by Anna Rosling Rönnlund:
Despite unprecedented access to information, many people have a surprisingly inaccurate view of the world. Misconceptions about poverty, education, health, population growth, and global development influence decisions in business, leadership, media, and everyday life.
In this eye-opening keynote, Anna Rosling Rönnlund reveals why our instincts often lead us to misunderstand the world around us and how a fact-based perspective can help us make better decisions about the future. Drawing on insights from the international bestseller Factfulness, her work at Gapminder, and decades of experience turning complex data into engaging visual stories, Anna challenges common assumptions and replaces them with a clearer understanding of reality.
Through interactive examples, fascinating global data, and powerful storytelling, audiences discover how the world has changed, why many outdated perceptions persist, and what it takes to navigate an increasingly complex information landscape.
This keynote is both inspiring and practical, leaving audiences with renewed optimism, sharper critical thinking skills, and a deeper understanding of global trends shaping our future.
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