Eva Berge Tenorio brought the world's largest BJJ franchise north. In September 2023 she and her husband Demis Malloy Tenorio opened Gracie Barra Jessheim — the first Gracie Barra academy anywhere in the Nordic region, and the formal arrival of the GB curriculum on Norwegian mats.
Her footprint extends beyond Norway. She also operates two Gracie Barra academies in Spain and supervises four more, giving her an operating role across a small international network of GB schools. That experience translated directly into how Jessheim was set up: a full GB programme from day one rather than a slow build.
For Norwegian BJJ, her arrival at Jessheim added a major new affiliation to a landscape that had been dominated for years by Frontline, GFTeam and a handful of independents. The Nordic Gracie Barra story now starts at her academy.