Member trip to a Vineyard
On Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025, Harald Bluetooth Guild ended the season with a visit to Denmark's largest vineyard, Dyrehøj Vingård, on Røsnæs. The Guild's partner VIKINGBUS transported the participants from Slagelse Station to Dyrehøj Vingård and back.
It was the best possible weather for the excursion, which had about 30 participants. The winery is owned by Pernille and Jacob Bruun-Jensen, and the visit began with a glass of "bubbles", followed by a field walk with a story about the vines by Pernille. The fields face south towards Kalundborg Fjord, with a beautiful view of the fjord.
Back at the winery, Jacob Bruun-Jensen took over, just a few minutes after returning from the harvest at his Californian vineyard.
Jacob is passionate about wine, and is a DipWSET, Certified Sommelier, and a UC Davis wine program graduate.
Jacob gave a tour of the production facilities and spoke passionately about the production of the wine, before the participants enjoyed a lovely tapas setting with several different wines from the winery, all of which were thoroughly presented by Jacob, who also told a little about himself and his background, having grown up in Slagelse
After the members had diligently bought some of the quality products from the vineyard's shop, the trip went back with VIKINGBUS.
A big thank you to Pernille and Jacob Bruun-Jensen for an excellent arrangement.
And to those of you who were not on the trip: a visit to Dyrehøj Vingård and Røsnæs in general is definitely worth a trip.
Admission on September 15, 2025
The last regular inauguration of the year in the Guild on September 15th 2025 started with a wind-blown tour of the area at the Viking castle of Trelleborg.
Since the museum at Trelleborg is closed on Mondays during the off-season, the inauguration itself took place in scenic surroundings at the Climbing Park at Kragerup Estate. Here the weather showed its best side, as the sun-drenched trees provided shelter from the wind. It became a different, but very atmospheric inauguration.
Among the newly admitted were the ambassadors from Canada and Ireland. The Irish ambassador Kyle O'Sullivan is new to Denmark, and has only been in Denmark for 14 days.
Therefore, it was a special pleasure that he had set aside time for the occation, as the cooperation between the Harald Bluetooth Guild and the Irish Embassy is particularly important, due to the youth exchange program the Guild runs every summer, with the exchange of a young Irish and a young Danish student, with the aim of spreading knowledge of each other's culture, based on the Viking theme.
It is the Irish Viking town of Waterford, which, in collaboration with Rotary International, is responsible for the Irish part, just as the local Slagelse Antvorskov Rotary Club is responsible for the accommodation of the Irish student in Slagelse.
The picture shows the newly admitted members in the forest at Kragerup Gods.
From left: Develop Manager Knud Erik Rødbro, Ambassador Kyle O'Sullivan, Ireland, Ambassador Carolyn Bennett, Canada, estate owner Thomas Voss, CCO Christian Zohnesen, theatre director Pia Jette Hansen and psychologist Ole Michael Spaten.
Admission on September 9, 2025
On September 9, 2025, the Guild admitted 6 new members, and the Chinese ambassador to Denmark also participated as a guest of honor.
Photo: In the picture from the left: Chamberlain Carl Thøgersen, Ambassador Manish Prabhat, India, Director Klaus Ruwai Kesje, Nurse Lotte Berg Kesje, Ambassador Xuefeng Wang, China, Estate owner Regitze Dinesen, and CEO Jan Ravnholt, Australia.
Photo: Hasse Ferrold
Admission on August 28, 2025
On August 28th, 2025, the Guild admitted 8 new members.
Photo: From left are Editor-in-Chief Jens Mørch, CEO Philippe Poullain Jr., Monaco, President Martin Chlumsky, Czech Republic, archaeologist and author Jeanette Varberg, CEO Henrik Møller Kastrup, theater director Ian Burns, Ireland, consultant Janne Dyving, and CEOr Asbjørn Overgaard.
Photo: Alan Thagaard
Admission of former exchange students
Harald Bluetooth's Guild has inauguarated the former exchange students. The three most recent were inaugurated at a special summer event in connection with Grace Johnson's stay in July.
Photo: from left: Frederik Jensen, Rebecca Grewy-Isen og Grace Johnson.
Admission on June 11th 2025
On June 11, 2025, the Guild inaugurated 7 new members.
Photo: From left Cultural Coordinator Julie Strandby Dam-Larsen, CEO Jette Egelund, Conductor Mogens Dahl, Research Lecturer Randi Annikki Mortensen, Sculptor Morten Stræde, CEO Jacob Bruun-Jensen, and Leader Henrik Broch-Lips.
Admission on May 6th
May 6th 2025 the Guild inaugurated 6 new members.
Photo: From left Erling Faksvåg, Norway,
Pia Allerslev, Thomas Bagger, Mette Gade, Johnny Wulff Andersen og Astrid Vind
May 19th 2025, the Guild assembly took place at Kragerup Manor
Photo: The members of the Guild Board are seen with Rane Willerslev, from left Anette Borg, Finn Berggren, Lis Tribler, Rane Willerslev, Jens Grønkjær, Jacob Stryhn, and Svend-Erik Kristensen. Photo: Hasse Ferrold.
The Alderman welcomed the attendees to the annual meeting, at Skovhytten, with a glass of white wine.
The Alderman presented the day's program, which began with an exciting and inspiring presentation from Rane Willerslev, who described how he has become who he is and how he uses his skills to transform the leadership of the Danish National Museum.
Photo: Rane Willerslev is speaking at the beautifully decorated tables. Photo: Hasse Ferrold.
After Rane Willerslev's presentation, the Alderman, the vice-chairman, and the chairman presented the fundraising for the Public gift, which Harald Bluetooth Guild has taken the initiative to, namely a bridge over the moat to The Reconstructed Castle.
We call the fundraising "We are building a bridge to the past."
After the presentation, Rane Willerslev encouraged all of us to contribute to the Public gift.
It is important for our area, and for our population and its successors, that we have this huge attraction. It also supports UNESCO's requirements for local support for the Ring Fortresses.
Next, it was time for the actual Guild Assembly, according to the statutes of the Guild.
The Alderman appointed deputy chairman Svend-Erik Kristensen to lead the Guild Assembly.
Svend-Erik noted that the assembly was legally convened and immediately gave the floor to the chairman Jens Grønkjær, who was responsible for Report on the past year, including membership status.
The Guild assembly had an attendance of 70 members, including the members of the guild board. Since the last guild assembly, we have admitted 56 new members, bringing us to about 300 members from 38 different countries, who have all agreed to promote knowledge about Trelleborg, the Viking Age, and West Zealand.
Admission on 29 April 2025
The new season for inagurations in Harald Bluetooth's Guild has started, and on April 29, 2025, we admitted 8 new members, in the finest spring weather.
Photo: From the left Author Hanna Sode, Artistic Director Peter Thieme, Sales Manager Charlotte Tornhøj, IT Security Carsten Klitgaard Villumsen, CEO Peder S Andersen, CEO Kaj Juul Pedersen, Chairman Kristian Worm, and CEO Henrik Ib Jørgensen.
Harald Bluetooth’s Guild appoints its first honorary member
In connection with the state visit of Iceland's President Halla Tómasdóttir to Denmark on 8 and 9 October 2024, the President and Björn Skúlason held a return event on 9 October at Nordatlantens Brygge with the participation of The King and Queen and Princess Benedikte. At this event, the Guild's International Ambassador Hasse Ferrold had the great pleasure of being able to convey the appointment of President Halla Tómasdóttir as an Honorary Member of Harald Bluetooth's Guild. The president received a Guild Letter and the Guild's PIN. See more about the state visit on the Icelandic president's website Forseti.is , with photos of Hasse Ferrold, as well as on Hasse Ferrold's own website
https://hasseferrold.blogspot.com/2024/10/fotos-hasse-ferrold-islands-prsidentpar.html
