Danish-Irish friendship
Caption: From left: Museum inspector Anne-Christine Larsen, Alderman Finn Berggren, ambassador Ms. Elizabeth McCullough, and deputy mayor Jane Dahl.
Photo: Hasse Ferrold
New members of The Harald Bluetooth Guild
Wednesday May 31st 2023 the Guild inaugurated 11 new members
Among the new members were the Irish ambassador Ms. Elizabeth McCullough, and vice ambassador Ms. Emily Ghadimi. The embassy has been an active party in the creation of an exchange programme, where a young Dane is sent to Ireland for a week in June, and a young Irishman the other way. Before the recording, the ambassador was received at Slagelse Town Hall by Deputy Mayor Jane Dahl.
After the inauguration the Alderman Finn Berggren welcomed the 43 participants to the Annual Meeting, held in the beautiful settings of Kragerup Estate. After the recording, the company went on to Kragerup Estates, where Harald Blåtand's Guild has its Guild Room. Here another 32 members of the Guild came together to hold the annual Guild meeting, followed by dinner in the cozy Restaurant Blixen.
Before the dinner Ms. Anne-Christine Larsen, head of the Viking Museum at Trelleborg, spoke about the effort of the Danish Ring Castles to be recognized as UNESCO World Heritage.
Photo: The New Members. From left: Jørgen Klode, Michael Andersen, Lars Fischer Rasmussen, Brian Andersen, Carsten Fich-Olsen, Emily Ghadimi, Ejvind Sandal, Sven Ole Rosenkilde, Elizabeth McCullough, Vibeke Bagger og Peter Rasmussen.
Photo: Hasse Ferrold
New members of The Harald Bluetooth Guild
The new members from left to right: Claus Østergaard Olsen, Per Ankær, Michael Bach Rasmussen, Lars Grønkjær, Henrik Sørensen, Mikhailo Vydoinyk and Arne Juul.
The Harald Bluetooth Guild opens the season with success
The first inauguration of the year to Harald Bluetooth Guild was a memorable day for the new candidates as well as for the Board of Harald Bluetooth Guild.
There were 7 new members who were invited to join Harald Bluetooth Guild during a festive setting.
Among the new members was Ukrainian Ambassador Mikhailo Vydoinyk. The ambassadors wife, Kristina Vydoinyk, was also attending the celebrations. Jane Dahl, deputy mayor and chairman of the Business, Employment and Education Committee, participated as the municipality's representative in the Guild dinner at Kragerup Estate, where Birgitte Dinesen, member of the Guild Board, told about the history of Kragerup's history.
In his speech, Ambassador Mikhailo Vydoinyk referred to the close relations between Denmark and Ukraine and expressed his gratitude for the support that the Danes had shown since the war broke out.
The ambassador also used the opportunity to highlight how the history of the Vikings, Ukraine and not least Kiev were linked.
On behalf of the Guild Board, alderman Finn Berggren expressed his thanks and appreciation to the new members and emphasized that the year's first admission to Harald Bluetooth's Guild had been so inspiring that the Guild Board could look forward to this year's upcoming admissions with great expectations.
The new members and the Guild Board posing for the group photo on the main staircase at Kragerup Estate.
First row from the left: Birgitte Dinesen, Board member, Ambassador Mikhailo Vydoinyk, Finn Berggren, Board member, Arne Juul, Lars Grønkjær.
Second row from left: Claus Østergaard Olsen, Jane Dahl, Deputy Mayor, Henrik Sørensen, Jens Grønkjær, Board member, Michael Bach Rasmussen, Per Ankær.
Back row from left: Jacob Stryhn, Board member, Inge Grønvold, Guild member, Lis Tribler, Board member and Anette Borg, Board member.
The last member in the Board of Harald Bluetooth Guild Board has now been selected.
At the year's first Guild meeting in February, chairman of the Korsør Business Association and versatile businessman Jacob Stryhn was admitted as the last member of Harald Bluetooth Guild Board of 8 members.
The alderman in the Guild, Finn Berggren, warmly welcomed Jacob Stryhn and emphasized that the Guild Board is looking forward to the upcoming cooperation, where the next year's major tasks include is the new youth exchange project with Waterford City and County Council in Ireland and the Guild´s involvement in the implementation of New Trelleborg.
Photo: Jacob Stryhn in the middle is surrounded by the Guild Board members from left Anette Borg, Lis Tribler, Svend Erik Kristensen, Jens Grønkjær, Birgitte Dinesen and Finn Berggren. Guild board member mayor Knud Vincents was absent.
Harald Bluetooth Guild participated in the celebration of Hasse Ferrold
On 30 January 2023, the guild's active ambassador Hasse Ferrold celebrated both his 75th birthday and the 20th anniversary of his successful club - International Copenhagen Club (ICC).
It happened at a festive occasion at REALDANIA, where CEO Jesper Nygård started the evening with a lively lecture about REALDANIA.
Many of Harald Bluetooth Guild members had turned up on this occasion.
In the photo, Hasse Ferrold is in the center wearing his classic jacket with emblems and surrounded by Guild members (from left) Hans Hermansen, CEO, Copenhagen Post, Finn Berggren, Alderman, and on the far right Jacob Stryhn, director and chairman of Korsør Business Association.
Multi house inaugurated at the Viking castle Trelleborg
The Board of Harald Bluetooth Guild was of course present at the inauguration of the new Multi-functional house in Trelleborg, where deputy mayor Jane Dahl gave a speech and cut the "cord" to the multi-functional house and then officially handed over the keys to museum director Anne-Christine Larsen. (see photo).
The Guild Board was pleased that both Jane Dahl and Anne-Christine Larsen are active members of Harald Bluetooth Guild.
Deputy Mayor Jane Dahl emphasized in her speech "With the Multihuset, we have also taken an important step in the work of establishing Den Genskabte Borg".
Harald Bluetooth Guild initiates a youth exchange program with Ireland
For several years, Harald Bluetooth Guild has been in contact with the Irish embassy regarding the possibility of a youth exchange programme, where a young Dane and a young Irishman would spend a week as guests in the respective countries.
The purpose of the exchange program is to provide an introduction to the country's culture and not least to the dissemination of the Viking Age locally and nationally.
For several years, this program has been on the desk, but the Corona era put a damper on the wheel.
Now the program has taken a long step forward.
The Irish embassy in Copenhagen and the Danish embassy in Dublin have created the official breeding ground for a contact with the City Council in Waterford, which is a few hours' train journey south of Dublin. Waterford is known as a central area in Viking history.
Based on meetings with the City Council in Waterford, the picture is now emerging of an exchange program that will run for the next five years.
The great support from the embassies and the City Council has supported a future collaboration partly between Trelleborg Museum and Waterford Treasures Museum and partly between local Rotary clubs in Slagelse and Waterford.
The exchange program has attracted a lot of attention from Irish Tourism, who see positive development opportunities for tourism between Ireland and Denmark.
The first exchange program will be launched in the summer of 2023.
Photo above: The Elderman Finn Berggren and Anne Christine Larsen, Museums director Trelleborg Museum visiting the Mayor of Waterford City Council and Eamon McEneary, Museum Director, Waterford Treasures.
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM
Harald Bluetooth Guild is happy about the close relations with the National Museum, which are supported here by the new members Rane Willerslev, the National Museum's director and Henriette Dudek Povlsen, the National Museum's deputy director.
