{"id":9613,"date":"2026-05-27T23:02:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T21:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haraldblaatand.dk\/2026\/05\/27\/guild-assembly-may-7-2026-at-kragerup-estate\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T23:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T21:16:10","slug":"guild-assembly-may-7-2026-at-kragerup-estate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haraldblaatand.dk\/en\/2026\/05\/27\/guild-assembly-may-7-2026-at-kragerup-estate\/","title":{"rendered":"Guild Assembly May 7, 2026, at Kragerup Estate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"9601\" src=\"https:\/\/haraldblaatand.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_1075a-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/haraldblaatand.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_1075a-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/haraldblaatand.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_1075a-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/haraldblaatand.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_1075a-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/haraldblaatand.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_1075a-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/haraldblaatand.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_1075a-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1012\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"9603\" src=\"https:\/\/haraldblaatand.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_1162a-1-1012x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/haraldblaatand.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_1162a-1-1012x1024.jpg 1012w, https:\/\/haraldblaatand.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_1162a-1-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/haraldblaatand.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_1162a-1-768x777.jpg 768w, https:\/\/haraldblaatand.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_1162a-1-1519x1536.jpg 1519w, https:\/\/haraldblaatand.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_1162a-1-2025x2048.jpg 2025w, https:\/\/haraldblaatand.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_1162a-1-90x90.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1012px) 100vw, 1012px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"753\" data-id=\"9606\" src=\"https:\/\/haraldblaatand.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_1175a-1-1024x753.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/haraldblaatand.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_1175a-1-1024x753.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/haraldblaatand.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_1175a-1-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/haraldblaatand.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_1175a-1-768x565.jpg 768w, https:\/\/haraldblaatand.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_1175a-1-1536x1129.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/haraldblaatand.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_1175a-1-2048x1506.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Guild Assembly was held in the Forest Cabin at Kragerup Estate, in brilliant sunshine.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event began with a speech by Canada&#8217;s ambassador to Denmark, Carolyn Bennett.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carolyn Bennett gave a powerful speech about her life and work, and the relations between Canada and Denmark, including the Arctic region.<br\/><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The chairman, Jens Gr\u00f8nkj\u00e6r, presented a report, stating that as of January 1, 2026, the Guild has 380 members, 262 Danish and 118 international members.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Guild&#8217;s first chairman, now vice-chairman Svend-Erik Kristensen, is \u201cemigrating\u201d to Bornholm in the fall, and as a result, has chosen to resign from the Guild Board.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The assembly thanked Svend-Erik for his 12 years of service on the Guild Board and wishes him all the best on the &#8220;Sunshine Island&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The chairman presented Svend-Erik with some HBL beers and bitters. Svend-Erik thanked for 12 exciting years and looks forward to participating next year as an ordinary member of the Guild.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new vice chairman is Jacob Stryhn, and Carl \u00d8stergaard takes the vacant seat on the Guild Board.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the pictures are Carolyn Bennett, chairman Jens Gr\u00f8nkj\u00e6r with outgoing vice chairman Svend-Erik Kristensen, and Alderman Finn Berggren.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Alderman admits Carl \u00d8stergaard to the Guild Board.<br\/><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photos: Alan Thagaard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tmnf_excerpt\"><div class=\"tmnf_excerpt\"><p>The Guild Assembly was held in the Forest Cabin at Kragerup Estate, in brilliant sunshine. The event began with a speech by Canada&#8217;s ambassador to Denmark, Carolyn Bennett. Carolyn Bennett gave a powerful speech about her life and work, and the relations between Canada and Denmark, including the Arctic region. The chairman, Jens Gr\u00f8nkj\u00e6r, presented &hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[222],"tags":[223,224],"class_list":["post-9613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle-en","tag-activity-en","tag-health-en"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/haraldblaatand.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/haraldblaatand.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/haraldblaatand.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haraldblaatand.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haraldblaatand.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9613"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/haraldblaatand.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9614,"href":"https:\/\/haraldblaatand.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9613\/revisions\/9614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/haraldblaatand.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haraldblaatand.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haraldblaatand.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}