About Us

Patrons:

His Majesty King Charles III & HM King Frederik X of Denmark

Protector of the Scholarship Programme:

HRH The Duchess of Gloucester GCVO

Honorary President:

HE René Dinesen, R -  The Danish Ambassador to the Court of St James's 

Honorary Vice President:

Kate Sanderson, Head of Representation of the Faroe Islands in the UK

Honorary Members:

Dame Judi Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA
Sandi Toksvig, OBE

Officers and Members of Council:

Wayne Harber OBE, K (Chairman)

Palle Baggesgaard Pedersen, R (Vice Chairman)

Alan Davey FCMA, CGMA (Honorary Treasurer)

Katie Schwarck (Scholarship Secretary)

Lone Mohr Curtis (Honorary Secretary)

Philip Waterfield (Membership Secretary)

Christine Bergstedt

William Scott

Phil Chambers

Ex-Officios:

Lone Britt Christensen, Cultural Attaché, Royal Danish Embassy, London

Connie Yilmaz Jantzen, General Manager, Danish KFUK, London

Gunnar Papendick Larsen, Director of The Danish-UK Association

Karsten Møller Hansen, Pastor of The Danish Church in London

Web maintenance :

William Scott

Editor of Newsletter :

Palle Baggesgaard Pedersen, R

Scholarship Committee:

Katie Schwarck (Chair) - as above

Lone Britt Christensen - as above

Dr Kristian Jensen R, FSA - former Head of Collections & Curation, British Library, London

Wayne Harber - as above

Professor Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen, Professor of Scandinavian and Comparative Literature, University College London