Former minister Bertel Haarder (V) has been appointed chairman of The Royal Theatre.

minister of Culture, Rasmus Prehn (S) has appointed Bertel Haarder (V) as the new chairman of the board of The Royal Theatre. It informs the ministry of Culture.

There Was replaces by the turn of the year Lisbeth Knudsen, who sits on the post since 2016.

- You'll never find someone with more political experience than mr Bertel Haarder – and hardly any with more profound respect and understanding of the culture.

That, coupled with his ability to – quite the Grundtvig oplysningsånd - to bridge the gap between high culture and popular, makes him a quite obvious choice for chairman of The Royal Theatre, writes Rasmus Prehn in the message.

Bertel Haarder, the church - and the culture minister from 2015 to 2016. He has throughout his decades-long political career been very involved in the cultural life. He was for several years leader of ballet læseskole.

- theatrical experiences is an important part of my life, and I have no higher wish than to even more young people and old people have to get access to and experiences at the three major scenes.

- I will lay me in the belt, to The Royal Theatre in even higher

minister of Culture, Rasmus Prehn (S) has appointed Bertel Haarder (V) as the new chairman of the board of The Royal Theatre. It informs the ministry of Culture.

There Was replaces by the turn of the year Lisbeth Knudsen, who sits on the post since 2016.

- You'll never find someone with more political experience than mr Bertel Haarder – and hardly any with more profound respect and understanding of the culture.

That, coupled with his ability to – quite the Grundtvig oplysningsånd - to bridge the gap between high culture and popular, makes him a quite obvious choice for chairman of The Royal Theatre, writes Rasmus Prehn in the message.

Bertel Haarder, the church - and the culture minister from 2015 to 2016. He has throughout his decades-long political career been very involved in the cultural life. He was for several years leader of ballet læseskole.

- theatrical experiences is an important part of my life, and I have no higher wish than to even more young people and old people have to get access to and experiences at the three major scenes.

- I will lay me in the belt, to The Royal Theatre in even higher degree the whole of the Danish theatre, writes mr Bertel Haarder.

He also writes that he welcomes the fact that the come to after that omprioriteringsbidraget - forced annual savings introduced by the former civil government in 2015 - has ended.

It was Bertel Haarder himself, who as minister of culture, the supervisory board established with Lisbeth Knudsen in the lead.

minister of Culture, Rasmus Prehn has chosen to replace the entire board with the exception of the employee representatives and so Anders Hjulmand from advokathuset HjulmandKaptain.

New in the board of directors include, among others, president of 3F, Per Christensen, and Kitte Wagering, theater manager for the Malmö city theatre.

Since There Was in his time chose to replace as well as the entire board of directors sparked the criticism from the Social democrats, who at the time was in opposition.

- If you change the whole board, losing experience on the floor. Therefore, I am of the opinion that it is a good idea to ensure a form of continuity in the board of directors, said the socialists then kulturordfører and current minister for food, fisheries and gender equality, Mogens Jensen, to the newspaper Politiken the time.

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a degree will be the whole of the Danish theatre, writes mr Bertel Haarder.

He also writes that he welcomes the fact that the come to after that omprioriteringsbidraget - forced annual savings introduced by the former civil government in 2015 - has ended.

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