Denmark: History and Culture news

“I’m an archaeologist” is a popularization project based on digital technologies and dedicated to archaeology as a craft and as a an academic discipline using methods of different sciences. The project is founded by The Museum Sønderjylland (in Southern Jutland) and Holstebro Museum in Denmark.

Uffe Elbæk, Danish Minister of Culture, decided to hand Charlottenborg's Arts Hall over to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Schools.

The Danish writer Johannes Volf Møllehave (born 4 January 1937) has been awarded the Literary Prize of 2012. The award also included 25 000 krones sponsored by the Bikuben Fund.

After 31 years of work Susanne Heering is closing down her own ballet school, which used to enjoy wide popularity in Nestved ( Denmark). The next performance, which is to take place 13 May 2012, will be the last one,” – the newspaper “Sjaellandske” reports.

In autumn 2011 the Lolland-Falster Museum launched an overhaul of the pedigree stud farm stables “Pederstrup”. It’s here that in June 2012 the show room, in which the Lolland-Falster Museum is on the point of organizing an exhibition devoted to the Lolland landscapes and the estate layout, will be opened.

Nordic week will take place in Murmansk (Russia) from 18 to 26 of April 2012. Events are organized collaboratively by the Information Office of the Nordic Council of Ministers in St. Petersburg, Consulate General of Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden in St. Petersburg, Embassy of Iceland, The Danish Cultural Institute and Institute of Finland, Royal Norwegian Consulate General in Murmansk, Murmansk and Petrozavodsk branch of the Consulate General of Finland in St. Petersburg.

There are many Danes were at the premiere of a historical drama "The White Stone" (Hvidsten gruppen) this March.  The film tells a story about Denmark occupation during The World War II.    

The agreement between the Minister of Culture and the Association of Local Authority (Kommunernes Landsforening) does citizens well, consider both parties.

The Danish Association DIS-Danmark (Databehandling i Slægtsforskning), going in for genealogical investigations and making a demographic data base, will soon open a new historical records portal presented in electronic form.