Museum
Organisation & management
Designmuseum Danmark is a self-governing institution and a special museum recognised by the Danish government. The museum is non-profit and receives public support under the Museum Law from the Danish Ministry of Culture and the Danish Agency for Culture and Palaces as main grantors. The museum is led by a Board chosen by the museum representative office. Daily management is carried out by the museum’s director, who operates the museum with the help of a management group as well as a large number of talented staff within the museum’s core areas.
Management
Executive Board
Designmuseum Danmark is led by Anne-Louise Sommer, Museum Director and adjunct professor.
Kristian Rise, Deputy Director
Lene Bruun Bolin, Chief Financial Officer
Lars Pico Geerdsen, Head of Programme and Research
Management team
- Allan Kulsø Larsen, Head of Operations & Security
- Christian Holmsted Olesen, Head of Collections
- Mille Maria Steffen-Nielsen Smith, Head of Communications
- Pia Saabye, Store Manager
- Tina Street Lundqvist, Team leader for front staff
Board
The Board is responsible for the overall leadership of the museum and the museum operations, and it draws up guidelines for the museum’s work based on approvals from the museum’s representative office and the museum’s articles of association.
The current Board of Designmuseum Danmark
- Henrik Tvarnø. Dir. (Chairman)
- Jeppe Skadhauge. Advokat. (Vice-chairman)
- Dan Boyter, CEO
- Jana Marta Rudnik, Innovation Strategist
- Anne Cathrine Wolsgaard Iversen, Curator (Employee representative)
Representative office
The Representative Office consists of persons chosen by private and public institutions within the design field.
Designmuseum Danmark’s Representative Office functions as a contact between the museum and these organisations. The Representative Office chooses the Board.
The Representative Office is chosen by the following organisations
- Dansk Industri (3 medlemmer)
- SMVdanmark (2 medlemmer)
- C. L. Davids Fond & Samling (1 medlem)
- Designmuseets Venner (5 medlemmer)
- KADK – Det Kongelige Akademi – Arkitektur, Design og Konservering (1 medlem)
- Nationalmuseet (1 medlem)
- Design Denmark (1 medlem)
- Medarbejderrepræsentanter fra museet (2 medlemmer)
Representatives here and now
Henrik Tvarnø, bestyrelsesformand
Adam Pade, redaktør
Anne Cathrine Wolsgaard Iversen, medarbejderrepræsentant
Annette Estø, CEO
Annette Hesselbjerg Lund, projektleder
Bo Linnemann, design director
Dan Boyter, CEO
Hanne Dalsgaard, designer
Jana Marta Rudnik, innovationsstrateg
Jeppe Skadhauge, advokat
Joachim Meyer, museumsdirektør
Lars Højer, vicedirektør
Lene Brix, arkitekt
Lone Rahbek, etnograf
Mathilde Aggebo, dekan
Per Vangekjær, malermester og oldermand
Pil Bredahl, designer
Tina Street Lundqvist, medarbejderrepræsentant