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Denmark

AGENCY FOR CULTURE AND PALACES

EHHF 2008 CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN CONSERVATION

Sidsel Nordengaard is a graduate in Law from the University of Copenhagen, and has since 2022 held a position as Director in the Danish Agency for Culture and Palaces. One of her main areas of responsibility is the administration and protection of cultural heritage but she is also working to support and develop Danish culture within performing arts, libraries, museums and media.

Sidsel Nordengaard has more than 10 years of experience with government administration and different areas of Law expertise, for instance from her experience as department head at the Ministry of Employment and the Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs. Sidsel Nordengaard also worked as head of division in Plesner, a tier one Danish law firm, for 3 years.

A little bit of history

The first European Heritage Summit was organised in London on 26–28 April 2006 by Dr. Simon Thurley, former Chief Executive Officer of English Heritage. The mission of the Summit was to gather the European cultural heritage leaders for the first time, creating an opportunity to exchange on their experiences heritage management and initiate common actions. The first Summit was attended by 23 European states which agreed, in the Final Statement of the Summit, to continue meeting annually as a forum of European heritage heads, known as the “European Heritage Heads Forum”. Each year, future hosting countries are chosen by general agreement at the annual meeting, so that the tradition may perpetuate.

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