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= Birkeborg =

Birkeborg (also called Villa Birkeborg) is a former country house and mansion in Skodsborg, Rudersdal Municipality, situated on the Øresund coast north of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Designed by architect Carl Harald Brummer, the mansion was built between 1909 and 1910. For the next 50 years, Birkeborg served as a country house and summer residence for several wealthy Copenhagen families until it was demolished in the 1960s. The property has since been converted into a recreational beach park, Birkeborg Park, renamed the Struckmann Park, in 1973.

History
The area on which Birkeborg was eventually constructed was originally parcelled out from the Aggershvile estate, and Birkeborg was built on the Aggershvile hill (Aggershvilebakken). The grounds of the Birkeborg estate were over 13,000 square metres

The mansion itself with adjoining pergola and pavilion was designed by architect Carl Brummer, for which he was awarded the Eckersberg Medal in 1911. In addition, an adjoining caretaker's residence was also constructed on the grounds. A grand and stately landscape garden was established on the property, designed and maintained by Danish garden architect, Erik Erstad-Jørgensen.

Birkeborg was built during World War I for a Swedish war profiteer (Gullaschbaron), Lorenz Beijers, and was a typical example of the prevailing Swedish-German architectural style, that influenced Swedish architecture after the marriage of Victoria of Baden and Gustaf V in 1881. The building featured four storeys, a roof superstructure with a tower clock and a columned colonnade facing the beach, dominating the more modest villas on Strandvejen.

In 1916, shipowner and merchant, Andreas Erlandsen (1877-1943) bought Birkeborg. He used it as a summer residence until 1926, where the wealthy Artom Rand (1880-1956), director of Copenhagen Fruit Auctions acquired the mansion. Rand was married to Rigmor Rand (née Aller), the daughter of Danish publisher Carl Aller, and they lived at Birkeborg until Rand's death in 1956, whereafter Rigmor alone owned the property. Rigmor was also the co-owner of the grand manor house Sophienholm on the shore of Lake Bagsværd in Lyngby, from 1926 to 1963.

In 1961, the Danish Ministry of Culture acquired the Birkeborg property from Rigmor Rand, after which the demolition of the mansion began and was completed in 1966. In connection with the dismantling, a public recreational beach park was established on the vacated area, initially called the ‘Birkeborg Park’, however in 1973 it was renamed the Struckmann Park (Struckmannparken), named after the chairman of the Danish Society for Nature Conservation, Erick Struckmann.

Architectural features
The building was built on an Öland stone plinth, with plastered and slightly yellowwashed facades. The roof surfaces were covered with black glazed tiles and the vertical wall of the mansard roof was covered with copper.

The hall extended over two storeys and had access to the curved loggia from the living room; from the first floor, a wraparound gallery led to a balcony resting on the pillars of the loggia. The villa was situated on a slope facing the beach, offering excellent views of the Øresund strait and the Swedish coast.

List of former owners

 * 1910-1916: Lorenz Beijer, Swedish merchant.
 * 1916-1926: Andreas Erlandsen, merchant and shipowner.
 * 1926-1956: Artom Rand, founder, director and owner of Copenhagen Fruit Auctions.
 * 1956-1961: Rigmor Rand (née Aller), widow of above.
 * 1961-1966: Ministry of Culture of Denmark

Honours
= Lars Bay Larsen = Lars Bay Larsen (8 June 1953) is a Danish jurist and judge, who has served as the Vice President of the Court of Justice of the European Union, since 2021. He has been a Judge of the court since 2006.

= Vibeke Pasternak Jørgensen = Vibeke Pasternak Jørgensen (born 13 October 1967) is a Danish diplomat, laywer and Ambassador-at-large, who serves as the current Under-Secretary of State for Legal Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In her current position, she serves as the General counsel and chief legal officer (CLO) of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She officially represented Denmark in the genocide case Ukraine v. Russian Federation, brought before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in 2022.

= Henriette Ellermann-Kingombe = Henriette Ellermann-Kingombe (born 21 March 1970) is a Danish civil servant and courtier, who is the current Private Secretary and lady-in-waiting to Queen Mary of Denmark, since 2021.

= Lisbet Zilmer-Johns = Lisbet Zilmer-Johns (born 14 August 1965) is a Danish diplomat and civil servant. She is the current Secretary of State for Foreign Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, having previously served as Director-General of the Danish Critical Supply Agency (2020-2023) and as Permanent Representative to the Political and Security Committee of the European Union (2013-2017).

Personal life
Married in 1996 to senior diplomat and ambassador Michael Zilmer-Johns.

Honours
= Anniken Krutnes =

Anniken Ramberg Krutnes (born 15 September 1968) is a Norwegian diplomat and civil servant. Since 2020, she has been the current Ambassador of Norway to the United States, the first woman to hold that position. She has previously served as Norway's Ambassador for Arctic and Antarctic Affairs (2016–2018) as well as Ambassador of Norway to the Netherlands and Luxembourg (2011–2016)

Krutnes'

Deputy Director General of the Department of Security Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway.

Career
concurrently side-accredited to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

References´
= Birgitte Nygaard Markussen = Birgitte Nygaard Markussen (born 30 March 1963) is a Danish diplomat and civil servant. She is the current Director for Humanitarian Affairs, Civil Society and Engagement at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, having previously served as the Ambassador of the European Union to the African Union from 2020 to 2023.

Markussen has held several diplomatic positions during her career, with a particular emphasis on foreign relations with Africa. She started her career in the Danish Foreign Service, where she served as Ambassador of Denmark to Burkina Faso (2010–2012), and as the Director for Africa at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark (2012–2016), before joining the European External Action Service, becomming firstly the Deputy Managing Director for Africa (2016–2020), and then Foreign Policy Expoert to the European Investment Bank (2018–2020), and then EU ambassador to the African Union and the UN Economic Commission for Africa.

History
The position was established in 1913 at the instigation of Carl Theodor Zahle, as the Permanent Secretary to the Council Presidium, the then cabinet ministry of Denmark. The inaugural holder was Erik Arup.

List of permanent secretaries
= Sørine Godfredsen = Sørine Godfredsen (born 7 July 1967) is a Danish pastor, journalist, author, and conservative political and cultural debater and commentator, who writes for Kristeligt Dagblad and Berlingske.

Early life and education
Sørine Godfredsen was born on 7 July 1967 in Hadsten, Central Jutland Region, the daughter of * and *.

She grew up in a family of four children and graduated with an examen artium in modern languages from the County Gymnasium of Hadsten in 1986.

In 1993, Godfredsen earned her journalism degree from the Danish School of Media and Journalism in Aarhus. Following a brief stint as a TV journalist at TV2 Midt/Vest in Holstebro, she moved to Brighton, completing a master's degree in media studies at the University of Sussex in 1994.

Godfredsen worked as a journalist at Det Fri Aktuelt from 1994 to 2001, covering sports, culture, and commentary. Concurrently, she pursued theology studies at the University of Copenhagen, earning a Master of Theology (cand.theol.) degree in 2004.

Views
She considers herself conservative, and supports christian and traditional values.

Personal life
She married Henrik Flødstrup, a journalist at Ekstra Bladet, on 21 May 2023.

Marriage
She married Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke, son of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke, on 1 August 1235 in Berwick-upon-Tweed. He recieved with her a large dowry in Scotland, with 10000 marks and more.

Her father William the Lion, granted Marjorie the lands of Strathord and Strathearn, in free marriage. Later her cousin, Malcolm II of Scotland, granted her the lands of Pitgorno and Drumdreel in Strathmiglo, Fife, in exchange for those she had recivered from her father. King Alexander II later decreed, that these lands are to pass to the Balmerino Abbey after Marjerie’s death.

Magdalene Charlotte Hedevig Løvenskiold
Magdalene Charlotte Hedevig Løvenskiold (27 February 1731 – 6 May 1796) was a Danish noblewoman and estate owner.

Born into a newly ennobled family, Magdalene married Severin Løvenskiold, a lieutenant from the wealthy Norwegian Løvenskiold family, in 1749. A woman of influence, she played a key role in political circles, notably in the 1784 government change. Widowed in 1776, she took charge of the Løvenborg estate, implementing tough financial measures and advocating for practical farming methods. After 13 years of administration, she handed over the estate to her son, Michael Herman Løvenskiold, in 1789. Magdalene lived at Løvenborg until her death in 1796.

Early life and education
René Rosager Dinesen was born 13 April 1971 in Svendborg on the Island of Funen, Denmark.

In 1996, he obtained a Master of Arts in political sciences and international relations (Cand.scient.pol.) from the University of Copenhagen.

In 2017, he guest lectured the academic programmes Executive Education and Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism of the University of Southern California (USC).

United Kingdom
In the 2022 ambassadorial reshuffle,

He presented the Letters of Recall of his predecessor and his own letters of Credence during an audience with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace, London, on 30 November 2022.

Honours
= Johan Garmann = Johan Garmann, called "the Elder", (9 June 1583 – 7 February 1651) was a Danish-Norwegian councillor, land commissioner, mayor of Haderslev, factor at the Kongsberg Silver Mines, and later merchant in Bragernes, Norway.

Early life and education
Susanne Christina Hyldelund was born on 30 July 1968 in Koldning, Jutland, Denmark.

Diplomatic career
and from 2012 to 2014 the Head of Invest & Innovation, an arm of the Danish Foreign Ministry.

Ambassador to Germany
In 2020, Hyldelund assumed her first ambassadorial appointment, becoming Ambassador of Denmark to Germany. She presented her credentials to President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at Bellevue Palace in Berlin on 4 November 2020. She is concurrently serving as non-resident side-accredited Ambassador of Denmark to the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein.

Personal life
She is fluent in Danish, English, German and French.

Honours
= Kirsten Malling Biering = Kirsten Malling Biering (born 19 December 1951) is a retired Danish senior diplomat and political advisor. She is currently senior advisor at the Danish Institute for International Studies and the think tank EUROPA, having previously served as Ambassador of Denmark to France (2015-2019), Sweden (2010-2015), the Netherlands (2005-2010) and Latvia (1991-1995). She has also served as Permanent Representative of Denmark to OSCE.