Grant awards from Queen Margrethe’s and Prince Henrik’s Foundation

HM The Queen took part in the board of directors meeting of Queen Margrethe’s and Prince Henrik’s Foundation on Wednesday, 16 May 2018. The board meeting took place at Fredensborg Palace, and the following projects were granted support. The foundation supports cultural, scientific and social purposes that are not yet underway.

Photo: Christian Meyer, Kongehuset

Danish Dance Theatre                 
Copenhagen Summer Dance 2018                   
30,000 DKK

Jesper Just      
New staging of the ballet performance "Interpassivities" in New York              
50,000 DKK

Multivers Publishers                   
The book "Roseromanen"           
50,000 DKK

The Society of Danish Theatre History               
The book "Her gror eventyret - Riddersalen, et teaters biografi"                        
50,000 DKK

The Greenlandic Society       
Publishing of "Journal Greenland"              
50,000 DKK

Danish Dementia Research Centre               
The book "Get the best out of life with dementia”                      
30,000 DKK

Gad Publishers     
Biography of King Christian II
50,000 DKK

Gyldendal       
The book "Norway – a portrait of the neighbors to the North"
25,000 DKK

Frydenlund Publishers        
The book "Tuxen: The Court Paintings"                         
75,000 DKK

Selskabet for Arkitekturhistorie
Publishing of Architectura no. 40: "Communication of the building cultural heritage"      
25,000 DKK

Dan Tschernia
The book "Spreck" – a biography of the architect J.O. von Spreckelsen                
50,000 DKK

Henrik Engelbrecht                  
The book "H.C. Andersen and the opera"               
40,000 DKK

Morten Fink-Jensen                 
Publication of the University of Copenhagen’s Charter of 1539       
30,000 DKK

Ole Sønnichsen                          
The book "1920 – when Denmark became whole"            
25,000 DKK

The Thorshavn Fund                
Restoration of the historic ship M/S Thorshavn                
200,000 DKK

Gråsten-Adsbøl Church Council
Purchase of musical instruments for Gråsten Palace Church              
200,000 DKK

The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation       
European Ceramic Context 2018                      
50,000 DKK

Stevnsfort Cold War Museum
Re-establishment of Frederik IX's monogram on Stevnsfort’s underground bunker
20,000 DKK

The National Museum                        
Digitalization of the museum’s Alaska collection      
100,000 DKK

The Danish Research Centre for Manorial Studies
The project "Drinking money, chamber pots and powdered wigs – Consumption and everyday life at the manor house"
[JS8] 50,000 DKK

Danish Chukotka Expeditions                        
Implementation of the 6th Danish Chukotka Expedition                 
25,000 DKK

Danish Red Cross Youth      
Holding of Leadership Academy 2018       
75,000 DKK

Børns Voksenvenner national organization          
Further development of central database               
50,000 DKK

Engineering World Health at the Technical University of Denmark
Sending of civil engineering students to under-resourced hospitals in Nepal and Mongolia
100,000 DKK

The SOS Children’s Villages                      
Support for at-risk families in Somalia           
200,000 DKK

Danish Cancer Society           
Support for the Navigator project
75,000 DKK

Danish Alzheimer Association              
5-day stay at folk high school for people with a form of dementia                 
75,000 DKK

The Danish AIDS Foundation 
Support for the AIDS Foundation’s national anti-stigma effort 2018 
50,000 DKK

Foreningen Aarhuskolonien 
Holiday stay for disadvantaged children in the Aarhus area                     
100,000 DKK

Doctors without Borders             
Help for children and adults who have fled to Bangladesh from violence and assault in Myanmar                 
200,000 DKK

Families with cancer-stricken children                         
Support for social and recreational activities for families with a cancer-stricken child                  
50,000 DKK

Idrætshøjskolen Sønderborg                           
Annual award of 40,000 DKK to school   
40,000 DKK

Kalundborg Arts Association   
Holding of the Lundbye Festival                    
75,000 DKK

AROS Aarhus Art Museum    
Exhibition about Agnes Slott-Møller                     
100,000 DKK

The Varde Museums                        
Establishment of a refugee museum in Varde – Research project                    
100,000 DKK

FIGURA Ensemble                    
FIGURA Ensemble’s 25th anniversary – fall concerts      
30,000 DKK

Aarhus Symphony Orchestra        
Aarhus Symphonic Organ Festival                    
30,000 DKK

Fredensborg Palace Church’s Girls’ Choir                  
Fall concert tour to Israel                           
20,000 DKK

The Danish Boys’ Choir          
The Danish Boys’ Choir’s 75th anniversary     
40,000 DKK

Mogens Dahl Concert Hall      
Ten chamber music concerts              
50,000 DKK

Herlufsholm International Chamber Music Festival               
Herlufsholm International Chamber Music Festival 2018     
25,000 DKK

Organization "New Music for Strings"                    
New Music for Strings Festival 2018                
100,000 DKK

Opera Hedeland                        
New production of Donizetti’s opera "Lucia di Lammermoor" 
25,000 DKK

Thy Masterclass                         
Thy Chamber Music Festival 2018                        
60,000 DKK

Frederik von Würden Friedal Eriksen             
1 year study period with clarinet professor Yehuda Gilad       
30,000 DKK

Jannik Grage 
2 years of advanced studies in artistic joinery at Capellagården, School for Arts and Crafts, Sweden
75,000 DKK

Grønnegårds Teatret 
Grønnegårds Teatret’s summer performances 2018                      
25,000 DKK

Cayx Grant

Cilia Reebirk   
Erasmus residency: Studies in linguistics and didactics with a focus on French as a foreign language
20,000 DKK

Amalie Sehested Rom            
Development residency with “La Faculté des Lettres” at the University of Paris-Sorbonne. (French philosophy and sociology)
20,000 DKK

Emma Birn      
Completion of Architect and Landscape Architect study trip at the Master’s Degree level (French architecture)
10,000 DKK

Kristine Mølgaard Saxhaug    
Study tour to France (French architecture)       
20,000 DKK

Amalie Kaad    
Study residency in Paris (French art and culture)                           
30,000 DKK

Nikoline Nedergård                  
Thesis on the topic ”L´aménagement linguistique et culturel dans une relation professionnelle en coopération commerciale – Linguistic and cultural adaptation in the commercial context”
10,000 DKK

In all, a sum of 3,135,000 DKK was granted at this meeting, including the fixed, annual grant of 40,000 DKK to Sønderborg Idrætshøjskole and 110.000 kr. for the Cayx grant.