The Carlsberg Foundation appoints Anne-Louise Sommer as a new member of the New Carlsberg Foundation’s board

With Anne-Louise Sommer, the New Carlsberg Foundation’s board is getting a strong new member with the highest level of skills in design, innovation, research and education, as well as a visionary and experienced leader and board participant. Anne-Louise Sommer, who is director of Designmuseum Danmark, has been appointed to the foundation board for a five-year period.Her in-depth knowledge of design and innovation will complement the board’s work to develop the grant-awarding activities within decorative art and design in the years ahead.

Members of the New Carlsberg Foundation are appointed by the Carlsberg Foundation.

“It’s a great pleasure for me to welcome Anne-Louise Sommer as a new member of the New Carlsberg Foundation’s board,” says Professor Majken Schultz, chair of the board of directors of the Carlsberg Foundation. “Anne-Louise Sommer brings to the New Carlsberg Foundation strong skills in design and architecture as well as landscape architecture and art in the urban space. With Anne-Louise Sommer’s appointment, the New Carlsberg Foundation is getting an outstanding new professional who will contribute positively to the foundation’s future focus on decorative art, design and landscape architecture.”

Sanne Kofod Olsen, chair of the New Carlsberg Foundation, says:

“I’m delighted to be able to welcome Anne-Louise Sommer to the New Carlsberg Foundation’s board. Her open, insightful and engaged approach will undoubtedly be an asset to the board’s work going forward. At the same time, her impressive professional background within leadership, design and research makes her a strong and skilled new member who will provide an excellent supplement to our combined competences of the board. I’m really looking forward to a fruitful collaboration within the New Carlsberg Foundation’s board.”

As of today, the New Carlsberg Foundation’s board comprises: Sanne Kofod Olsen, chair of the board and vice-chancellor of the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm; Stine Høholt, director of Kunstmuseum Brandts; Toke Lykkeberg, director of Tranen contemporary art exhibition space; Anders Byriel, CEO of Kvadrat A/S; and Anne-Louise Sommer, museum director of Designmuseum Danmark.

About the New Carlsberg Foundation

The New Carlsberg Foundation was established in 1902 by brewer Carl Jacobsen and his wife Ottilia, and is funded mainly by dividends from shares in Carlsberg A/S. Today, the New Carlsberg Foundation continues to realise Jacobsen’s vision of promoting art in society and making it available to the widest possible audience. The foundation’s board and its chair are appointed by the Carlsberg Foundation’s board of directors following consultation with the serving members of the New Carlsberg Foundation’s board.

About the Carlsberg Foundation

The Carlsberg Foundation was founded by Brewer J.C. Jacobsen in 1876. The Carlsberg Foundation is an enterprise foundation that supports basic research within natural sciences, humanities and social sciences. The funds for grant awards come primarily from the profits of the Carlsberg A/S brewery, in which the Carlsberg Foundation is the controlling shareholder.

About Anne-Louise Sommer

Anne-Louise Sommer (b.1961) is a design researcher, author and museum director. She obtained an MA in Literature Science from the University of Copenhagen in 1987, but has mainly worked in the field of design and architecture history. In 2004, she became an associate professor at the Danish Design School and served as rector from 2009. Since September 2011, she has been museum director at Designmuseum Danmark, and in February 2012 she became an adjunct professor of design culture and history at the University of Southern Denmark.

As an author, Anne-Louise Sommer has contributed with a range of books and articles on architecture, design and cultural history. Her publications include De dødes haver: Den moderne storbykirkegård (2003), Operaen på Dokøen: Kulturhistorien, Projektet, Arkitekturen (2005), Kaare Klint (2007) and Den danske arkitektur (2009). Anne-Louise Sommer has also held numerous board positions, including with the Royal Danish Academy (2011-2019), the Danish Design Center (2011-2016) and the Norwegian University College of Dance (2009-2019).

For further information:

New Carlsberg Foundation
Head of Secretariat
Ditte Sig Kramer
E dsk@ncf.dk
M +45 3144 3413