Henrik Bo Nielsen (born 23 April 1961) is a Danish arts administrator. In December 2018 he was presented as the new Executive Director, DR Culture, Children and Youth ( DR). He was CEO of ROMU, an umbrella organisation for 10 museums in the

Roskilde Roskilde ( , ) is a city west of Copenhagen on the Danish island of Zealand. With a population of 51,916 (), the city is a business and educational centre for the region and the 10th largest city in Denmark. It is governed by the administrative ...

area from 2017 to 2019. He was CEO of

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from 1991 to 2007 and of the

Danish Film Institute The Danish Film Institute ( da, Det Danske Filminstitut) is the national Danish agency responsible for supporting and encouraging film and cinema culture, and for conserving these in the national interest. Also known as ''Filmhuset'' ("the film h ...

from 2007 to 2017.

Biography

Nielsen was born in

Vadum Vadum is a village and satellite community just outside Aalborg, Denmark. Located some north of Aalborg's city centre, it belongs to the Municipality of Aalborg in the North Jutland Region. Vadum has a population of 2,532 (1 January 2022).

close to

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on 23 April 1961. He graduated from Aalborg Katedralskole in 1980 and later began to study law. He became the leader of a language school in Aalborg when he was 22 and was later transferred to its headquarters in

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. He was CEO of

from 1991 to 2007. He then served as CEO of the

from 2007 until 2017. He succeeded Frank Birkebæk as CEO of Romu in 2017.

References

https://www.dr.dk/presse/henrik-bo-nielsen-bliver-direktoer-i-dr https://www.information.dk/kultur/2019/01/drs-nye-kulturredaktoer-kaldt-charmerende-fedtsyl-ment-kompliment https://borsen.dk/nyheder/generelt/filminstituttets-chef-bliver-museumsdirektoer-7jd7f https://www.djoefbladet.dk/artikler/2014/3/dansk-films-gr-aa--eminence.aspx 1961 births Living people Danish arts administrators People from Aalborg Municipality Dagbladet Information people {{Denmark-bio-stub