Jette Baagøe (née Svendsen, born 1946) is the director of the

Danish Museum of Hunting and Forestry The Danish Museum of Hunting and Forestry (Danish: Dansk Jagt- og Skovbrugsmuseum) was a state-owned museum in Hørsholm exhibiting objects connected with the history of hunting and forestry in Denmark. It is now closely associated with the UNESCO- ...

Hørsholm Hørsholm () is an urban area on the Øresund coast approximately north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It covers most of Hørsholm Municipality and straddles the borders neighbouring Fredensborg Municipality and Rudersdal Municipality. Hørsholm prope ...

where she has worked since 1984. She headed the steering group that began work on the nomination of The par force hunting landscape in North Zealand, which was inscribed on the

UNESCO World Heritage List A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). World Heritage Sites are designated by UNESCO for h ...

on 4 July 2015.

Biography

Baggøe studied at the

University of Copenhagen The University of Copenhagen ( da, Københavns Universitet, KU) is a prestigious public university, public research university in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1479, the University of Copenhagen is the second-oldest university in ...

, graduating in botany, zoology, geology and geography in 1973 with a PhD in botany in 1976. In addition to her museum work, she headed the now defunct Federikborg Cultural Environment Council and has served as a member of the Danish branch of the

International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC) The International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC) (French: ''Conseil International de la Chasse et de la Conservation du Gibier'', German: ''Internationaler Rat zur Erhaltung des Wildes und der Jagd'') is a politically independe ...

. She has written and lectured on

par force hunting Throughout Western Europe in the Middle Ages, humans hunted wild animals. While game was at times an important source of food, it was rarely the principal source of nutrition. All classes engaged in hunting, but by the High Middle Ages, the necess ...

in Denmark, on the

Jægersborg Dyrehave Dyrehaven (Danish 'The Deer Park'), officially Jægersborg Dyrehave, is a forest park north of Copenhagen. It covers around . Dyrehaven is noted for its mixture of huge, ancient oak trees and large populations of red and fallow deer. In July ...

and on how forests were depicted during the

Golden Age of Danish Painting The Danish Golden Age ( da, Den danske guldalder) covers a period of exceptional creative production in Denmark, especially during the first half of the 19th century.Kulturnet DanmarkGuide to the Danish Golden Age Although Copenhagen had suffered ...

. As director, she hopes to modernize the Danish Museum of Hunting and Forestry and simplify its name. She believes it should have a broader mandate covering man's relationship with nature. She is especially interested in the unique network of forest roads in the area which were used for par force hunting by the Danish kings in the 17th and 18th centuries and now expects the museum will benefit from the recent UNESCO heritage listing. Although the listing is under cultural heritage rather than nature, Baagøe hopes it will result in full protection of the forests themselves.

Personal life

Jette Baagøe was born and raised in

Ringsted Ringsted is a city located centrally in the Danish island of Zealand. It is the seat of a municipality of the same name. Ringsted is situated approximately 60 km from Copenhagen. Tourism and transport Ringsted is one of Denmark's busiest ...

and now lives in

Lyngby Kongens Lyngby (, Danish for "the King's Heather Town"; short form Lyngby) is the seat and commercial centre of Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. Lyngby Hovedgade is a busy shopping street and the site of ...

. She is married to Ib Welling and together they have one child Snorre Welling.

Awards

Baagøe has received several awards for her work including the

Order of the Dannebrog The Order of the Dannebrog ( da, Dannebrogordenen) is a Danish order of chivalry instituted in 1671 by Christian V. Until 1808, membership in the order was limited to fifty members of noble or royal rank, who formed a single class known a ...

in 1998.

Works

Baggøe's works include: * * *

References

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