Henrik Becker-Christensen

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Henrik Becker-Christensen (born February 11, 1950 in Vejle ) is a Danish historian with a research focus on the coexistence of minorities and majorities in the German-Danish border region. From 1998 to 2017 he was Consul General of the Kingdom of Denmark in Flensburg .

Life

Becker-Christensen studied at Aarhus University , where he received Cand.phil in 1974 . , as well as a master’s conference in history in 1977 . 1990 doctorate he attended the University of Odense for philosophiæ Doctor .

From 1976 to 1998 Becker-Christensen worked at the Institute for Border Region Research and was its director from 1992 to 1998. In this role, in 1994 he was commissioned by the State Chancellery in Copenhagen and the Federal Ministry of the Interior to write the main report for the establishment of the European Center for Minority Issues in Flensburg.

In 1998 he became Consul General of the Kingdom of Denmark in Flensburg, succeeding HP Clausen . He held this post until the end of August 2017. Becker-Christensen's unexpected dismissal was a result of the formation of the new government from Venstre , Det Konservative Folkeparti and Liberal Alliance in 2016. The previous Minister for Culture and Church Bertel Haarder was no longer to belong to the future cabinet. Instead, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen offered him the post of Danish Consul General in Flensburg, which Haarder accepted. However, when he learned that Becker-Christensen should vacate his post after 19 years, Haarder withdrew his consent to take over the post. Kim Andersen finally became the new consul general .

In August 2017 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the State of Schleswig-Holstein for his services to German-Danish cooperation and the State of Schleswig-Holstein .

Becker-Christensen has been an honorary professor at the Syddansk Universitet since 2000 .

Publications

  • Scandinavian drømme og politiske realiteter: den politiske scandinavisme i Danmark 1830–1850 (1981)
  • Det tyske mindretal i Nordslesvig 1920–32 , 2 volumes (1990)
  • Byen ved grænsen. Tønder 1920–1970. (Institut for Grænseregionsforskning, 1993, 349 pages)
  • Protectionism and reformers 1660–1814. ( Dansk toldhistorie , Volume II, 1998)
  • with Ulrich Lange (Ed.): History of Schleswig. From the early Middle Ages to 1920. (Institut for Grænseregionsforskning, Aabenraa 1998, ISBN 87-90163-74-5 )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Noch-Consul General will in future take a close look at the German minority , 23 August 2017, Der Nordschleswiger
  2. ↑ a b c Henrik Becker-Christensen , www.altinget.dk
  3. ^ Government - Order of Merit for the Danish Consul General , August 8, 2017, Focus
  4. ↑ Successor to Henrik Becker-Christensen - Denmark: 28 applications for the Consul General position in Flensburg , June 7, 2017, Shz.de
  5. ↑ New Consul General - Kim Andersen becomes “Denmark's outpost” in Flensburg , July 4, 2017, Shz.de
  6. ↑ Danish Consul General says goodbye ( Memento of the original from April 29, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , August 3, 2017, website of the Schleswig-Holstein State Parliament @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.landtag.ltsh.de
  7. ↑ Entry on the website of the Faculty of History of the Syddansk Universitet
personal data
SURNAME Becker-Christensen, Henrik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Vejle