Peter Iver Johannsen

Peter Iver Johannsen (born December 29, 1943 in Flensburg ) was Secretary General of the Bund Deutscher Nordschleswiger , the umbrella organization of the German minority in Denmark , from 1973 to 2008 .

Peter Iver Johannsen 2003

Life and work

Peter Iver Johannsen graduated after passing the High School on Old School Flensburg and a practical agricultural training studying for diploma - farmer in Kiel and Copenhagen , which he completed in 1969 in Copenhagen with the state examination. From 1969 to 1971 Johannsen worked as a consultant at the Central Association of Danish Cooperative Slaughterhouses in Copenhagen, from 1971 to 1973 as a consultant at the main agricultural association for North Schleswig in Aabenraa .

In 1973 Johannsen became Secretary General of the Federation of German North Schleswig (umbrella organization of the German ethnic group in North Schleswig). He is chairman of the board of directors of the Association for German Cultural Relations Abroad (VDA) and chairman of the board of trustees of the non-profit Hermann-Niermann-Stiftung . Highlights of his tenure as general secretary were the establishment of the secretariat of the German ethnic group in the government and the Folketing ("Volksrat"; Danish Parliament) 1983, the visits of Queen Margrethe II. 1986, the Federal President Walter Scheel 1979, Richard von Weizsäcker 1989, and Roman Herzog 1998 together with the Danish royal couple as well as the visits of Prince Joachim and Princess Alexandra 1997 the state visit of Federal President Johannes Rau 2001 , in July 1995 on Düppel / Dybbøl took part in the celebration of the 75th anniversary of North Schleswig to Denmark, with which the final breakthrough to equality of minority and majority in Denmark was achieved, the 50th anniversary of the Bonn-Copenhagen Declarations 2005 under Participation of Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and State Minister ster Anders Fogh Rasmussen in Sonderborg (Sønderborg) and the visit of the Danish Crown Prince couple Frederik and Mary in 2008.

medal

• Federal Cross of Merit 1st class
• Knight of the Danish Order of Dannebrog
• 2009 Great Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Fonts

• Editor of the publication "Grenzland" 1973–2008
• Article in many publications about the German minority in Denmark

Web links

• Vita on the homepage of the Hermann Niermann Foundation
• Homepage of the German minority in North Schleswig