Poul Erik Tøjner Explained

Poul Erik Tøjner (born 25 February 1959) is a Danish museum director and art critic. Since 2000 he has been director of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk, Denmark.

Biography

Tøjner studied philosophy (1981) and Nordic philology (1987) at the University of Copenhagen, getting his master's degree in 1987^[1] and a licentiate degree in 1991 with a dissertation on Søren Kierkegaard.^[2] He has been a literary and art critic first at national Danish newspaper Kristligt Dagblad from 1984 to 1987, Dagbladet Information from 1987 to 1989 and Weekendavisen from 1989 to 2000, where he served both as a cultural editor and from 1997 to 2000 was also as a member of the Editors-in-Chief. In 2000 he took up the post as director of the Louisiana Museum of modern Art and from 2007 a member of the Danish Academy. He is also the chairman of the board of the publishing house Gyldendal^[3] and a member of the board of the C. L. David Foundation.^[2]

Awards

Tøjner received the N. L. Høyen Medal in 1998.^[4]

See also

• Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sørensen . Meike . 4 August 2022 . Poul Erik Tøjner: »På universitetets port burde stå: Her går du ind og møder andre synspunkter end dine egne« . 3 November 2022 . University Post.
2. Web site: POUL ERIK TØJNER. Dansk Arkitektur Center. 2009-06-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20070714165022/http://www.dac.dk/visArtikel.asp?artikelID=3154. 2007-07-14. dead.
3. Web site: The board of Gyldendal. Gyldendal. 2011-12-31.
4. Web site: Yildelinger. Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. 16 March 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150202093758/http://www.akademiraadet.dk/index.php?id=95. 2 February 2015.