Members
The members represent the national bodies in charge of cultural heritage. The involved countries under the umbrella of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) are Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Schleswig-Holstein), Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland and Sweden. Russia is suspended from further participation in the BRHC activities in response to the unprovoked and illegal war now being waged by Russia against Ukraine, the Ukrainian people and the country’s authorities.
Trio chairs
The chairmanship rotates between member states on an annual basis according to the presidencies of CBSS.
2025 July – 2026 July
Chair
Monika Ośkiewicz
National Institute of Cultural Heritage
Poland
Senior chair
Maili Roio
National Heritage Board
Estonia
In-coming chair
Thor Ingolfsson Hjaltalin
Cultural Heritage Agency of Iceland
Iceland
Members
Denmark
Mette Carstad
The Danish Agency for Culture and Palaces
www.kulturarv.dk
Estonia
Reesi Sild
Ministry of Culture
www.kul.ee
Marilin Mihkelson
Estonian National Heritage Board
www.muinsuskaitseamet.ee
Laura Ingerpuu
Estonian National Heritage Board
www.muinsuskaitseamet.ee
Maili Roio
Estonian National Heritage Board
www.muinsuskaitseamet.ee
Finland
Pirjo Hamari
The Finnish Heritage Agency
www.museovirasto.fi
Johanna Bjorkman
The Finnish Heritage Agency
www.museovirasto.fi
Germany
Matthias Maluck
Archaeological State Department of Schleswig-Holstein
www.schleswig-holstein.de
Jens Auer
State Office for Culture and the Protection of Monuments
www.kulturwerte-mv.de
Ramona Simone Dornbusch
State Office for Culture and the Protection of Monuments
www.kulturwerte-mv.de
Iceland
Thor Ingolfsson Hjaltalin
Cultural Heritage Agency of Iceland
https://www.minjastofnun.is/
Latvia
Baiba Brice
National Heritage Board
www.nkmp.gov.lv
Mārcis Kalniņš
National Heritage Board
www.nkmp.gov.lv
Lithuania
Alfredas Jomantas
Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture Lithuania
www.kpd.lt
Vidmantas Bezeras
Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture Lithuania
www.kpd.lt
Norway
Andreas Skauen Pedersen
Directorate for Cultural Heritage
www.ra.no
Olga Wisniewska
Arts and Culture Norway
www.kulturdirektoratet.no
Katrine Brekke
Arts and Culture Norway
www.kulturdirektoratet.no
Espen Frøysland
Lindesnes Lighthouse museum
www.lindesnesfyr.no
Poland
Marlena Happach
National Institute of Cultural Heritage in Poland
www.nid.pl
Monika Ośkiewicz
National Institute of Cultural Heritage in Poland
www.nid.pl
Sweden
Emelie Ekstrom-Howard
Swedish National Heritage Board
www.raa.se
Valentina Torres Löfgren
Swedish National Heritage Board
www.raa.se
Chairs of the thematic BRHC working groups
20th century built heritage
Laura Ingerpuu
Estonian National Heritage Board
www.muinsuskaitseamet.ee
Coastal heritage
Espen Frøysland
Lindesnes Lighthouse museum
www.lindesnesfyr.no
Underwater cultural heritage
Jens Auer
State Office for Culture and the Protection of Monuments
www.kulturwerte-mv.de
Climate change
Andreas Skauen Pedersen
Directorate for Cultural Heritage
www.ra.no
Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Goods
Mārcis Kalniņš
National Heritage Board
www.nkmp.gov.lv
Cultural Routes
Anni Alho
The Finnish Heritage Agency
www.museovirasto.fi