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), 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.

2023 July – 2024 July

Chair
Pirjo Hamari
The Finnish Heritage Agnecy
Finland

Senior chair
Matthias Maluck
Archaeological State Department of Schleswig-Holstein
Germany

In-coming chair
Estonia

Denmark
Merete Lind Mikkelsen
The Danish Agency for Culture and Palaces
www.kulturarv.dk

Estonia
Reesi Sild
Ministry of Culture
www.kul.ee

Finland
Pirjo Hamari
The Finnish Heritage Agency
www.museovirasto.fi

Hannu Matikka
The Finnish Heritage Agency
www.museovirasto.fi

Germany
Matthias Maluck
Archaeological State Department of Schleswig-Holstein
www.schleswig-holstein.de

Ramona Simone Dornbusch
State Office for Culture and the Protection of Monuments
www.kulturwerte-mv.de

Latvia
Sandra Liepiņa
State Inspection for Heritage Protection
www.nkmp.gov.lv

Lithuania
Vaidas Petrulis
Kaunas University of Technology
www.ktu.edu

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

Eva Marie Sund
Arts Council Norway
www.kulturradet.no

Vegard Berggård
Directorate for Cultural Heritage
www.ra.no

Espen Frøysland
Lindesnes Lighthouse museum
www.lindesnesfyr.no

Poland
Bartosz Skaldawski
National Heritage Board of Poland
www.nid.pl

Anna Czerwińska-Walczak
National Heritage Board of Poland
www.nid.pl

Robert Domżał
National Maritime Museum
www.nmm.pl

Sweden
Christian Runeby
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
Maili Roio
National Heritage Board of Estonia
www.muinsuskaitseamet.ee