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.

2024 July – 2025 July

Chair
Maili Roio
National Heritage Board
Estonia

Senior chair
Finland

In-coming chair
Poland

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

Hannu Matikka
The Finnish Heritage Agency
www.museovirasto.fi

Anni Alho
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
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

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
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
Estonian National Heritage Board
www.muinsuskaitseamet.ee

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