{"id":69,"date":"2023-04-24T15:42:03","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T15:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cbss.org\/baltic-heritage\/?page_id=69"},"modified":"2026-05-27T07:35:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T07:35:31","slug":"members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cbss.org\/baltic-heritage\/about-brhc\/members\/","title":{"rendered":"Members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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\u2019s authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trio chairs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The chairmanship rotates between member states on an annual basis according to the presidencies of CBSS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025 July \u2013 2026 July<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chair<\/strong>
Monika O\u015bkiewicz<\/strong>
National Institute of Cultural Heritage
Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior chair<\/strong>
Maili Roio
<\/strong>National Heritage Board
Estonia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In-coming chair
Thor Ingolfsson Hjaltalin
<\/strong>Cultural Heritage Agency of Iceland
Iceland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Denmark<\/strong>
Mette Carstad<\/strong>
The Danish Agency for Culture and Palaces
www.kulturarv.dk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Estonia<\/strong>
Reesi Sild
<\/strong>Ministry of Culture
www.kul.ee<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marilin Mihkelson<\/strong>
Estonian National Heritage Board
www.muinsuskaitseamet.ee<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laura Ingerpuu<\/strong>
Estonian National Heritage Board
www.muinsuskaitseamet.ee<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maili Roio<\/strong>
Estonian National Heritage Board
www.muinsuskaitseamet.ee<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finland
Pirjo Hamari<\/strong>
The Finnish Heritage Agency
www.museovirasto.fi<\/a>

Johanna Bjorkman<\/strong>
The Finnish Heritage Agency
www.museovirasto.fi<\/a>
<\/strong>
Germany<\/strong>
Matthias Maluck<\/strong>
Archaeological State Department of Schleswig-Holstein
www.schleswig-holstein.de<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jens Auer<\/strong>
State Office for Culture and the Protection of Monuments
www.kulturwerte-mv.de<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ramona Simone Dornbusch
<\/strong>State Office for Culture and the Protection of Monuments
www.kulturwerte-mv.de<\/a>

Iceland<\/strong>
Thor Ingolfsson Hjaltalin
<\/strong>Cultural Heritage Agency of Iceland
https:\/\/www.minjastofnun.is\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Latvia
Baiba Brice<\/strong>
National Heritage Board
www.nkmp.gov.lv<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

M\u0101rcis Kalni\u0146\u0161
<\/strong>National Heritage Board
www.nkmp.gov.lv<\/a>

Lithuania
<\/strong>Alfredas Jomantas
<\/strong>Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture Lithuania
www.kpd.lt<\/a>

Vidmantas Bezeras<\/strong>
Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture Lithuania
www.kpd.lt<\/a>

Norway
Andreas Skauen Pedersen
<\/strong>Directorate for Cultural Heritage
www.ra.no<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Olga Wisniewska<\/strong>
Arts and Culture Norway
www.kulturdirektoratet.no<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Katrine Brekke<\/strong>
Arts and Culture Norway
www.kulturdirektoratet.no<\/a>

Espen Fr\u00f8ysland
<\/strong>Lindesnes Lighthouse museum
www.lindesnesfyr.no<\/a>

Poland
Marlena Happach
<\/strong>National Institute of Cultural Heritage in Poland
www.nid.pl<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monika O\u015bkiewicz
<\/strong>National Institute of Cultural Heritage in Poland
www.nid.pl
<\/a>
Sweden<\/strong>
Emelie Ekstrom-Howard<\/strong>
Swedish National Heritage Board
www.raa.se<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Valentina Torres L\u00f6fgren<\/strong>
Swedish National Heritage Board
www.raa.se<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chairs of the thematic BRHC working groups<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

20th century built heritage
Laura Ingerpuu
<\/strong>Estonian National Heritage Board
www.muinsuskaitseamet.ee<\/a>

Coastal heritage
Espen Fr\u00f8ysland<\/strong>
Lindesnes Lighthouse museum
www.lindesnesfyr.no<\/a>

Underwater cultural heritage
Jens Auer<\/strong>
State Office for Culture and the Protection of Monuments
www.kulturwerte-mv.de<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Climate change<\/strong>
Andreas Skauen Pedersen<\/strong>
Directorate for Cultural Heritage
www.ra.no<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Goods<\/strong> 
M\u0101rcis Kalni\u0146\u0161
<\/strong>National Heritage Board
www.nkmp.gov.lv<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cultural Routes<\/strong>
Anni Alho<\/strong>
The Finnish Heritage Agency
www.museovirasto.fi<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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