Henrik von Achen
Henrik(dot)Achen(at)katolsk(dot)no
von ACHEN, Henrik Louis: Danish, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, 22.12.1954 and baptized 30.12.1954 in the Roman Catholic St. Joseph's chapel. Married to Stephanie Elisabeth Irgens (1959) in Bergen, Norway, on the 8th August 1980. Four children: Maria (1982), Ida (1984), Johannes (1987) and Benedikte (1991).
The Catholic church
- 1990 – 1996
- Pastoral and liturgical assistant in St. Paul parish, Bergen
- 1996
- Ordained deacon by most rev. bishop dr. Gerhard Schwenzer SSCC, incardinated in the diocese of Oslo
- 1996 – 2002
- Member of the executive committee of ecumenical co-operation between Christians in Bergen, "Felleskirkelig Samarbeidsråd i Bergen"
- 1998 – 2000
- Member of the ecumenical regional board of Western Norway preparing the ecumenical celebrations of the year 2000 in the Norwegian jurisdictions
- 2003 –
- Coordinator of Missio Norge, the Pontifical Mission Works
- 2007 – 2010 –
- Member of the pastoral council of the diocese of Oslo
- 2010 –
- Member of the Commission for the Permanent Diaconate in the diocese of Oslo
- 2012 –
- Member of the board of Caritas Norge
Formal education
- 1982
- Magister artium, Art History, University of Aarhus, Denmark
- 1987
- Doctor artium, Art History, University of Bergen, Norway
Academic career
- 1982 – 1984
- City Archives of Bergen, research assistant
- 1985 – 1986
- The Norwegian Council of Research in the Humanities (NAVF), doctoral student
- 1987
- Historisk museum at the University of Bergen, curator
- 1987 –
- Bergen Museum (University museum in Bergen), senior curator
- 1994 – 1997
- Head of the Department of Art History and Cultural Studies, University of Bergen
- 1999 –
- Full professor in art history at Bergen Museum
- 2002 – 2005
- Head of the Cultural History Collections, Bergen Museum
- 2009 – 2011
- Chairman of the board of Bergen Museum
- 2012
- Acting director of the University museum in Bergen
- 2013 –
- Director of the University museum in Bergen
Scholarly administrative positions
- 2000 – 2002
- Member of the governing board of the Norwegian Research NFR-financed project “Continuity and confessionality Lutheran “praxis pietatis” and the church interior 1500 – 1800”
- 2003 –
- Coordinator of European Network on the Instruments of Devotion (ENID)
Administrative commissions
- 1988 – 1991
- Member of the cross faculty board of the programme “Research in Culture and the Mediation of Culture”
- 1988 – 1992
- Member of the administrative and scholarly board of “Protection and mediation of Culture”, the University in Bergen
- 1989 – 1992
- Member of the board of Medisinsk Historisk selskap, Bergen
- 1990 – 1992
- Chairman of the Bergen & Hordaland branch of the Norwegian “National trust”
- 1992 – 1995
- Member of the board of Bryggens Museum, Bergen
- 1995 – 1996
- Chairman of the faculty commission of archives at UiB
- 1995 – 1997
- Chairman of the national research programme “Museum Network” under the Norwegian Research Council
- 1995 – 1996
- Leader of the research project “Fromme bilder i norske hjem” (Devotional images in Norwegian homes) under the Norwegian Research Council
- 1999 – 2000
- Member of the national committee of the major Norwegian museums, discussing the practice and ethics of loans, deposits, collecting and administrating collections etc
- 2001
- Member of the interim board of Bergen Museum, University of Bergen
- 2002 – 2005
- Member of the board of Bergen Museum, University of Bergen
- 2005–
- Norwegian delegate to FIDEM, Fédération Internationale de la Médaille
- 2006–
- Member of the board of Museum for music and visual art, Bergen
- 2007 – 2009
- Member of the advisory committee on the external web site of The University of Bergen
- 2009 – 2011
- Executive chairman of the board of Bergen Museum, University of Bergen
- 2011
- Acting director of the university museum, UiB, april-august
- 2009–
- Member of the governing board of the IT-organisation of Norwegian university museums
- 2009–
- Member of the museum commission under the Norwegian Council for Universities and Colleges
- 2010
- Chairman of the Estetical Commission of the University of Bergen
- 2011
- Member of the committee on Open Access publishing at UiB
- 2011–
- Member of the university jubilee committee 2014, UiB
- 2012–
- Member of the executive committee of FIDEM
Prizes
- 2004
- The Meltzer prize 2004 (NOK 100.000,-) for scholarly dissemination
Exhibitions until 1998
- «Architecture in Bergen 1908 – 1983», Kreditkassen in Bergen, 1983
- «The Art of the Hansa, Representations of the Epoch 1400 – 1550», Bryggens Museum, Bergen, 1985
- «The Old Bergen – the Hidden Bergen», Bergen Museum (BM), 1987
- «Liv Benedicte Nielsen. Paintings and lithographs 1979 – 89» BM 1989
- «Late Medieval Painting and Sculpture 1450 – 1525», BM 1989
- «The Face of the Young Norway. K. Kølles Landscapes From the Post 1814 Decades», BM 1989
- «Pictures of an Other Reality. Contemporary Icons», BM 1989
- «Tom Waterreus, Sculptures from the 80s», BM 1990
- «Russian Popular Prints», from the Soviet Academy of Science, BM 1990
- «The Divine service in Pictorial Language» Bergen 1990
- «Verena Appel – Colour Woodcuts 1988 – 91», BM 1992
- «Tradition. Contemporary Religous Art», BM 1992
- «Modern Church Art» Rogaland kunstmuseum, Stavanger, 1993
- God and Everybody. Interior Decorating as Religious Instruction During the 17th Century», Bryggens Museum, Bergen, 1993
- «Bergen, the pre modern city between 1650 and 1850», BM 1996
- New Permanent exhibition of the Church Art Collection of Bergen Museum, 1100 – 1750, BM 1998
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