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The Director of the Foundation Nordiska museet

Nordiska museet is an independent foundation. The board of the foundation is responsible for matters relating to the use of the foundation’s assets and placement of wealth, in accordance with the Foundation Act and the foundation’s statutes.

The Director leads and coordinates the foundation’s operations and is responsible for the planning and implementation of Nordiska museet’s development, in accordance with the board’s decisions, and for the museum’s day-to-day administration.

Sanne Houby-Nielsen

Sanne Houby-Nielsen is Director of the Foundation Nordiska museet since 2015. Sanne Houby-Nielsen is a classically trained archaeologist, educated at universities in Denmark, Germany, and England. She holds a PhD from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and is an Associate Professor at Lund University in Sweden. Her research has been widely published in international journals.

As Director and later Director General of the National Museums of World Culture in Stockholm, she gained recognition for, among other things, her work with exhibitions on the Swedish Cyprus Collections (Medelhavsmuseet) and the Swedish collections from China (Östasiatiska museet). She also curated a series of major exhibitions displaying world-famous archaeological treasures, some of which remain among the most visited temporary exhibitions in Sweden.

Since February 2015, Sanne Houby-Nielsen serves as Director and leads a gradual renewal process of Sweden’s largest cultural history museum, the Nordiska museet in Stockholm.