Lene Vestergaard Hau Verdensdansker 2010

Lene Vestergaard Hau was named ‘World Dane 2010’ by global network Danes Worldwide at the organization’s annual summer meeting, held at Kronborg Castle in Elsinore, Denmark, on 1 August 2010. The honor is awarded to a Dane who has made a special contribution to placing Denmark on the World map. According to Danes Worldwide, Lene Hau was awarded the prize ‘for emphatically and persistently placing Denmark on the World map’.
It is only the third time that the prize has been awarded. The two prior honorees are soccer icon Michael Laudrup and Grammy winning pianist and composer Bent Fabricius-Bjerre.

Lene Vestergaard Hau was named World Dane 2010 at Kronborg Castle, Denmark.
From left: Danes Worldwide's President and Former Ambassador to China Christopher Bo Bramsen,
Professor Lene Vestergaard Hau, and Danes Worldwide's Secretary-General Anne-Marie Dahlgaard.
Photo: Hasse Ferrold

Lene Vestergaard Hau World Dane 2010 at Kronborg Castle, Denmark.
From left: Danes Worldwide's Secretary-General Anne-Marie Dahlgaard, the U.S. Ambassador to Denmark
Laurie Fulton, Danes Worldwide's Vice President Carsten Dencker Nielsen, Professor Lene Vestergaard Hau,
Danes Worldwide's President and Former Ambassador to China Christopher Bo Bramsen,
Interior and Health Minister Bertel Haarder (holding the award: a solid glass globe by Danish glass artist Stig Persson),
and CEO for A.P. Møller-Maersk Shipping, Niels Smedegaard-Andersen.
Photo: Hasse Ferrold

Danish Embassy, Washington DC, 2010. Professor Hau is standing between T.R.H. Crown Prince Frederik
and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark.
Photo: Bo Nymann

Press Items (can also be viewed on our Press Page here ):

	Harvard University Gazette	Lene Hau named World Dane 2010	Michael Patrick Rutter	August 30 2010
	International Club Copenhagen	The "World-Dane of The Year" 2010 was awarded 1/8 2010 by Danes WorldWide at Kronborg,Elsinore. It was Professor Lene Vestergaard Hau, Harvard Univ. Article in Danish.		August 2 2010
	TV2 Nyhederne	Lene Vestergaard Hau was named World Dane 2010. Article in Danish: Lysgeni er Årets Verdensdansker		August 1 2010
	Danes Worldwide	Lene Vestergaard Hau was named World Dane 2010. Article in Danish: Årets Verdensdansker Lene Vestergaard Hau.		August 1 2010
	Berlingske Tidende	Lene Vestergaard Hau was named World Dane 2010. Article in Danish: Kvindelig lysgeni er årets verdensdansker		August 1 2010
	Jyllands Posten	Lene Vestergaard Hau was named World Dane 2010. Article in Danish: Hun er "årets verdensdansker"		August 1 2010