Finn Andersen (officeholder)
Finn Andersen (born 22 February, 1944) is a Danish cultural leader. He is the former Secretary General of the Danish Cultural Institute and leader of the Danish Cultural Institutes of Russia and Great Britain. Andersen is an organizer of intercultural exchange programs between Denmark and countries around the world including the UK, China, Russia, Brazil and India. He is a passionate advocate for Danish music, theatre, literature, dance, art, and education programs and has promoted the arts and the humanities as foundational to society and human understanding. Family. Andersen grew up on Mosegaard farm in Vejrum Noerremark , close to the town of Viborg, Denmark. He is the grandson of Anders and Laursine Andersen, and the oldest son of Kristen Dahl Andersen (born1909) and Sofie Andersen. He has a younger brother, Anders Andersen, and two older sisters Jenny (deceased) and Grethe. Andersen attended Viborg Katedralskole, and later attended Aarhus University. In 1973, Andersen married British-born Vivien Andersen (née Hahn, born 15 June, 1946), then a British Tourism Officer, and the couple lived in Roende, Denmark. Their two children, Anne-Sofie Hahn Andersen (born 3 November, 1977) and Simon Michael Hahn Andersen (born 3 June, 1980-died July  22, 2014) were born in Grenaa. In 1984, Andersen moved to Edinburgh to run an outpost of the Danish Cultural Institute. Andersen and Vivien ran the Danish Scottish Society in Scotland from the Institute building. Andersen and Vivien divorced in 2001. In 2007, Andersen married Russian-born Elena Z Andersen (born April 6, 1961), then working at the Danish Consulate General in St.Petersburg, Russia. Andersen has a stepson, Pavel Stolypin, and a step-granddaughter Dasha Stolypin. Andersen's daughter Anne-Sofie is married to Paul Berger. He has two grandchildren, Ella Elizabeth Andersen Berger (born 8 November, 2009) and  Kaja Sylvia Andersen Berger (born 8 June, 2012). Andersen lives together with his wife, Elena, north of Copenhagen, Denmark. Education. Andersen attended Viborg Katedralskole, and later attended Aarhus University. He earned an M.A. (Aarhus University), M.Sc. (Herriot Watt University), HonDLit (Napier University). Career. Andersen began his career as an English teacher at Kaloe School of Languages (1968-84). He then became Director of The Danish Cultural Institute for Great Britain, Edinburgh (1985-97). He returned to Denmark as Secretary General of The Danish Cultural Institute, Copenhagen (1997-2013). In 2010, Andersen led the delegation of European Union National Institutes for  Culture to the Shanghai 2010 Expo. Andersen later moved to Russia to become Director of The Danish Cultural Institute for Russia in St. Petersburg (2014-17); He was Adjunct Professor at Aalborg University (2006 -2011). He helped to form and was later President of EUNIC (EU National Institutes for Culture) (2009-10).