Brewer Jacobsen's life's work

The Carlsberg Foundation is one of the world’s oldest industrial foundations. Here, ambitious brewing enterprise blossoms side by side with research and support for the finest science, art and culture. The Foundation’s Chairman is not just head of the Carlsberg Foundation, but also Chairman of the Supervisory board of Carlsberg A/S. It has been this way since 1876, when Brewer J.C. Jacobsen established the Carlsberg Foundation.

The power of Science

The Carlsberg Foundation supports visionary and innovative basic scientific research. Research that makes us smarter, addresses global challenges, produces growth and welfare, and is universally beneficial. That is how it has been ever since 1876, when the Foundation was established by J.C. Jacobsen.

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Carlsberg Foundation awards record grants for Danish basic research

07/12/2021

292 of Denmark’s most imaginative and visionary researchers are today receiving a research grant from the Carlsberg Foundation. A total of DKK 456 million is being awarded, of which DKK 200 million alone is going to research within the humanities and social sciences.

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The Carlsberg Foundation launches "Vision 2050" – a new path for Denmark

29/09/2021

The Carlsberg Foundation has launched the "Vision 2050" initiative with the goal of creating a new vision for Denmark’s future. The ambition is to pave the way for solutions for the future based on sound knowledge, creative imagination, multidisciplinarity and well-founded views.

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Professor Jens Hjorth joins the Board of Directors of the Carlsberg Foundation

On 1 January 2022, a new member will join the Board of Directors of the Carlsberg Foundation. Professor Jens Hjorth from the University of Copenhagen has been appointed for a term expiring at the end of 2026. He will be replacing Professor Lars Stemmerik.

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Dorthe Berntsen and Eske Willerslev receive Carlsberg Foundation Research Prizes 2021

05/09/2021

The Carlsberg Foundation Research Prizes 2021 have been awarded to Eske Willerslev, professor of ancient DNA, and Dorthe Berntsen, professor of autobiographical memory.

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The Carlsberg family comprises a global brewing group, three grant-awarding foundations, two internationally acclaimed museums and a ground-breaking international research laboratory. The Carlsberg Foundation is the parent foundation for the Carlsberg family.

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