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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News

Her Majesty The Queen of Denmark to celebrate Valdemar’s Day in Tallinn

15/06/2019

To mark the 800th anniversary of the Danish national flag, Dannebrog, and the 100th anniversary of Estonian independence, Her Majesty The Queen of Denmark is to open an exhibition in Tallinn jointly arranged by the National Museum of History at Frederiksborg Castle and Tallinn City Museum. A Danish-Estonian research project funded by the Carlsberg Foundation will also be launched. A special Dannebrog beer has been brewed for the occasion.

Events
Almost Human wins prestigious award at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York

27-04-2019

The Carlsberg Foundation science film “Almost Human”, directed by Jeppe Rønde and produced by Bacon Productions, wins the category Tribeca X Award, having beaten films from super brands such as Pepsi, Patagonia, Calvin Klein and The North Face.

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World premiere of the science film Almost Human

19/03/2019

On Wednesday 21 March, CPH:DOX will host the world premiere of the science film Almost Human. The film, directed by Jeppe Rønde, tells the story, through the eyes of ten top researchers, of the challenges that humanity faces in a rapidly changing world. The Carlsberg Foundation has financed the production of Almost Human with the aspiration that the film will contribute to public debate on the importance of science both now and in the future.

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Greenland could advance economic prosperity through sand

11/02/2019

Researchers funded by the Carlsberg Foundation argue, that due to the melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet huge deposits of sand along the coast appear and offer a new and unforeseen economic opportunity for the Arctic people.

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The Carlsberg Foundation offers postdoctoral fellowships for research into Danish-Estonian history

The Carlsberg Foundation offers two ‘HM Queen Margrethe II Distinguished Research Project on the Danish-Estonian common history’ with an April 15, 2019 deadline. Her Majesty the Queen has given her consent to handing out the scholarships as part of the 800th anniversary of “Dannebrog” in Tallinn on June 15, 2019.

News from the foundation
Flemming Besenbacher receives The Circulars Award for circular economy leadership 2019

21/01/2019

On Monday evening in Davos, Switzerland, the Chairman of the Carlsberg Foundation and Carlsberg A/S, Professor Flemming Besenbacher, received The Fortune Award for Circular Economy Leadership 2019.

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