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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Large heterogeneous gatherings cause most COVID-19 spread

12/04/2021

New research supported by the Carlsberg Foundation shows that we can reduce general infection transmission far more by limiting contacts between people who do not regularly meet than by limiting contacts in well-defined social groups consisting of people who often meet. The study has just been published in the journal PNAS – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

News from the Carlsberg family
Historic enlargement of the New Carlsberg Foundation's Board of Directors

25/02/2021

The Carlsberg Foundation has appointed two new members to the Board of Directors of the New Carlsberg Foundation. Lisette Vind Ebbesen, director of Art Museums of Skagen, and Toke Lykkeberg, director of the exhibition space Tranen, will join the board of Brewer Carl Jacobsen’s old foundation on 1 April. The historic enlargement of the Board from three to five members is part of the ongoing remodelling of the New Carlsberg Foundation with an eye to embracing an increasingly diverse and dynamic Danish art scene.

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Crops for the future

12/01/2021

Climate change and increased population growth are challenging sustainable food production. The Carlsberg Foundation now grants DKK 19.5 million to a new Semper Ardens research project anchored by Carlsberg Research Laboratory, which together with several partners will develop climate-tolerant plants with higher yields and better nutritional value.

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Danes are the most willing to be vaccinated against Covid-19

21/12/2020

A new analysis from the Semper Ardens project HOPE, which measures the population's behavior and attitudes during the corona pandemic, shows that across eight Western democracies, Denmark has the highest number of citizens prepared to be vaccinated against Covid-19.

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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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