Niels Lunde
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Niels Lunde is a Danish writer and columnist on business and economical issues. He is now writing columns and analysis in the Danish morning daily Politiken
and frequently appears on financial issues on national television broadcaster TV2
News.
Niels Lunde holds a master in Political Science from the University of Aarhus and worked as a consultant for Danish Employer’s Confederation 1988-94. He later became a reporter on economical issues at the Danish morning daily Berlingske Tidende
in 1995. In 1998 Niels Lunde became business editor, he became editor in 1999 and 2002-2007 he was Editor-in-Chief and Director. Niels Lunde graduated in 2000 at WAN
's Leaders 2000 and in 2005 at Norwegian Orkla
's Senior Management Programme.
During the years 2002-2007 he headed a strategic newspaper project called “Closer to the Readers” in which the newspaper improved it’s financial result from a deficit of appr. 120 million DDK to a surplus of appr. 100 million DDK. In 2006 the format of the newspaper was changed from broadsheet to compact format.
In November 2006 Niels Lunde and two of the reporters of the newspaper were charged by the Danish Prosecutor with disclosing information from the Danish Defence Intelligence Service on the Iraq-war. The material disclosed information on the government’s position and were confidential for reasons of national security. The case received international coverage and in December 2006 the three men were acquitted. The verdict was seen as an important milestone in the work of strengthening the freedom of the press.
Niels Lunde together with his two co-editors Mrs. Elisabeth Rühne and Mr. Lars Poulsen left Berlingske Tidende in 2007 after the newspaper was taken over by the British Mecom Group headed by Mr. David Montgomery
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Politiken
Politiken is a Danish daily broadsheet newspaper, published by JP/Politikens Hus.The newspaper comes third among Danish newspapers in terms of both number of readers and circulated copies ....
and frequently appears on financial issues on national television broadcaster TV2
TV 2 (Denmark)
TV 2 is a publicly owned television station in Denmark based in Odense. The station began broadcasting on 1 October 1988, thereby ending the television monopoly previously exercised by the Danmarks Radio ....
News.
Niels Lunde holds a master in Political Science from the University of Aarhus and worked as a consultant for Danish Employer’s Confederation 1988-94. He later became a reporter on economical issues at the Danish morning daily Berlingske Tidende
Berlingske Tidende
Berlingske, previously known as Berlingske Tidende , is a Danish national daily newspaper based in Copenhagen...
in 1995. In 1998 Niels Lunde became business editor, he became editor in 1999 and 2002-2007 he was Editor-in-Chief and Director. Niels Lunde graduated in 2000 at WAN
WAN
WAN may refer to:* Wide area network * World Association of Newspapers* Wanborough railway station in England, which has the station code WAN...
's Leaders 2000 and in 2005 at Norwegian Orkla
Orkla Group
Orkla Group is a Norwegian industrial conglomerate operating in the Nordic region, Eastern Europe, Asia and the US. The company's main divisions are branded consumer goods, aluminium solutions, materials, associates and financial investments.-Operations:...
's Senior Management Programme.
During the years 2002-2007 he headed a strategic newspaper project called “Closer to the Readers” in which the newspaper improved it’s financial result from a deficit of appr. 120 million DDK to a surplus of appr. 100 million DDK. In 2006 the format of the newspaper was changed from broadsheet to compact format.
In November 2006 Niels Lunde and two of the reporters of the newspaper were charged by the Danish Prosecutor with disclosing information from the Danish Defence Intelligence Service on the Iraq-war. The material disclosed information on the government’s position and were confidential for reasons of national security. The case received international coverage and in December 2006 the three men were acquitted. The verdict was seen as an important milestone in the work of strengthening the freedom of the press.
Niels Lunde together with his two co-editors Mrs. Elisabeth Rühne and Mr. Lars Poulsen left Berlingske Tidende in 2007 after the newspaper was taken over by the British Mecom Group headed by Mr. David Montgomery
David Montgomery
David Montgomery is Farnam Professor of History Emeritus at Yale University. Montgomery is considered one of the foremost academics specializing in United States labor history and has written extensively on the subject. Along with David Brody and Herbert Gutman, he is credited with founding the...
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Books
- Wissum-sagen, 1996 (the story of the biggest financial scandal in Denmark in the 1990s).
- Nyrup (co-author Henrik QvortrupHenrik QvortrupHenrik Qvortrup is a Danish journalist, political commentator, and previous editor-in-chief of the weekly Danish tabloid magazine Se og Hør.-References:...
), 1997 (a biography on the then Danish primeminister Poul Nyrup RasmussenPoul Nyrup RasmussenPoul Nyrup Rasmussen , informally Poul Nyrup, born 15 June 1943), was Prime Minister of Denmark from 25 January 1993 to 27 November 2001 and is currently President of the Party of European Socialists . He was the leader of the governing Social Democrats from 1992 to 2002...
) - Jomsborg, 2000 (an economical thriller)
- Fra sofa til marathon, 2006 (how to run a marathon if you are a couchpotato)
- Hr. Møllers nye mand, 2008 (a biography on the CEO of A.P. Moller-Maersk, Mr. Nils Smedegaard Andersen)
External links
- http://blog.politiken.dk/lunde
- http://www.wan-press.org/article4481.html
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2006/nov/15/pressandpublishing.iraq?commentpage=1
- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/04/AR2006120400992.html
- http://www.berlingske.dk/article/18991230/danmark/112301140/ (the verdict in English of December 2006)
- http://www.b.dk/danmark/how-open-do-we-dare-make-society (editorial in Berlingske Tidende on the Case)