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Danish Disabled Artists Launch New Christmas Card Collection

Comments are closed By Roland Bengtsson Filed in Denmark, Music and the Arts, Retail and Services, Society Tagged with , , , November 15th, 2012 @ 2:27 pm

The Mund-og Fodmalende Kunstnere, launches the new Danish 2012 Christmas card collection especially created by members of the Association of Mouth and Foot Painting Artists (AMFPA). The new set of Christmas cards includes reproductions of original paintings by member artists in Denmark and from other countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, Malta and South Korea.

The pack which is due to be available to consumers in November will contain six beautiful cards depicting charming Christmas and winter themes.  In addition there will be a sheet of four gift tags and a pocket 2013 calendar in each pack.  Also available on request is a handsome 2013 desk calendar. Read more

Danish Artists Mark the 100th Birthday of Erich Stegmann Founder of AMFPA

Comments are closed By Roland Bengtsson Filed in Culture, Denmark, Education, Events, Society Tagged with , , , , , , November 6th, 2012 @ 2:16 pm

2012 is the 100th anniversary of the birth of, Erich Stegmann, the founder of the Association of Mouth and Foot Painting Artists (AMFPA) and one of the most remarkable and inspiring artists of the last century.  To mark this milestone, Danish member artist, Ann Lund, will travel to the UK later this month to join member artist, Tom Yendell , to talk about the founder’s life and vision to the British media. Erich Stegmann formed the AMFPA in 1957 and from its small beginnings it has grown into an inspiring international organisation with more than 802 artist members in over 76 countries worldwide.

Born in Germany in 1912, Erich contracted polio at the age of two which resulted in him permanently losing the use of his hands as well as limiting his ability to walk.  However, through sheer determination he taught himself to write and later to paint by mouth.  By the time he was in his early twenties, he had become a highly accomplished artist and after years of selling his self-designed cards and prints at marketplaces in his native Germany, in 1956 he set up the Association of Mouth and Foot Painting Artists, an international group of artists, who through various disabilities, were like him, unable to use their hands to paint. Read more

Mouth and Foot Painting Artists Support Wildlife Conservation

Comments are closed By russell Filed in Denmark, Society Tagged with , , , October 1st, 2012 @ 2:15 pm

Members of the Association of Mouth and Foot Painting Artists (AMFPA) along with the organisation’s Danish branch, Mund-og Fodmalende Kunstnere (MFK), are passionate about wildlife conservation. The artists and the organisation have been involved in a number of activities over the years to help raise the profile of the plight of the world’s wild life and the work of the various charities.

The artists have held international exhibitions of their work, auctioned individual animal paintings to raise money for the causes and offered limited edition prints for competitions in magazines. Read more

Grönt datacenter på Island etablerat med teknologi från Intel och HP

Comments are closed By Halldor Lunasson Filed in Business, Denmark, Iceland, IT and Technology, Norway, Retail and Services, Sweden Tagged with , , , , , , September 24th, 2012 @ 2:18 pm

Ett nytt grönt datacenter har etablerats på Island med hjälp av teknologi från Intel och HP. Datacentret låter akademiska forskningsinstitutioner i Sverige, Danmark och Norge avlägset dela sina superdator-roamingtjänster.

På grund av ökad energikonsumtion och höga energiavgifter är kostnader knutna till superdatorer en stigande utgift för forskare och universitet i Skandinavien. För att tackla detta låter Advania Thor Data Center (AT/DC), akademiska institutioner i Sverige, Danmark och Norge avlägset dela centrets tjänster. Read more

Mund-og Fodmalende Kunstnere member Ann Lund says ‘life is a gift’

Comments are closed By admin Filed in Culture, Denmark, Retail and Services, Society Tagged with , , , , August 23rd, 2012 @ 11:45 am

For popular member of the Mund-og Fodmalende Kunstnere (MFK), Ann Lund, the saying ‘life is a gift’ couldn’t be more appropriate. Since birth, Ann has been severely paralysed as a result of suffering from cerebral palsy and has spent her life in a wheelchair; however, this hasn’t stopped her. After a childhood filled with love and faith from her parents, she put her positive view of life into her paintings through the international self-help organisation, MFK, part of the Association of Mouth and Foot Painting Artists (AMFPA).

“It was always a great passion of mine to paint, and growing up I always enjoyed painting all the beautiful things around me,” explained Ann Lund. Read more

Mietwagen-Rundreise in Island & Self-Drive im Hochland mit Pure Adventures

Comments are closed By admin Filed in Denmark, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Travel and Leisure Tagged with , , , June 20th, 2012 @ 1:21 pm

pure-adventuresPure Adventures bietet eine reichhaltige Auswahl an Abenteuern, wobei Ihnen Personenbeförderung, Unterkunft, Freizeitaktivitäten und die Natur selbst ein vollkommen neues Lebensgefühl geben werden. Bei Ihrer Ankunft auf Island tauchen Sie ein in ein Land der Reinheit und Stille. Da hier nur einige wenige Bäume wachsen, bestimmen bizarre Lavaformationen die Landschaft. Bei einer Reise nach Island erleben Sie Natur in ihrer reinsten Form.

Falls Sie nach einer sehr persönlichen, innigen Reiseerfahrung suchen, könnte eine unserer maßgeschneiderten Mietwagenrundreisen das Richtige für Sie sein. Unsere Angebote erfreuen sich bei Islandreisenden zunehmender Beliebtheit, geben sie Ihnen doch die Freiheit und Flexibilität, unsere Insel mit Ihrem persönlichen Tempo zu erkunden. Unsere Reisepläne führen Sie durch energiegeladene, abwechslungsreiche Landschaften, hin zu unzähligen Sehenswürdigkeiten. Bestaunen Sie fantastische Naturschönheiten, heiße Quellen, Wasserfälle, hoch aufragende Klippen, atemberaubende Gletscher, brodelnde Schlammquellen, endlose Strände mit schwarzem Vulkansand, warme geothermale Bäche, eiskalte Gletscherflüsse, Lava, Vulkane und vieles mehr. Read more

RIMC præsenterer Mikkel deMib Svendsen

Comments are closed By admin Filed in Business, Conference, Denmark, Iceland, Marketing and Consulting, Search Engine Marketing February 20th, 2012 @ 11:48 am

mikkel-de-mibReykjavik Internet Marketing Conference (RIMC) er stolte over at kunne præsentere Danmarks eneste internationale søgemaskineekspert, Mikkel deMib Svendsen på dette års Social Media og Internet Marketing konference.

Mikkel deMib Svendsen bidrager med en eksklusiv præsentation af de mere avancerede og såkaldte ”black hat” teknikker til effektiv markedsføring i søgemaskiner. Sammen med Mikkel deMib Svendsen deltager et panel af verdens førende eksperter i Black Hat søgemaskineoptimering. På denne session vil deltagerne lære, at markedsføre deres websites i søgemaskinerne på de mest konkurrenceprægede markeder.  RIMC er den eneste Europæiske marketing konference der har valgt, at medtage dette kontroversielle emne. Read more

Copenhagen’s business district to benefit from Saxo Properties and Resolution Property strategic alliance

Comments are closed By russell Filed in Banking and Finance, Business, Construction, Denmark Tagged with , , , , August 18th, 2011 @ 9:01 am

The trading and investment specialist, Saxo Bank has entered its property investment sector, Saxo Properties, into a joint venture with the pan European real estate fund, Resolution Real Estate Advisers LLP “Resolution Property”. The Joint Venture, which is already targeting its first purchases, will focus on co-investing up to approximately €250 million in the central business district of Copenhagen.

The investment will target residential and mixed use, residential and commercial buildings which will benefit from the application of intensive asset management, including refurbishment and the repositioning of occupiers – the new venture is expected to have a life of three to five years with the emphasis on income growth and capital gains. Read more

Iceland Airwaves annoncerer, at Björk optræder på festivalen

Comments are closed By jbaker Filed in Denmark, Entertainment, Iceland, Retail and Services, Travel and Leisure Tagged with , , , , , , July 12th, 2011 @ 3:46 pm

Danske musikfans får mulighed for at se Björk optræde på dette års udgave af musikfestivalen Iceland Airwaves (som finder sted den 12. til den 16. oktober).

Det er blevet annonceret, at den utroligt populære sangerinde vil byde på en særlig optræden med sit Biophilia-liveshow to gange under festivalen og spille yderligere fire intimkoncerter i den nyåbnede koncertsal Harpa i det centrale Reykjavik. Read more

NIB loan to Pohjola to improve housing sector’s environmental impact

Comments are closed By admin Filed in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden Tagged with , , June 20th, 2011 @ 2:13 pm

The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) and Finland’s Pohjola Bank plc have signed an agreement for a loan programme, totalling EUR 50 million, earmarked for improving energy efficiency and wastewater treatment in the housing sector and industrial buildings.

Pohjola Bank will open a credit facility for housing companies, SMEs and large corporations in Finland. Subloans will, for instance, finance improvements in the treatment of wastewater from public-use facilities, improved fertiliser and manure handling or building renovation with the purpose of improving buildings’ energy efficiency.

“This loan programme is an example of how NIB in cooperation with an intermediary bank can reach out to smaller-scale projects improving direct impact on the environment. Better waste management and energy efficiency will positively affect both the environment and the standard of living,” says Johnny Åkerholm, NIB President and CEO. Read more

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