CV When I emigrated from Denmark to Sweden in 2005 the time was also up for starting my own firm. I was educated in 1995 at the Roskilde University as a Master of Arts (cand.comm.), specialised in intercultural communication and Spanish Language and Literature. In 1994 I had started to teach at universities and as a freelance for NGO organisations - later also on Folk High Schools and within the Danish Department of Education's youth exchange programs. I was employed as a teacher at a boarding school for two years on Funen working with international exchange programs, and teaching languages - and I participated in the process of starting the school. For five very interesting years I was employed as a consultant of The Municipality of Odense working in the multiethnic suburb 'Vollsmose'. I worked basically with development of projects, communication, branding and empowerment related to the 10-year project 'Vollsmose is changing!' which was a cooperation between the Danish state, the municipality of Odense and the inhabitants of the suburb. Now I live in Småland, Sweden with my husband and two sons, working both in Denmark and Sweden as a teacher and consultant, travelling in intercultural encounters, communication and conflict resolution. Read more in my CV: CV: 2008_CV_Helde.dk_English.doc I still think after 15 years of professional work with intercultural encounters and communication that it’s some of the most challenging and developing - both professionally and personally. My personal experiences from intercultural encounters have been very valuable to give life engagement and energy to my work. The experiences I have mainly got from my time in the multicultural suburb Vollsmose, from many journeys in the big world and from a year in Barcelona, Spain where I studied in my ‘pure youth’! The on-going inspiration I get from the multicultural groups I teach and from my everyday life as an immigrant in Sweden. Do you need references? Feel free to contact any of these persons - everybody speaks English! • Technical University of Denmark (DTU). HR-department: Ref.: Kamille Strouhal. Tel. (+45) 45 25 71 00. E-mail: kls@adm.dtu.dk • CIRIUS, Danish Department of Education, European Exchange Programs. Ref.: Pia Hegner: Tel. (+45) 33 95 70 17. E-mail: ph@CiriusMail.dk • KVINFOs mentor network (Centre for Information on Women and Gender), Denmark. Ref.: Joy Torphdal. Tel. (+45) 33 13 50 88. E-mail: jto@kvinfo.dk • RFSS: (Regional Council in Southern Småland), Växjö, Sweden. Ref. Harald Fredriksson. Tel. (+46) 070-533 48 99. E-mail: harald.fredriksson@rfss.se • ALMI, Företagspartner (Association for supporting new started companies). Växjö, Sweden. Ref.: Dea Lundqvist. Tel. (+46) 0470-230 40. E-mail: dea.lundqvist@almi.se Contact Mette Lindgren Helde Bohult Backegården 360 73 Lenhovda Sweden Phone: +46-474-24 000 Mobile: +46-70-25 09 108 E-mail: info@helde.dk Bohult Backegården 360 73 Lenhovda Phone: +46-474-24 000 Mobile: +46-70-25 09 108 info@helde.dk