Kolding School of Design appoints Carina Christensen as new Rector

Carina Christensen brings with her extensive experience, having held three ministerial posts and served as a senior executive in the private sector. She steps into the role with a strong background spanning both political and business landscapes.

With her broad expertise and strategic vision, Carina Christensen will lead the continued development of the school’s academic and creative environment, while strengthening its collaboration with industry and wider society. She has previously served as director of various industry organisations and has consistently delivered results across sectors.

- I’m looking forward to working with the school’s dedicated students, lecturers and researchers to further strengthen Kolding School of Design as an innovative and socially relevant institution – where design is not just a discipline, but a field that contributes to something bigger. A place that dares to take responsibility in a time that calls for change and new solutions, says Carina Christensen.

- The Board looks forward to working with Carina Christensen, and we’re confident that her leadership experience and broad perspective will help usher Kolding School of Design into a new and exciting phase of development, says Chair of the Board, Nanna Ulrich Duedahl.

To mark her appointment on 1 October 2025, Kolding School of Design will offer the media an opportunity for in-depth interviews with the school’s new Rector, Carina Christensen.

Press enquiries until 18 July 2025:
Nanna Ulrich Duedahl, Chair of the Board
E-mail: nanna.ulrich.duedahl@lego.com
Phone: +45 20308437