Award ceremony for the winners of the yearly Danish-language essay competition

The award ceremony for the winners in the yearly Danish-language essay competition, organised by the Hans Christian Andersen Centre for Research and Information at the Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski in cooperation with the Embassy of Denmark in Bulgaria was held on 30^th May 2022 in the Nordic Star Hall at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski. This year the topic of the essay was “How has Margrethe II inspired you?” on the occasion of Her Majesty’s fiftieth anniversary on the Danish throne, celebrated in 2022. Students learning Danish in the BA Programme in Scandinavian Studies took part in the competition. The winners are:

Gabriela Atanasova, third-year student – First prize

Zhivko Bogdanski, fourth-year student – Second prize

Monika Tsvetkova, second-year student – Third prize

Velislav Velikov, second-year student – Special prize

Ambassador Jes Brogaard Nielsen personally delivered the prizes and talked with the students and the lecturers at the Scandinavian Studies Section.

We would like to express our gratitude to the Embassy of Denmark in Bulgaria for the excellent co-operation and to all the participants in the competition. Congratulations to the winners and we wish all the students success!