Business Region North Denmark
About BRN
Business Region North Denmark, BRN, is a business policy collaboration between the region and the 11 municipalities of North Jutland. Together, we work for strengthening the framework conditions for development and job creation throughout the region, in close cooperation with the business actors and educational institutions of North Jutland. The collaboration was initiated in 2015.
Dynamic collaboration
BRN coordinates strategically important initiatives concerning the current growth agendas and highlights the strengths and potentials of North Jutland’s, through political advocacy. This is aimed at promoting the position of North Jutland, from a national and international perspective.
In BRN, we collaborate on the following cross-regional efforts:
- To create a foundation for the green transition and green development throughout North Jutland
- To strengthen the vital infrastructure that connects North Jutland with the rest of the country and the world – such as road and energy infrastructure
- To enhance the growth conditions for businesses within the strategic strength positions of North Jutland
- To increase the attractiveness for investments in North Jutland
- To develop, retain, and attract the necessary qualified workforce for the region
The principles for the efforts we collaborate on are:
- The effort fulfills one or more of BRN’s above mentioned initiatives
- The effort is best undertaken in a strategic community across the municipalities and the region of North Jutland
- The effort benefits North Jutland broadly geographically
OrganiZation
The board sets the direction for our interest representation and coordinating initiatives and prioritizes the annual budget.
The management supports the board’s work and contributes, alongside the board, to ensuring ownership and anchoring in the municipalities and the region.
The joint secretariat prepares and supports the work and ensures dialogue with partners, progress and coordination.
BRN’s board of directors
Per Bach Laursen
Chairman, BRN
Mayor
The Municipality of Vesthimmerland
Mads Duedahl
Deputy chairman, BRN
Chairman of the Regional Council
The Region of Northern Jutland
Birgit S. Hansen
Deputy chairwoman, BRN
Mayor
The Municipality of Frederikshavn
Lasse Frimand Jensen
Mayor
The Municipality of Aalborg
Mikael Klitgaard
Mayor
The Municipality of Brønderslev
Søren Smalbro
Mayor
The Municipality of Hjørring
Mogens C. Gade
Mayor
The Municipality of Jammerbugt
Tobias Birch Johansen
Mayor
The Municipality of Læsø
Mogens Jespersen
Mayor
The Municipality Mariagerfjord
Hans Ejner Bertelsen
Mayor
The Municipality of Morsø
Jesper Greth
Mayor
The Municipality of Rebild
Niels Jørgen Pedersen
Mayor
The Municipality of Thisted
Economy
BRN has an annual budget of approximately 12 million DKK. The funds are composed of contributions from each municipality and the region. The 11 municipalities pay 11 DKK per inhabitant, while it is 9 DKK per inhabitant for the Region of North Jutland.
Our board manages the approximately 12,000,000 DKK pooled for us each year.