Voluntary Work
Employees
The Council
The Board of Aktivitetsfonden
Aims and tasks
Financial overview

The board of Aktivitetsfonden (The Activity Fund) deals with practical and financial tasks in connection with the Institute’s publishing business and courses. See more details of the Aktivitetsfonden’s and the board’s tasks.

Erik Hvalsøe

Erik (born in 1934) was originally trained as a gardener. He then became a horticultural graduate from the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University of Denmark, and worked as a consultant for the Danish Association of Horticultural Producers until he retired in 2000. Erik began reading Martinus Cosmology in about 1951. He plays tennis in Ballerup Tennis Club, where he is also the cashier. Erik joined the board of Aktivitetsfonden in January 2009. Since 2010 he has been the chairman of the board.

Torben Schäfer

Torben (born 1943) was originally trained as a motor mechanic and a teacher, and is currently a pedagogical consultant for The Municipality of Copenhagen’s Child and Youth Welfare Service, where he works with teaching aids for schoolchildren and special education with IT. He has “always” known about Martinus Cosmology because his grandparents were spiritists in Århus and “switched” to Martinus Cosmology in the 1930s. His interest was maintained by his mother and his uncle. Torben has been active in Klint and at Mariendalsvej since 1968. 

The tradition of doing practical work in Klint at Easter began the same year, and he has taken part in it every year since. Torben is a member of the Klint Committee, and became a member of the board of Aktivitetsfonden in 2011

Willem Johannes Kuijper

Willem (commonly known as Willy) was born in Holland in 1944 and completed his economic studies at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam in 1973. He has lived in Denmark since 1975 and worked as a taxi driver, among other things, until 1983. Martinus selected Willy as a member of the Council in 1980. Since 2001 he been the chairman of the council. He joined the employed staff at the Martinus Institute in 1983, was the manager of the Martinus Centre, Klint from 1983-1988; after that he worked with the Institute’s finances and administration. In 2009 he retired but continues to contribute to the daily running of the Institute with his many years of experience.

Willy enjoys photography and, when asked about his interests, said: “If I had not met Martinus’ analyses, I would probably have worked with aid to developing countries”.