The council has the overall responsibility for the Institute’s tasks. They constitute the Board of Fonden Martinus Aandsvidenskabelige Institut (The Martinus Institute of Spiritual Science Fund). The work of the council is voluntary and unpaid. The council can be contacted directly at raadet@martinus.dk.

Micael Söderberg (Chairman of the council)

Micael has a master’s degree in sociology and has also studied comparative literature. He currently works with information and supervision for a Swedish local authority. Micael joined the Council in May 2020.

Ingvar Haubjerg Nielsen

He has always been fascinated by learning something – acquiring new knowledge, understanding and insight – and communicating it to others in an interesting, inspiring and varied way, both in the field of the natural sciences and in the field of philosophy and spiritual science, and all preferably aimed at popular education about life, general education and open, critical dialogue and debate. For him it is also a matter very close to his heart that all human beings are free to explore nature, life and spirit, research being not only an elitist project, but also a popular project and potential.

Ingvar has been actively engaged in Martinus’s spiritual science for a number of years, and has worked voluntarily for this cause, primarily with teaching, but also with gardening and kitchen duties.

Although teaching and communication take up most of his time, he also has a long-standing interest for and experience of association work, board work and the development and well-being of organisations.

Ingvar joined the Council in June 2022.

Arendse Plesner

Arendse Plesner (born in 1968) has an MA in musicology and has taken supplementary training in project management, portfolio management and conflict management. In civilian life, she has worked with the production and administration of concerts and crafts, as well as with development projects and case management for a Danish municipality. She has also owned her own business, taught and worked for many years as a singer in a church choir. She lives in a small village in the west of Sjælland (Zealand), 35 km from Klint.

Martinus’s world picture has always been a part of Arendse’s life. She has visited Klint since she was a child and seen the centre develop over the years. Her love of the place, the people and the cosmology increases and grows stronger for every day that passes. As a volunteer, Arendse has worked mostly in the kitchen for many years. For the past 10 years, she has worked as a simultaneous interpreter during the high season, and in 2023 she has made her debut as a lecturer.

Arendse joined the council with great humility in September 2023.

Thomas Størup

Thomas (born in 1977) has a BSc in engineering and construction and currently works as a project manager for AFRY. He first encountered Livets Bog (The Book of Life) at Martinus’s childhood home in the summer of 2006 and has since taken courses
and worked as a volunteer. He moved to Klint in 2022 and has since become increasingly involved in the development of the Centre.

Thomas has been involved with the plans for the expansion and renewal of the Centre’s physical framework, including the internal processes with the employees and volunteer staff and the external processes with various consultants – a process that will continue in the coming years.

Thomas joined the council in 2024.

Marie Kryger

Marie (born in 1952) has a Master of Law degree and is trained as a psychotherapist; she has also studied comparative literature. She worked with management for many years and for the past 20 years she worked in particular with development processes for both individuals and groups.
Marie came into contact with Martinus Cosmology in 2012 and has in recent years participated more intensively in courses, studied the analyses and worked as a volunteer.

Marie lives in Svinninge about 30 km from Martinus Centre in Klint.
 
Marie joined the council in January 2025.

Ulla-Mir Renöfält (substitute member)

Ulla-Mir (born in 1961) was trained as a music teacher at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and has also studied classical singing, drama education and the writing of poetry and fiction. She has worked primarily as a solo singer and music teacher but now works as a verger.

Ulla-Mir lives in Stockholm but previously lived and worked in Denmark for eight years. She encountered Martinus’s analyses in 1982 and has visited the Martinus Centre in Klint regularly since 1985, where she has worked voluntarily in the kitchen, in reception and as a technician; she has also given concerts. For several years she was one of the two people who administered the webshop at the Martinus Institute.

In Sweden she works as a translator and member of the board of Världsbild Publishers. Since 2019 she has been the language editor for the magazine Kosmos in close cooperation with the Danish editorial team. She also records podcasts for Kosmologipodden.

Ulla-Mir joined the council in January 2026.