Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Opened Estonian Honorary Consulate in Odense, Denmark

15.09.2009

Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Marten Kokk opened the Estonian Honorary Consulate in Odense in the Kingdom of Denmark on Tuesday, 15 September. The Estonian honorary consul in Odense is Bo Stærmose.

Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Marten Kokk stated that this is Estonia’s 110th honorary consulate and that the constant expansion of the network of Estonian honorary consuls is very positive. “Honorary consuls play an important role in the promotion of political, economic, cultural, educational, and other relations. They also help Estonian citizens by providing consular aid and services,” Kokk noted.

Undersecretary Kokk expressed hope that the opening of a new honorary consulate would help to strengthen ties between Estonia and Denmark even more. “Estonia’s new honorary consul would like help intensify economic and business contacts between Estonia and Denmark and make Danish entrepreneurs more aware of opportunities to establish business contacts with Estonian businesses,” said Kokk.

The consular area of the new Estonian honorary consul covers the communes of Odense, Bogense, Kerteminde, Middelfart, Assens, Nyborg, Faaborg-Midfyn, Svendborg, Langeland, and Ærø. The honorary consulate is located at Sivlandvænget 29 DK-5260 Odense S Denmark. The honorary consulate can be reached by phone at +45 66 11 18 11, by fax at +45 66 11 18 82, or by email at bs@juliana.com.

Bo Stærmose was born in Odense in 1948. In 1974 Stærmose graduated from the legal science department of Aarhus University. In 1974 he joined his family business Juliana A/S as an acting director. The business deals with the production of greenhouses and greenhouse supplies. He has been the owner of the company since 1982. Stærmose’s business exports greenhouses to almost 30 nations, and the business has representatives in Estonia as well. In addition to his business, Stærmose also belongs to the boards of many important Danish organisations; he is also the vice-chairman of the Confederation of Danish Industry. The honorary consul speaks Danish, English and German.

There are currently six Estonian honorary consuls in Denmark:
http://www.vm.ee/eng/kat_568/6909.html.

Additional information about Estonia's honorary consuls:
http://www.vm.ee/eng/kat_568/.

Estonian Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Marten Kokk, Estonian Ambassador in Copenhagen Meelike Palli and Estonian honorary consul in Odense Bo Stærmose