Poul Erik Tøjner (born February 25, 1958) is a Danish museum director and art critic. Since 2000 he has been director of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk, Denmark.
Biography
Poul Erik Tøjner studied philosophy (1981) and Nordic philology (1987) at the University of Copenhagen, getting his master degree in 1987 and a licentiate degree in 1991 with a dissertation on Søren Kierkegaard.[1] He has been a literary and art critic first at national Danish newspaper Kristligt Dagblad 1984-87, Dagbladet Information 1987-89 and Weekendavisen from 1989.2000, where he served both as a cultural editor and from 1997-2000 also as a member of the Editors-in-Chief. In 2000 he took up the post as director of the Louisiana Museum of modern Art and from 2007 a member of the Danish Academy. He is also a member of the boards of the publishing house Gyldendal, the University of Copenhagen and the C. L. David Foundation.[1]