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Keynote speakers in Rebild Bakker

Over the years the Rebild Festival has had a long line of presidents, politicians, actors and business people as speakers on July 4th.

Complete list of Rebild Festival speakers from 1928:

1928 Marlon Letcher 
        Erik Appel
1929 North Winship 
        Th. Stauning
1930 Dr. Henry C. Leach
        Dr. Knud Rasmussen
1931 Ruth Bryan Owen
        Oberst H.C. Hansen
1932 F.W.B. Coleman
        Halvor Jacobsen
1933 Sophus Hartwick
        Oberst Poulsen
1934 Ruth Bryan Owen
        Peter Freuchen
1935 Ruth Bryan Owen 
        Th. Stauning
1936 Erland Gjessing
        Vilhelm Andersen
1937 North Winship
        Johs. Poulsen
1938 John Hansen 
        Th. Stauning
1939 Malcolm F. Perkins 
        A. Th. Dorf
1945 Minister Monnette B. Davis 
        Prime minister Vilh. Buhl
1946 Ambassador Josiah Marvel 
        Prime minister Knud Kristensen
1947 Dr. Emanuel Nielsen 
        Professor N.E. Nørlund
1948 Jean Hersholt 
        Julius Bomholt
1949 Editor Chr. Brix 
        Professor J. Brønsted
1950 Peter L. Jensen
        Mogens Lorentzen
1951 John Hansen
        Dr. Flemming Hvidberg
1952 Dr. Johs. Knudsen/Jean Hersholt 
        Prime minister Erik Eriksen
1953 Paul G. Hoffmann 
        Writer Hans Hartvig Seedorf-Pedersen
1954 Ambassador Robert D. Coe 
        Ambassador Henrik Kauffmann
1955 Earl Warren
        Editor, writer Lars Larsen-Ledet
1956 Ambassador Robert D. Coe
        Actor Ebbe Rode
1957 James W. Gantenbein 
        C.H.W. Hasselriis
1958 Dr. Lee A. Du Bridge
        Professor Erik Husfeldt
1959 Minister Ezra Taft Benson
        Minister Karl Skytte
1960 Ambassador Val Peterson 
        Professor Carl Iversen
1961 Walt Disney
        Colonel C.A. Gabel-Jørgensen
1962 Richard M. Nixon 
        H.M. Kong Frederik IX
1963 Dr. Ralph J. Bunche 
        Rector Willum Hansen
1964 Dr. Kingman Brewster 
        Børge Rosing
1965 Robert F. Wagner 
        Mayor Thorvald Christensen
1966 Semon E. Knudsen
        J. Dons Christensen
1967 Walter Cronkite
        C.H.W. Hasselriis
1968 Richard Netter
        Professor Erik Husfeldt
1969 Hubert H. Humphrey
        P. Nyboe Andersen
1970 George Romney
        Minister Bodil Koch
1971 Raymond Burr
        Writer Hans Jørgen Lembourn
1972 Danny Kaye
        Ejnar Buhl
1973 Govenor Melvin H. Evans
        Writer Piet Hein
1974 Walker Lee Cisler
        Professor Niels I. Meyer
1975 Marshall M. Fredericks
        Actor Poul Reichhardt
1976 Victor Borge
        H.M. Dronning Margrethe II
1977 Edsel B. Ford II
        Professor Sven Burmester
1978 Dallin H. Oaks
        Professor Morten Lange
1979 Dr. Henry Viscardi jr. 
        Lis Hartel
1980 Art Buchwald
        Actor Ove Sprogøe
1981 Pat Boone
        Børge Ørsted
1982 Beverly Sills
        Henrik Bering Liisberg
1983 Russel E. Train
        Mag. Art. Erik Kjærsgaard
1984 John Naber
        Journalist Gunnar ”Nu” Hansen
1985 Donald E. Petersen
        Flemming Juncker
1986 Maureen Reagan
        Dr. Jørgen Kieler
1987 Victor Borge
        Erik Emborg
1988 Dionne Warwick
        Lord Chamberlain Hans Sølvhøj
1989 Walter Shirra
        Valdemar Bandolowski
1990 Richard Chamberlain
        H.K.H. Kronprins Frederik
1991 Garrison Keillor
        Minister Bertel Haarder
1992 Frits E. Lawaetz
        Minister Grethe Rostbøll
1993 Richard B. Stone
        Prime minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
1994 Minister Janet Reno
        H.K.H. Prinsesse Benedikte
1995 Senator Sam Nunn 
        Minister Uffe Ellemann-Jensen
1996 Ambassador Edward E. Elson
        H.K.H. Prins Joachim
1997 Governor Arne Carlson
        Former Prime minister Poul Schlüter
1998 CEO Jan Leschly
1999 Governor Charles W. Turnbull
        Director Bille August
2000 Elder Russell M. Nelson
        Theater manager Michael Christiansen
2001 Tom Lantos, Member of Congress
        President of the Danish Parliament Ivar Hansen
2002 R. Michael Mondavi, CEO, Robert Mondavi Winery
        Prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen
2003 Senator Bill Nelson, Florida
        Foreign minister Per Stig Møller
2004 Ole Henriksen, Los Angeles, beauty expert
        Etta Cameron, gospel singer
2005 Dr. Jakob Nielsen, Nielsen Norman Group 
        Helge Sander, Minister
2006 CED William T. Newlin
        Minister Bertel Haarder
2007 Edward E. Elson, former ambassador
        Christian Mejdahl, former president of the Danish Parliament
2008 John Mark Nielsen, CEO for The Danish Immigrant Museum
        Henning G. Jensen, Mayor of Aalborg
2009 Janet Borge Crowle
        Niels Arden Oplev
2010 Ambassador Laurie S. Fulton
        Vestas CEO Ditlev Engel
Friday, June 24 2011

The first Rebild Festival

Due to national mourning upon King Fredrik VIII' s sudden death on May 14, 1912, the first Rebild Celebrations were postponed until August 5.

Read more about the history of the Rebild Festival...

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