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Povl Tiedemann's Meritter Og Historik Povl Tiedemann’s meritter og historik 1 Til Anne fra Far På opfordring af Mor 2 Dahls Foto, Holstebro, 1955 3 Indholdsoversigt Side 1948 – 1955 Stenhøj 6 1955 – 1962 Grundskole 7 1962 – 1965 Realskole 9 1965 – 1968 Shippingelev 11 1968 – 1968 Shipping Volontør 16 1968 – 1970 Handelsgymnasium 21 1970 – 1975 Handelshøjskole 25 1976 – 1976 Erhv. Eksportfremme Sekr. 33 1976 – 1977 MÆRSK 34 1977 – 1981 Handelskammeret 40 1981 – 1987 LEGO 53 -Power-Play i Østeuropa -Statshandel -Modkøb og valutaforhold -Modkøbsvarer og distribution -Interessante eksempler -Østeuropæiske kontakter -Anvendelse af LEGO vareprøver -Rejse- og repræsentationsforhold -Leipzig Messen – business basis -Poznan Messen 1981 – optakt til slutspil -Nye muligheder i USSR -USSR stop og genstart i Moskva -Åbning til Kina -Diverse omkring Kina -Modkøb intensiveres og problematiseres -Finale LEGO -Et par centrale navne -Hændelser og iagttagelser under vejs 106 -Nationale forskelligheder -Kontakt / forhandling / samarbejde -Overvågning -Produktudvikling / innovation / kreativitet -Overordnede betragtninger -Efterskrift - ”Fugl Føniks” 134 1987 – 1991 Handelskammeret 136 4 -Sidste tur gennem ingenmandsland 1992 – 1996 Div. + underv. + censorakt. 143 1996 – 2009 Civiløkonomerne 147 -Hændelser under vejs 2009 – 2013 Censorsekretariaterne / censorerne.dk 170 -Diverse ”Red Tape” -Hændelser under vejs 2013 – 2018 Censor IT / 178 Censorformandskaberne -Sporskifte til formandskaberne 2014 – XXXX Ældrerådet i Vejle Kommune 182 Lidt om min Eva 183 SummaSummarum – Eftertænksomheder 185 Lidt fra ”tidsmaskinen” 191 Personal Card – CV i TACIS opstilling 195 Hovedaktiviteter for Civiløkonomerne 205 Billeder og -forklaringer 209 Kalligrafi og protokol 241 ”Kineserier” fra LEGO-personalebladet Klodshans 245 Bibliografi 256 Links 259 5 1948 – 1955: Stenhøj Opvokset som den yngste – årgang 1948 – blandt 3 søskende, på en landejendom på ”Stenhøj”, Foldingbrovej 15, Rødekro, 13 km. nordvest for Aabenraa med et tilliggende på 53 tønder land, ca. 30 hektar inkl. eng og tørvemose. Der var traditionel drift med: 7 malkekøer, 7 fedekvæg, 7 kalve, 2 søer med div. opfedningsgrise 2 belgierheste, udskiftet med den traditionelle grå Ferguson traktor Afgrødeskifte med rug, havre, byg, græs, roer, kartofler Høns – katte – hund (terrier) Isblomster på vinduerne om vinteren Varmedunk / strygejern / kat i sengen Kakkelovn og komfur med fyring med tørv fra egen mose Kold vandhane i bryggers. Der var konstant noget at lave. Ferier eksisterede ikke bortset fra fri fra skole. Dyrene skulle jo passes, så ansvar for dyr og drift var en del af hverdagen. Vi levede nærmest en naturaløkonomi, som også omfattede min farmors og farfars aftægtshusholdning. Alle kontanter gik til gårdens drift og vore løbende købmandsregninger. Vi havde ikke bil, så udstræk- ningen af den daglige verden var begrænset til cykelafstande. Ejendommen var bygget i 1877 og oprindeligt drevet som hjulmager- værksted med udspring fra den lokale smedie i Rugbjerg, stedet hvor de første modeller til det horisontalt roterende skæreprincip for høst- afgrøder blev udviklet, men desværre ikke patenteret. Til gengæld ind- kasserede min oldefar et guldur som præmie derfor. En principmodel i træ står udstillet på Dansk Landbrugsmuseum på Gammel Estrup. De tekniske og maskimekaniske gener kan fortsat spores i familien. Der- udover er de videreført hos Bovlund Plovfabrik v/fam. Wilkens, ligesom de er spredt i egnene omkring Flint i Michigan. Over 40.000 sønderjyder emi- grerede til USA i perioden 1864 – 1920, herunder et par fætre til min far- far, bl.a. for at undgå at komme i tysk militærtjeneste. Grænselandets historik og problematikker var latent ”blind makker” som har sat sig dybe spor i befolkningens, min families og mit eget mind set. Mine forældre er født tyske og startede med at gå i tysk og senere i dansk skole. Jeg har haft den samme tyske lærer som min mor, og har i tillæg til min dåbsattest fra Øster Løgum Sogn en fødselsattest, en fortsat rest af det tyske administrationssystem. Mit danske statsborgerskab skyldes særlovgivningen i forbindelse med grænsedragningen i 1920. Slesvig- Holsten har været et brændpunkt under skiftende dansk / tysk styre. Check: Linda Lassen, ”Men Sko må jeg ha”, der omhandler min morfars søsters ”undercover” aktiviteter som dansk vandrelærerinde, samt for- holdene generelt, i Sønderjylland / Nordslesvig under tysk autoritet. 6 1955 – 1962: Grundskole Efter start i den lokale landsbyskoles enkelte undervisningslokale i Rugbjerg skiftede jeg til en nybygget centralskole i Hovslund med 7 separate klasselokaler, et for hvert klassetrin 1-7. Flotte forhold. Dermed blev jeg blandet sammen med en mængde nye kammerater fra de 7 nærmeste lokale skoler, og de positive / negative sider herfra blev grundlaget for et mind set, der har fulgt mig siden. Et motto over scenen i gymnastiksalen har muligvis sat sig spor: ”... Tro at du kan – sig at du vil – så kan du ...” formuleret af den lokale førstelærer der var stærkt optaget af gymnastik. Han kunne nærmest få os til at flyve i div. kraftspring. Det hjalp gevaldigt på flyvefærdigheden at checke disse magiske ord. Jeg havde som 8-årig mit første møde med samfundslag forskellige fra mit eget, idet jeg blev udvalgt til at overrække blomster til Dronning Ingrid under hendes årlige julebesøg i Sønderjylland. Det kom jeg til at høre for i mange år. Mobningens og eksklusionens uvæsen er grænseløs. På samme tid var jeg meget bevidst om Ungarn krisen (1956-57) og den ”kolde krig”*. Til trods for min unge alder, gav disse uroligheder uhyg- gelige påmindelser om de historier, som jeg hørte fra mine forældre om de natlige bombninger af Hamburg under 2. Verdenskrig, hvor de kunne se lysskæret samt høre flyene og se luftkampenes lysspor. Dertil kom historierne fra min farfar og naboer som var blandt de 26.000 dansksindede sønderjyder der var udkommanderet til både øst- og vest- fronten i 1. Verdenskrig, hvor min farmor mistede en bror. Min fru Eva’s morfar der var i USA, meldte sig i 1918 til hæren og blev i august landsat i Frankrig uden at komme i kamphandlinger. I samme periode forelskede min farmors søster sig i en tysk officer. De fejrede senere sølvbryllup i 1940’erne i Riga, hvortil han var udkommanderet i 2. Verdenskrig. Med den skarpe sønderjydske dialekt som dagligt sprog, var rigsdansk i realiteten et fremmedsprog, som jeg naturligt nok kunne forstå, når det blev talt fx. i radioen, hvorimod den skriftlige del krævede en indsats svarende til regulær indlæring af et fremmedsprog. Af samme årsag har bl.a. sønderjyder generelt en god fornemmelse for dansk grammatik. Jeg er således nærmest opvokset som 2-sproglig, og til dels i et deterministisk, ambivalent og introvert parallelsamfund. 7 Der var mange ting som efter mine forældres opfattelse var upassende og verdslige aktiviteter. Eksempelvis rytmisk musik som Beatles og Rolling Stones, ringridning, dans, biograf, teater, alkohol, kort- og terningspil. Der blev ikke råbt hurra, diskuteret, læst eventyr fx. af H.C. Andersen eller brødrene Grimm. Anders And og julenisser var ikke velsete. Af samme årsag har jeg en ret klar forståelse for problematikkerne mellem yngre og ældre generationer og de sociale udfordringer der hersker i indvandrermiljøerne fra bl.a. de mellemøstlige kulturer. *: Ved afslutningen af 2. Verdenskrig i 1945 var Sovjetunionens (USSR) hærstyrker (Den Røde Hær) kun 6 timer fra at være kommet til Danmark før de britiske ved Krusaa / Padborg, og på Bornholm blev de hængende fra den 9. maj 1945 til den 5. april 1946 efter at have fordrevet tyskerne, som ikke havde forstået at krigen var slut den 5. maj 1945. Nødvendigheden af at standse Den Røde Hær før den nåede Danmark, og dermed fik kontrollen over adgangen til Østersøen, tydeliggjorde at USSR havde både strategiske og ideologiske hensigter med at fortsætte mod vest. Denne hændelse var i realiteten starten på den ”kolde krig” som var udtryk for mistillid til USSR’s internationale hensigter og dermed frygten for udbredelsen af kommunismen og dens totalitære styreform, som senere kom til udtryk i de øst- europæiske lande og i konflikterne, der opstod mellem NATO og Warszawa- pagten, særligt mellem USA og USSR, i perioden fra 2. Verdenskrigs afslutning i 1945 til USSR’s opløsning 26. december 1991, hvor det ”kommunistiske eksperiment” havde haft sit forløb siden 1917. Under den ”kolde krig” opstod en række kriser og konflikter der udviklede sig til en politisk terrorbalance samt til et surrealistisk oprustning i USA og USSR, hvor de nukleare våbens sprængkraft under en altødelæggende atomkrig kunne have haft alvorlige konsekvenser hele jordens livsgrundlag. Rationalet for våbenkapløbet var, at stormagterne USA og USSR gennem gensi- dig oprustning holdt hinanden i skak og dermed sikrede freden. Situationen blev kaldt en ”kold krig”, fordi USA og USSR aldrig kom i direkte væbnet konfronta- tion mod hinanden, men det kunne sagtens være sket eksempelvis ved en util- sigtet hændelse eller ved en fejl i systemerne. Check: http://www.b.dk/globalt/manden-der-gjorde-ingenting-og-frelste- verden-fra-atomkrig Situationen påvirkede specielt samfundsordenen i Europa gennem den skarpe opdeling i et Vesteuropa bestående af selvstændige liberale og markedsøko- nomiske stater, og et Østeuropa hvor landene som lydstater blev underlagt USSR’s kommunistisk / socialistisk totalitære og planøkonomiske indflydelse. 8 1962 – 1965: Realskole Hen mod slutningen af grundskolen blev jeg klar over, at det var en god idé at fortsætte i realskolen, en mulighed der netop var etableret
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