Mikkel Larsen

Mikkel Larsen is a Danish Madrid-based journalist. He currently works as Communications and Policy Officer in the Embassy of Denmark in Madrid, where he is in charge of coordinating the embassy’s communication and public diplomacy effort in Spain.

Before that he worked for six years as a correspondent in Spain for the Danish daily newspaper Kristeligt Dagblad, covering also Portugal and Morocco. At the same time, he worked as a stringer for the Danish public radio and tv-station DR and as a freelancer for a wide range of other European media.

He has been part of the academic staff of the IE University and IE Business School since 2008.

He studied journalism at Roskilde University (DK) and holds an M.A. in Contemporary History and International Relations from the Complutense University in Madrid (ES).

Companies

• Senior Consultant of International Communication Repsol (2019)
• Associated professor IE Business School (2009)
• Communications and Policy Officer at the Danish Embassy in Spain The Trade Council of Denmark in South West Europe (2010 — 2019)
• Partner spainknows.com (2009 — 2010)
• Correspondent in Spain Me, Myself and I (2004 — 2010)
• Journalist Berlingske Tidende, Copenhagen (2003 — 2004)
• Sports desk assistant Ritzaus Bureau (2001 — 2003)
• Philologist Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre (2001 — 2003)

Education

• Executive Program, Public Agenda: Power and Counterpower Esade (2017 - 2018)
• Executive Program, Public Sector Governance Esade (2017 - 2018)
• Executive program, Digital Marketing: Customer Engagement, Social Media, Planning & Analytics Columbia Business School (2016 - 2016)
• Executive Program, The Global Chief Communications Officer Esade (2015 - 2016)
• Master of Arts (M.A.), Contemporary History, with specialization in International Relations Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2008 - 2010)
• Journalist, Journalism Roskilde University (2002 - 2004)
• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) + Master level studies, Classical Latin, Rhetorics and Linguistics Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen (1995 - 2001)
• Erasmus Program, Master level Universidad Complutense de Madrid (1999 — 2000)
• Exchange program, Bachelor level Uppsala universitet (1997 — 1997)
• High school Arvada High School (1990 — 1991)