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Bramwell Flyckt
Founder of Carnival in Aalborg |
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Kirsti Thorvaldsen, Ebbe Lauridsen, Kaj Steensgård
and Bramwell Flyckt are the founders of the Carnival in Aalborg. In
1983, they organised the first carnival in Aalborg and in this
context established the association,
'Carnival in Aalborg'.
Bramwell was elected chairman of the assosiation.
Bramwell's intention was to celebrate fantasy and the coming of
spring through carnival traditions: a transformation of the
city
into a gigantic theatre with the citizens as actors, the street as
the stage and the body as a dancing sculpture.
Thus, in 1983, the Carnival Association was established as a
grass-root organisation, and the very first Carnival in Aalborg was
held in the centre of Aalborg on May 28th, 1983. The carnival parade
consisted of 5-10,000 participants.
Since 1986, the association has had a secretariat to their disposal,
which acts as an employment project. The secretariat, which
collaborates with the board members and volunteers, coordinates all
of the association's events.
After the carnival in 1987, the association found itself in a
crisis: parts of the board did not wish to continue the work and the
number of members decreased. On behalf of the general assembly, Carl
Anton Christensen and Bramwell Flyckt were granted authority to
develop a new model for the carnival that should rely on the assistance
of NFU - Nordjyske Fritids og Ungdomsklubber (Youth and Leisure centers
of Northern Jutland). NFU decided to offer their support and to
contribute with considerable manpower to the board's work. Thus, the
Carnival Association rose again. |
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Hans Rønnow was elected chairman and has worked tirelessly in the
association since then, and in 1988, the organization, Carnival in Aalborg, became a member of the Union of European Carnivalcities, and with the support of mayors and city councilors the organization was a candidatfor hosting the FECC-congress in 1992
Initially, the Carnival in Aalborg was held in the centre of Aalborg.
Due to the lack of safety in midtown and a substantial decrease in
revenue, the board decided to move the event to the city park,
Kildeparken.
Since 1990, the event has successfully developed into the largest
carnival in Northern Europe with up to 25,000 participants in the
parade and around 100,000 spectators. |
