Christian The Fourth´s Guild celebrates its 75 years anniversary
Through the years thousands of local people and not least guests to the town – Danish as well as foreigners – has received the beautiful Christian The Fourth´s pin as the visible proof that they are initiated into the Guild. As chief-bencher Niels Voss Hansen expresses it:
“We receive each year a great number of letters from all over the world, where members express their pride and interest in Christian The Fourth´s Guild, and often members return to Aalborg in order to visit the town and Jens Bangs Stenhus – which means Duus´ Vinkjælder – where they earlier was initiated into the Guild.
Though the official anniversary is on the 16th of December the great, official celebration is postponed until later in 2018 when an anniversary publication will be issued. Niels Voss Hansen explains:
“There is so much to write about when trying to describe the Guild´s history that it has been a difficult task to find place for it all. We are happy that Spar Nord Bank has made it economical possible to write part of the Guild´s history so that future generations can read about this period of Aalborg´s history”.
The celebration of the anniversary will be held on the 4th of May 2018.
In the photo chief-bencher Niels Voss Hansen and members of the Guild´s board show the imposing “Guild-stick” to managing director for Spar Nord Bank Aalborg, Henrik Schou. This Guild-stick is used every time an initiation of new members in Christian The Fourth´s Guild take place.<<<