Education
Malene Birger graduated from the Danish Design School in 1989.
Malene Birger graduated from the Danish Design School in 1989.
She co-founded Day Birger et Mikkelsen in 1997 and By Malene Birger in 2003. She began her career in the fashion industry in 1989 as designer at Jackpot by Carli Gry. She was also the head designer of women"s wear at Marc O"Polo in Stockholm.
In 1997, Birger co-founded the company Day Birger et Mikkelsen.
In 2003, she founded By Malene Birger in collaboration with IC Group. In 2010, Birger sold her share of the company to IC Group.
She left the position as creative director in January 2014 and now runs the interior design company Birger1962. Malene Birger currently lives on Mallorca.
She is a Danish United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund ambassador.
Four times a year she designed shirts and string bags to sell in order to raise a profit that can be donated to United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund.
She was the creative director of the company until leaving it in 2002.