Background
Rikke Helms was born in 1948 in Skive, Denmark to Doctor Peder Georg Helms (1920–2005), a physician, and Sara (née Tønnesen) Helms (1911–1999). She has two brothers.
cultural worker leader travel guide
Rikke Helms was born in 1948 in Skive, Denmark to Doctor Peder Georg Helms (1920–2005), a physician, and Sara (née Tønnesen) Helms (1911–1999). She has two brothers.
In 1966, she took the studentereksamen at the Horsens Statsskole. In 1976, she was awarded candidate.mag. in Russian and Danish language studies from the University of Copenhagen. Following a one-year study at the Leningrad State University, she worked as a travel guide for tourists and congresses in the former Soviet Union in the period 1970-1975 during her years of studies.
From 1977-1985, she worked in Denmark"s educational system. She returned in 1985 to the Soviet Union to work as a rector at the Moscow State University until 1990, when she was appointed as the first leader of the newly created Danish Cultural Institute"s office in Riga, during a turbulent period when Latvia regained its independence. Helms held this position until 2003 when she was appointed as leader of the Danish Cultural Institute"s office in Saint St. Petersburg.