The national chairperson of the Nordic Association in Denmark, Frode Sørensen MP, who made the award speech in Frederiksberg, stressed the great personal commitment Jensen has brought to the job as head of the information office.

"You have managed – with an incredibly huge personal commitment, with great insight into Nordic co-operation and with a workload that stretches way beyond the number of hours for which you are paid – to put the Nordic Region on the agenda in the border area and put the border area on the agenda in the Nordic Region. Your initiatives have attracted attention in Southern Jutland and South Schleswig and have spread like rings in the water to the German-speaking section of the population as well. Your many initiatives have benefited the rest of Denmark and the whole of the Nordic Region," Sørensen said.

He cited the work done by Jensen to set up reading circles, which have led people to ask themselves, who we are, where do we come from and where are we heading?

"The project 'To the Cinema with the Nordic Region' was a great success in Southern Jutland in autumn 2004.In fact, the project was so good that it received funding from the Nordic Cultural Fund, and more than 1,000 school kids and their teachers in Southern Jutland took the opportunity to watch Scandinavian films on the theme of racism," Sørensen added.

"For all these reasons we thank you. We look forward to continuing to reap the benefit of your huge Nordic heart in the years to come. You deserve the Nordic Association Prize," Sørensen concluded.

The national committee of the Nordic Association had this to say in its official announcement

''Anette Jensen is first and foremost an initiator, a networker, a project maker and a source of inspiration. She understands how to generate interest and co-operation on an issue. She enjoys the great respect and admiration of everybody who knows her, not least because behind the professional facade lurks a real human being committed to culture and to the Nordic dimension.''