Born in Esbjerg, Denmark 21st January 1959.

Degrees: 

Freelance Affiliations Within Design- and Konstruction of Garments:

1985-95		Københavns Mode- og Designskole - Design, Pattern Cutting, Dress Making, Draping, Drawing, Grading, Material Knowledge, Show-Coordination et Alia.		1989		Kolding Kunsthåndværkerskole - Grading Course
1994-95		Esbjerg Daghøjskole - Pattern Cutting, Theories on Colours and Shapes		1994-99		Esbjerg Statsskole - Design, Theories on Colours and Shapes
1998		Sydjysk Skrædderskole - Pattern Cutting		2000-01		Ballerup Seminariet  - Ball Gown Project
2003		Training Project for Jelling Kommune		2004		Statens Teaterskole - Dress Communication on the Stage and through History
2007		Statens Teaterskole - Dress Communication, Trend History and Designing Costumes for the Stage		2008		FOF Ålborg - Work-Shop on the Technique of Style Coaching

Talks and Short Courses Taught Away From the Work-Shop: 

1990		"Fashion Revisited" - a summer course taught in collaboration with Anne-Grete Steckhahn. Organized by: Voksenpædagogisk Center, København (Center for Teachers of Adults, Copenhagen)		1991		"Dress: Art, Communication and Body Protection" - a weekend course taught in collaboration with Anne-Grete Steckhahn. Organized by: Foreningen af lærere i billedkunst (The Fine Arts Teachers' Organization)
1996		"Dress Communication Through History" - a talk given at Esbjerg Statsskole (State College of Esbjerg)		1998-99		"Design - a Contemporary Reflection" - a course taught in collaboration with Joan Andreasen and Hans Staunstrup. Organized by: Folkeuniversitetet i Esbjerg (The People's University in Esbjerg)
1999		"Rooms of Rituals" - a course taught in collaboration with Joan Andreasen and Hans Staunstrup. Organized by: Folkeuniversitetet i Esbjerg (The People's University in Esbjerg)		1999		"Design - One Word Covering Many Fields" - a course taught in collaboration with Joan Andreasen and Hans Staunstrup. Organized by: Folkeuniversitetet i Ribe (The Peolpe's University in Ribe)
2000		"Rituals - Function and Staging" - a talk. Organized by: Folkeuniversitetet i Næstved (The People's University in Naestved)		2003		"Dress, Personality, Perception." - a course. Organized by: Erfa- og Supervisionsgruppe af psykologer, Århus (a Psychologists' Supervision Group in Aarhus)
2003		"Body Language and Dress Communication - Yet Another Story of The Hen and the Egg" -  a seminar. Organized by: Yngre Ingeniører (Young Engineers)		2005		"The Two-Legged Cameleon" - a talk on dress communication given in connection with an exhibition of bracelets created by the Goldsmith Anette Kræn.
2005		"Style Coaching" - a week-end course teaching the techniques involved in a Style Coaching. Organized by: Manuelle Fag Fyns Amt (Crafts in County Funen).		2005		"Style Coaching" - a week-end course teaching the techniques involved in a Style Coaching. Organized by: Midtjysk Lærersammenslutning (Teachers' Assembly Central Jutland)
2006		"Waist Lines and Wheat Prices" - an illustrated talk on Trend History of the 50 years between 1956 and 2006. Organized by: Manuelle Fag Fyns Amt (Crafts in County Funen).		2006		"Your Attire Creates Expectations - Your Clothes are Telling" - two illustrated talks on dress as a means of nonverbal communication. Organized by: Folkeuniversitetet i Esbjerg (The Peoples' University in Esbjerg)
2006		"Style Coaching" - a week-end course teaching the techniques involved in a Style Coaching. Organized by: LVU Nordjylland (LVU Northern Jutland)		2007		"Style Coaching" - a week-end course teaching the techniques involved in a Style Coaching. Organized by: Manuelle Fag Frederiksborg Amt. (Crafts in County Frederiksborg)
2007		"Waist Lines and Wheat Prices" - an illustrated talk on the Trend History of the 50 years between 1956 and 2006. Organized by: Galleri Bagatel		2008		"The Nonverbal Communication of Dress" - an illustrated talk. Organized by: Galleri Bagatel
2008		"The Power in Your Closet" - an illustrated talk on different personal 'strengths' and how they can be communicated through dressing. Organized by: Ladies First.		2008		Basic Draping Grundlæggende draperingsteknik - a week-end course Organized by: Manuelle Fag Fyn. (Crafts in Funen)
2009		"The Colour says ..." - an illustrated talk on the colours' symbolic value and their influence on other senses than your vision. Organized by: Treenighedskirken, Esbjerg. (The Trinity Church, Esbjerg)		2010		"The Power in Your Closet" - an illustrated talk on different personal 'strengths' and how they can be communicated through dressing. Arrangører: hhv. 3f og Pårup Aftenskole.
2012		"Your Clothes Speak Body Language" "Dit tøj taler også kropssprog" - a talk on the nonverbal communication of dress. Organized by: Laborantklubben NovoZymes. (The Novo Zymes Laboratory Workers' Club)		2013		"Are you Dressed for Success? The Nonverbal Communication Sitting on Your Hangers" - an illustrated talk. Organized by: Hagemanns ErfaForum.
2015		"When You Listen With Your Eyes" - an illustrated talk on the importance of dress as part of a communication. Organized by: Løgumkloster Refugiums Venner (Friends of Loegumkloster Refugium)		2017		"From Hennin to Hood: The Evolution of the Gable Hood in Comparison to the Evolution of the French Hood" - a presentation of a paper analyzing ladies' headwear between c.1450 and the late sixteenth century. The presentation included an experimental reconstruction of a gable hood. Organized by: International Medieval Congress, Leeds.

Stage Design, Theatrical Costumes and Supervision:

1997-98		Costumes for a children's musical performed by SFO Hjerter To, Albertslund.		1999		Supervision on the costumes for a musical performed by the students of Herlufsholm Skole, Naestved.
2000		A fancy dress design project for children aged 8 to 11 at SFO Hjerter To, Albertslund Link to an article in Danish describing the project.		2001		A stage performance ball gown for the acress Cecilie Stenspil
2001		A fancy dress design project for children aged 8 to 11 at Fritidshjemmet Valhalla, Farum (The Children's Club Valhalla, Farum) Link to an illustrated description (in Danish) of the project.		2004		Supervision on historical stage costumes for a performance of "The House of Bernada Alba". Teaterladen, Albertslund.
2004		Theatrical costumes for the presentation of the children's health club within Hjerteforeningen (The Heart's Organisation)		2004		Supervision on the costumes for a stage performance of "A Christmas Carol" at Herlufsholm Skole, Naestved.
2005		Fancy dress costumes sold for charity.		2006		Stage design, costumes, props and puppets for the childrens play "Rumlerikkerne på eventyr"/ "Rumlerikkerne i Slikbøvsens land"
2008-09		Stage design, costumes, props and puppets for the childrens play "Rumlerikkerne i fedtefadet"		2010		A puppet dinosaur's head plus three "bodies" to go with its evolution from a baby dinosaur to a fully grown one. Designed for performing "The Troll and the Dinosaur", New York Scandia Symphony.
2012		A fly puppet for a staged version of the story "The MoleWanting to Know Who Left a Poo on Top of Its Head" at Teatret bag Kroen.		2012		A "carrot bycicle" created in connection with the launching of Rumle TV.
2012- present day		Fancy dress event-costumes for "Bertil"; the mascot octopus of Fisketorvet, Copenhagen Mall.		2013		Stage design, costumes and props for the children's play "Volapyk"
2018		A full figure, life size puppet of a 5-6 years old boy created as an assistance for the vicar at  Blistrup Church when working with children.

1982-86		Treenighedskirken i Esbjerg - design and tailoring of 4 Chasubles		1983		Grundtvigskirken i Esbjerg - design and tailoring of a single chasuble.
1990		Vejrup Kirke - design of an altar carpet worked in tapestry by the local parishioners.		1994		Aastrup Kirke - design of an altar carpet worked in tapestry by the local parisioners.
2000		Vejrup Kirke - design of kneelers and seats for two wedding chairs to match the carpet mentioned above. Everything is worked in tapestry by the local parishioners.		2001		Treenighedskirken i Esbjerg - a draft suggesting a new Crusifix above the altar.
2007		Lyndby Kirke - a draft on designs for chasubles and a new window behind the altar.		2009		Herlufsholm Kirke - a draft on a new design for an antependium, an altar carpet, kneelers, a carpet for the aisle and seat cussions.

Illustration Jobs for Books and Newsletters:

1998 - present day

Cover and other illustrations for a Danish version of "De Rerum Natura" translated by Ellan A. Madsen and Erik H. Madsen

Cover illustrations for the newsletters of SOS mod Racisme (SOS against Racism) The titles of the illustrations above is "Human Rights" ans "Human Wrongs"

Cover for "Romania" by Kristian Olsen

Photo collages illustrating "Magrittes Sten" Essays by Marianne Olsen

Cover and other illustrations for "... af hele din styrke" ( ... with all your might) by Marianne Olsen

Cover and other illustrations for "Ondskab og etik" (Evil ans Ethics) by Birgitte Berner and Marianne Olsen

... and apart from that:

1983- present day		Unique designs for private clients.		1988-92		A retail shop in central Copenhagen selling the brand "Høskuldsson at large".
2000- present day		A variety of classes and short courses held in the work shop of Høskuldsson Design.		2001- present day		Varoius articles writen for papers magazines.
2009- present day		UnikAAA. Unique jewellery pieces created from redundant computer cables and other recycled materials. Every piece is manufactured by hand without the use of electricity, glue or anything else to put a strain on the environment.		2010		Participation in a contest for the design of a new chair to be used for banquets and other affairs of state. "Ny stol til det officielle Danmark". (A New Chair for the Official Denmark)
2016		A tutorial video on the making of a French hood according to my interpretation and theories. The video is an apendix to my paper "Hidden in Plain Black", published in "Medieval Clothing and Textiles" volume 14 in 2018. The video was made in collaboration with Johnny Stenspil Jensen.		2018		The article "Hidden in Plain Black: The Secrets of the French Hood" in "Medieval Clothing and Textiles, 14" offers a new interpretation of the construction of the French hood. The article is richly illustrated with line drawings including patterns for the reconstruction, presented in the tutorial video. The article os now available through JSTOR as well as through Cambridge University Press.
2020		A tutorial video describing the construction of an English hood according to my theories. The video was created as an appendix to my article "From Hennin to Hood". The article is currently being concidered for publication in a volume of Medievel Clothing and Textiles. The video was created in collaboration with Johnny Stenspil Jensen.