Kristin Danielsen started her career as a dancer and choreographer and was educated at the Norwegian Ballet Academy, Oslo, and Ballet Arts/Broadway Dance Centre, New York. She later completed a master’s degree in arts management at City, University of London, specialising in international cultural relations. After university, she joined Visiting Arts as project manager.

Ms Danielsen has managed a wide range of art institutions and cultural businesses within dance, theatre, literature and music. She was general manager at the Black Box Theatre, the Society of New Music and the Norwegian Music Information Center (now Music Norway).

Before joining Arts Council Norway, Ms Danielsen was CEO of Deichman Library, Norway’s largest public library. Kristin has been a guest lecturer at the BI Norwegian Business School in Oslo and taught audience development and arts management at the University of Tromsø.  She currently holds the positions as CEO for Arts and Culture Norway, and as Chair person in IFACCA.