Justice Minister Appoints Helena Bæk Pedersen as Estate Administrator in Herning

The Danish Justice Minister has appointed attorney Helena Bæk Pedersen, of Ringkøbing, as authorised estate administrator at the Court in Herning (Retten i Herning). The appointment is dated 1 January 2027 and was published in Statstidende on 30 October 2026 in the notice with the official reference S28102026-254, filed under the heading “Diverse · Afskedigelser og udnævnelser” — miscellaneous, dismissals and appointments.

A three-line entry that redraws a court roster

The notice keeps to the gazette’s standard template for this class of announcement: one sentence identifying the minister as the appointing authority, followed by the appointee’s details on separate lines. No grounds, case numbers or terms are given.

• Appointee: Helena Bæk Pedersen
• Professional title: advokat (attorney)
• Town of record: Ringkøbing
• Court: Retten i Herning
• Date of appointment: 1 January 2027
• Published: Statstidende, 30 October 2026, ref. S28102026-254

The dating is forward-looking. The notice carries a date of 1 January 2027 but appeared in the gazette two months earlier, on 30 October 2026, so the appointment takes effect from the start of the new year rather than on the day of publication. That gap matters for practitioners: insolvency work handed to the court before the new year still falls to the existing roster.

Bobehandler, not bobestyrer

The Herning notice uses the word “bobehandler”. Contemporaneous appointment notices in the same gazette use “bobestyrer”, the more familiar title for the administrator of an insolvent estate. Recent examples include:

• Kasper Arnfeldt Maarup Hygum, advokat, Bjerringbro, appointed at Retten i Viborg in a notice dated 26.10.2026 (S26102026-267).
• Two appointees at Retten i Aalborg, in notices dated 19 October 2026 (S19102026-181 and S19102026-185).

The wording is the only substantive difference between the notices; each follows the same one-line formula and each names a lawyer, a town and a single court. The gazette also publishes the other side of the ledger. On 9 October 2026 it carried a notice (S07102026-239) recording that a lawyer’s authorisation of 05.02.1987 had been deposited with Civilstyrelsen with effect from 01.10.2026, and that her appointment as authorised administrator at Retten i Nykøbing Falster consequently lapsed on the same date — a reminder that these entries are the visible edge of a register that both adds and removes names.

Herning’s insolvency bench in the same issue

The appointment lands alongside a working insolvency list. The 30 October 2026 issue of Statstidende also carries decrees from Retten i Herning, including one of 27.10.2026 opening bankruptcy proceedings against Genarbejd ApS (CVR-nr. 30358325), Nørresande 16, 6960 Hvide Sande, case SKS 14-279/2026, following a compulsory winding-up petition received on 27.8.2025 and an estate report of 27 March 2026 showing no funds to cover a bankruptcy.

That decree sets the usual procedural clock for creditors and names its own office-holder:

• Curator: advokat Jens Paulsen, Kaj Munks Vej 4, 7400 Herning.
• Any request for the election of a curator or a creditors’ committee must be filed in writing with the probate court within three weeks of publication.
• Claims must be reported to the curator, calculated as at 27.10.2026, within four weeks of publication, with supporting documentation.

What the appointment means

For readers in and around Herning — creditors, debtors, heirs and the lawyers who instruct the court — the practical effect is a slightly wider bench. A new authorised name on the court’s list gives the probate court one more lawyer to call on when an estate needs administering from 1 January 2027, and gives practitioners one more route to an administrator with local knowledge.

The notice itself is minimal, and that is the point: appointments of this kind reach the public record as a name, a title and a town, published in the official gazette rather than announced separately. Anyone tracking who holds authority at Retten i Herning should read the entry as effective from the new year, not from the date it appeared in print.

Source: Statstidende, S28102026-254, 30 October 2026, “Diverse · Afskedigelser og udnævnelser” (official reference: S28102026-254).