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This week on the podcast, we speak with Jens Bertelsen \\u2013 a Danish architect specializing in historic preservation, who since 2011 has called himself "The Queen\'s Architect." Bertelsen\\u2019s official title under the Danish monarch (Queen Margrethe II) translates to something like \\u201cRoyal Building Inspector,\\u201d \\u201cRoyal Builder\\u201d or \\u201cRoyal Surveyor,\\u201d but essentially means he\'s responsible for making sure that all the structures belonging to the monarchy stay in shape, and ideally, in use. This includes buildings like the\\xa0Danish Parliament and the royal family\\u2019s winter home, Amalienborg Castle.

Bertelsen\'s firm, Bertelsen & Scheving, was founded in 2007 in Copenhagen, and specializes in historic preservation work. Bertelsen will hold the Royal Builder position until 2016.