New podcast: The chairman turns 67 – but does not let go

You can hear the whole thing the podcast at the bottom of the article.

There is gray over Nuuk this Monday, but in Jess G. Berthelsen's office, the walls glow a deep red. Here sits a man who has been in the service of the trade union movement for more than half of his life - and who has no intention of letting go now that he is 67.

You can hear the whole thing the podcast at the bottom of the article.

There is gray over Nuuk this Monday, but in Jess G. Berthelsen's office, the walls glow a deep red. Here sits a man who has been in the service of the trade union movement for more than half of his life - and who has no intention of letting go now that he is 67.

- Age is just a number. I don't feel like a 67-year-old. I know not really how you feel at that age. When we were children, we thought that 50-year-olds were old – and they looked old too. But fortunately that has changed, says Jess G. Berthelsen.

It's his birthday, and really it should be about him. But Jess G. Berthelsen has not easy by talking about himself. Instead, he quickly changes the subject and begins to talk about the conditions of the workers and everything that is happening in the world.

Although he has reached retirement age, he has no plans to slow down. On the contrary, he poses up to the post of chairman again this autumn.

- I can feel that I can still work. I still have something to give. And me still have some plans, he says.

We have spoken to Jess G. Berthelsen about what he himself highlights as important in his long career - and about what has been more difficult. Listen to the conversation below.