Poul Erik Tjner (born 25 February 1959) studied philosophy and Nordic philology, was a literary and art critic first at national Danish newspaper Kristligt Dagblad.
Poul Erik Tjner (born 25 February 1959) is a Danish museum director and art critic. Tjner studied philosophy (1981) and Nordic philology (1987) at the University of Copenhagen, getting his master's degree in 1987 and a licentiate degree in 1991 with a dissertation on Sren Kierkegaard. Since 2000 he has been director of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebk, Denmark. He has been a literary and art critic first at national Danish newspaper Kristligt Dagblad from 1984 to 1987, Dagbladet Information from 1987 to 1989 and Weekendavisen from 1989 to 2000, where he served both as a cultural editor and from 1997 to 2000 was also as a member of the Editors-in-Chief. 
