Anders Holch Povlsen

Men were spotted on the roof of Jenners on Christmas Eve

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Dorothy Pritchard, chairwoman of the Melness Crofters Estate, close to the site of the Sutherland Spaceport where an eight year project to get the development up and running has been "paused". PIC: John Devlin.

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The Sutherland Spaceport. PIC:Wachucik/Abermedia/Orbex/PA Wire

Spaceport moves to mountain despite bid from Scotland's richest man

The Dores Inn on the banks of Loch Ness has been bought by Wildland Ltd, the company owned by Scotland's richest man, Anders Holch Povlsen. PIC: geograph.org/Anne Burgess.

Pub on the banks of Loch Ness bought by Scotland's richest man

Anders Holch Povlsen has been credited with an interest in buying into Dundee United.

Richest person in Scotland credited with interest in buying SPFL club

Jenners on Edinburgh's Princes Street closed its doors as a department store in 2020 and is due to undergo a major makeover. Picture: Jane Barlow

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From top left : Lisbet Rausing of Corrour Estate; Sofie Kirk Kristiansen of Strathconon Estate and Anders Holch Povlsen, Scotland's largest landowner who owns 13 estates across Sutherland, Cairngorms and Lochaber. PIC: You Tube/Getty/Creative Commons.

The Lego family and Scotland's other Scandinavian landowners

Danish billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen, Scotland's largest landowner who has invested heavily in rewilding schemes and his tourism business in the Highlands, includes Glen Feshie in the Cairngorms as part of his land portfolio. Image: Getty

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Sir Ian Wood, Anders Holch Povlsen and JK Rowling are among Scotland's wealthiest residents.

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Glenfeshie Lodge, Kincraig, Kingussie. Pic: Alex Baxter

Travel: Explore Wildland, conservation-focused luxury Scottish stays

Jamie Williamson, owner of Alvie and Dalraddy estate at Kincraig. PIC: Contributed.

Highland laird describes £25m value for his estate as a 'scam'

Forestry and Land Scotland, which has launched a land acquisition strategy that involves buying up ground to plant timber forests and tackle climate change, recently paid out more than £17m to purchase Glen Prosen in Angus in a hot land sales market. Picture: Getty Images

State-owned land should be used to benefit the people of Scotland

The village of Tongue in Sutherland where Wildland is making a number of investments as it grows its hospitality business. PIC: Florian Fuchs.

Scotland's largest landowner and the changing face of a Highland village

Danish clothing tycoon Anders Holch Povlsen is now Scotland’s single largest private landowner after buying up a vast swathe of land covering around 90,000 hectares across 13 estates in Sutherland and the Cairngorms, including Glen Feshie (above), with plans for nature restoration and rewilding on a grand scale

Is dash to buy land to fix climate crisis harming local communities?

Exclusive Scotland's largest landowner pours £44m into firm with NHS care home planned

Sunday Times Rich List 2023 - Scotland Top Five including Mohamed Al Fayed, Glenn Gordon, Anders Povlsen, Mahdi a-Tajir and Sir Ian Wood.

Rich List reveals five wealthiest people in Scotland in 2023

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The bothy is ultimately owned by Wildland Ltd, the company set up by Danish billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen, pictured here in 2018 with his wife Anne, to buy land and improve biodiversity across his holdings in the north of Scotland. (Photo by Tariq Mikkel Khan / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) .

Landowner confirms bothy open to all after visitor makes "home sweet home"

Rewilding could see the reintroduction of more apex predators beyond animals like sea eagles (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Local people must not be excluded by wealthy landowners intent on ‘rewilding’

Danish billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen is Scotland's largest landowner with 12 estates through the Highlands. His company Wildland has given a £600,000 loan to a museum in Sutherland. (Photo by TARIQ MIKKEL KHAN/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images)

Scotland's richest man steps in to save tiny Highland museum from crisis

The proposed design for the building facing Princes Street and South St David Street (Photo: David Chipperfield Architects).

Danish billionaire promises to honour Jenners "DNA" as restoration gets go-ahead

An Orbex rocket similar to those which will blast off from the spaceport.

Scotland's richest man agrees deal over spaceflights close to his Highland home

The proposed design for the building facing Princes Street and South St David Street (Photo: David Chipperfield Architects).

Architects reveal transformation plans for Edinburgh's former Jenners store

Co-dhùnadh cudromach mu a bhith a’ cur fearrainn gu feum

An artist's impression of Space Hub Sutherland, which is set to be built on working crofts in the far north of Scotland after a landmark ruling by the Scottish land Court

Scotland’s spaceport gets final go ahead after historic court ruling

South of Scotland Golden Eagles Project has successfully translocated a further eight chicks from nests in the Highland to the Southern Uplands - bringing the total number of new arrivals to 12. Photograph: Phil Wilkinson

Soaring success: Golden eagles fly high in southern Scotland

Anders Povlsen is the richest person in Scotland with a net worth of £6 billion.

Scotland's richest man lobbied ministers over spaceport plans

Jenners department store in Edinburgh may have closed but billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen has big plans despite the economic damage caused by Covid and the switch to online shopping (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Povlsen's plans for Jenners are an inspiration – Susan Dalgety

Jenners: Amazing pictures show Jenners throughout the years as owners reveal plan to return building to its 'original glory and quality'

Amazing pictures show Jenners throughout the years

The iconic Jenners signage has returned to the store.

Famous Jenners signage returns

Customers found the shop shut despite owners saying it's open until Monday 3 May

Customers short-changed as Jenners shuts doors early

Billionaire Anders Holch Povslen and his wife Anne Holch Povlsen (Getty Images)

The shareholders behind ASOS - including Danish billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen

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Jenners department store is an Edinburgh institution (Shutterstock)

Is iconic Edinburgh department store Jenners closing?

Danish billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen

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Jenners has been an iconic presence on Princes Street for as long as anyone can remember

Confusion over Jenners future

Lynx could be reintroduced to the UK countryside as part of rewilding plans (Photo: Shutterstock)

Lynx could be reintroduced to the UK countryside as part of rewilding plans

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum's firm received more than a quarter of a million pounds in EU funding. Picture: Alan Crowhurst/Getty

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The estate was established by the Duchess of Gordon.

Estate founded by glamorous duchess goes on market for £7.5 million

The Jenners name could disappear from Princes Street

Future of Jenners name on Princes Street uncertain as hotel developers say they ...

Glen Docherty on the North Coast 500 route in Wester Ross

Scotland's largest private landowner gains control of North Coast 500

Anders Holch Povlsen

Sri Lanka attacks: 3 children of Scotland’s biggest landowner Anders Povlsen kil...

Relatives of a blast victim grieve outside a morgue in Colombo. More than 200 were killed and hundreds more hospitalized with injuries from eight blasts that rocked churches and hotels in and just outside of Sri Lanka's capital on Easter Sunday. Picture: AP/Eranga Jayawardena

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Thomas MacDonell, Director of Conservation, Wildland Limited

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Anders Holch Povlsen now owns 221,000 acres of Scotland. Pictures: Pixabay free images

This Danish businessman is now the largest landowner in Scotland

Scotland has 144 estateslarger than 10,000 acres

Video: Who are Scotland's biggest landowners?

Ben Hope, seen from the west shore of Loch Eriboll, is among Povlsen's land holdings in Scotland. Picture: Wikicommons

Who is the man set to become Scotland's biggest landowner?

The 2,506 ft Ben Loyal from the Kyle of Tongue in Sutherland. Picture: Michele Vacchiano

Insight: Should a Dane be the new power in rural Scotland?

Anders Holch Povlsen. Picture: submitted

Dane set to become Scotland's biggest landowner

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