A Welshpool lady who spent 31 years as curator of a town museum is set to promote mid-Wales as a tourist destination - all the way to Scandanavia.

Powysland Museum curator Eva Bredsdorff paid tribute to the "wonderful support" she had received over three decades at the popular North Powys attraction after taking voluntary redundancy, following the re-structuring of the library and museum staff due to the decision to co-locate Welshpool Library and Powysland Museum.

And now Eva, who is originally from the Copenhagen area of Denmark, says she is set to launch a bid to attract her countrymen and women to mid-Wales and strengthen the links between the two countries.

"It has been 31 great years during which the museum has developed into a venue often punching way above its weight as far as temporary exhibitions and events go," she said.

"Special high-lights have been exhibitions on George Best, Gerald Durrell and Tommy Steele; not to mention Danish-inspired exhibitions on Caroline Mathilde, British Princess and Danish Queen; Queen Alexandra, wife of Edward VII; and Britain and the Danish Resistance during World War II – all with loans from international and national royal collections, museums and archives, funded by British and Danish organisations and attracting press and audience interest beyond the local area."

With her Danish background and her knowledge of the area she plans to promote mid-Wales in Denmark and says she's aiming to attract visitors to Wales as she says the area is less known to the Danes than Scotland, Ireland and England.

Likewise, she intends to promote her birthplace of Copenhagen as a “wonderful, wonderful” tourist destination and will offer advice and suggestions for anyone looking to visit the City and is also prepared to be a guide for groups and to offer bespoke walking tours on different themes including Christian IV’s Copenhagen and Copenhagen during the German occupation 1940-45.

"Contrary to some rumours I've heard I haven't retired! I'm looking forward to this new chapter in my life and being my own boss," she added.

"I just want to thank the public for all their support over the past three decades, and I hope people will support my new adventures in the same way they supported my work at the museum."

Anyone wishing to get in touch about tourism projects can contact Eva at bredsdorffeva@gmail.com