Save the Orangutan is a conservation NGO represented in Denmark, Sweden, and the UK. Each is  an independent legal entity cooperating closely under the common name - Save the Orangutan - to fulfill the common purpose of saving and protecting the critically endangered orangutan and its remaining habitats.

Save the Orangutan primarily operates through local partnerships in Borneo to effectuate and execute projects within our aim. Moreover, Save the Orangutan works in close cooperation with international partners sharing our mission to protect the critically endangered orangutan.

Read more about our partnerships here >>

The daily administration and operation of Save the Orangutan is managed by the secretariat of Save the Orangutan Foundation based in Denmark. Our regional representatives' boards of trustees consist of the following:


Save the Orangutan Foundation

(Orangutang Fonden)

Elin Schmidt

Thomas Blach

Børge Petersen

Ida Theilade

Read more about the board of Save the Orangutan Foundation (Orangutang Fondenhere >>


Save the Orangutan SE

Matilda Eriksson Sjöstedt

Måns Fornander

Birk Andersson

Anna Wohl

Read more about the board of Save the Orangutan
SE here >>


Save the Orangutan UK

Information about the organisation of Save the Orangutan UK here >>