Municipality will investigate working conditions prior to school principal's suicide

The municipality of Ringkøbing-Skjern is launching an independent investigation to uncover the circumstances leading up to a school principal's death.

The events leading up to a school principal's suicide in Ringkøbing will now be closely examined.

Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality writes in a press release that all eight parties in the city council have agreed to initiate an external, independent investigation into the events before and after Hans Henrik Jacobsen's death in January this year.

Hans Henrik Jacobsen was the principal of Rindum Kjærgaard, a special school facility in Ringkøbing.

The newspaper Dagbladet Ringkøbing-Skjern has covered the case in several articles and writes that the principal took sick leave due to stress last year, following a troubled collaboration with the administration in Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality.

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The stress-related sick leave developed into depression, and in January Hans Henrik Jacobsen took his own life. His family has spoken to the press several times about the case.

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Mayor calls the events 'adult bullying'

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According to Dagbladet Ringkøbing-Skjern ( https://dbrs.dk/ringkoebing/borgmesteren-reagerer-paa-hans-henrik-sagen-man-kan-kalde-det-voksenmobning-siger-hun?teaser-referral=adc713d5-fe1b-48e9-aae6-bdcde938d19a-13 ), it is particularly a series of critical emails sent from superiors in the administration late in the evening and at night that have prompted politicians to react.

Among others, Mayor Lone Andersen (V) has used the term "adult bullying" to describe the events.

In a joint statement from Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality, it says that "the investigation must uncover the entire work-related process surrounding Hans Henrik Jacobsen's tragic death and the municipality's subsequent handling, and will be carried out thoroughly and with respect for the family, employees, and the legal rights of those involved."

"We are committed to finding out whether there are places in the administrative or political system where we have failed," says Lone Andersen.

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