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1913 In Denmark
Events from the year 1913 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian X * Prime minister – Klaus Berntsen (until 21 June), Carl Theodor Zahle Events * 26 July – 1897 Gentofte train crash in Jutland. * 23 August – The Little Mermaid is inaugurated at its current location off Langelinie in Copenhagen. * 2 December – Karen Blixen leaves her native Rungstedlund and Denmark to settle in Kenya where she will live for the next almost 28 years on her African farm. Undated Births * 2 February – Poul Reichhardt, actor (died 1985) * 13 July – Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, shipping magnate (died 2012) * 17 September – Jørgen Jersild, composer and music educator (died 2004) * 23 September – Carl-Henning Pedersen, painter (died 2007) Deaths * 28 February – Johan Hansen, businessman (born 1838) * 9 March – Jacob Kornerup, archeologist (born 1825) * 19 March – Christian Zacho, painter (born 1843) * 20 April – Vilhelm Bissen, sculptor (born 1836) * 16 June – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian X Of Denmark
Christian X ( da, Christian Carl Frederik Albert Alexander Vilhelm; 26 September 1870 – 20 April 1947) was King of Denmark from 1912 to his death in 1947, and the only King of Iceland as Kristján X, in the form of a personal union rather than a real union between 1918 and 1944. He was a member of the House of Glücksburg, a branch of the House of Oldenburg, and the first monarch since King Frederick VII born into the Danish royal family; both his father and his grandfather were born as princes of a ducal family from Schleswig. Among his siblings was King Haakon VII of Norway. His son became Frederick IX of Denmark. His character has been described as authoritarian and he strongly stressed the importance of royal dignity and power. His reluctance to fully embrace democracy resulted in the Easter Crisis of 1920, in which he dismissed the democratically elected Social Liberal cabinet with which he disagreed, and installed one of his own choosing. This was in accordance wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 In Denmark
Events from the year 2004 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Margrethe II * Prime minister – Anders Fogh Rasmussen Anders Fogh Rasmussen (; born 26 January 1953) is a Danish politician who was the 24th Prime Minister of Denmark from November 2001 to April 2009 and the 12th Secretary General of NATO from August 2009 to October 2014. He became CEO of polit ... Events * 14 May – Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, Crown Prince Frederik marries Australian Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark, Mary Elizabeth Donaldson in Copenhagen Cathedral, in Copenhagen. * 26 December – Several hundreds of Danes, Danish people are among the Countries affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, thousands of people killed by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, at least 2,000 Scandinavians still missing in Thailand. The arts * 10 June – Gala concert with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra in Tivoli Gardens#Tivoli Concert Hall, Tivoli Concert Hall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie Zahle
Ida Charlotte Natalie Zahle (11 June 1827 – 11 August 1913) was a Danish reform pedagogue and pioneer of women's education. She founded N. Zahle's School in 1851. Life Her parents were the Roskilde vicar Ernst Sophus Wilhelm Zahle (1797-1837) and Vilhelmine Catharina Louise Böttger (1802–37). After the death of her parents in 1837, she lived first with her mother's parents and then as the foster child of professor and zoologist Daniel Frederik Eschricht (1798–1863) and his wife. She was educated at the girls' school Døtreskolen af 1791 in Copenhagen, and supported herself as a governess. In 1849, she became a student at the newly founded women's teacher seminary Den højere Dannelsesanstalt for Damer. Operated by Annestine Beyer (1795–1884),it was the first school in Denmark to offer women a professional academic education. After having graduated from that school in 1851, she opened her first girls' school. Career In 1852, she founded the N. Zahle's School (''N. Zahle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Sabroe
Peter Sabroe (23 January 1867 – 26 July 1913) was a Danish journalist, politician, and children's rights advocate. Sabroe was born near Silkeborg, but moved to Copenhagen as a 14-year-old to take up an apprenticeship as a shoemaker. He soon became a social democrat and a member of a group of radicals called the ''Karl Marx Club''. In 1887, he became a journalist at a provincial newspaper, in Randers, moving the next year to the paper ''Demokraten'' in the larger town Aarhus, where he eventually served as editor, from 1895 to 1908. Moving then to Kolding, he became editor of the ''Kolding Socialdemokrat'' from 1908 to 1910. He spent the rest of his life in Copenhagen, where he worked at the ''Social-Demokraten'' from 1910 to 1913. Sabroe first took an elected office in 1900, as a member of the Aarhus town council, a position he held until 1909. He also served in the Folketinget The Folketing ( da, Folketinget, ; ), also known as the Parliament of Denmark or the Danish P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederikke Federspiel
Frederikke Jakobine Federspiel (1839–1913) was the first female photographer to practice in Denmark. For many years, she ran her own photographic studio in Aalborg, always keeping abreast of the latest developments. Among her clients were the Danish princesses Dagmar and Alexandra who were attracted by her photo enamel jewelry. Early life Born in Horsens, Jutland, she was brought up in a bourgeois home together with her sister and five brothers. Her father died when she was only six after which her mother earned a living as a milliner. After her mother's death in 1874, she went to Hamburg to learn photography. Living with her uncle, Poul Friedrich Lewitz, and her aunt Juliane, she became an apprentice to her cousin Alfred Lewitz, also a photographer.Frederikke Federspiel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1836 In Denmark
Events from the year 1836 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Frederick VI * Prime minister – Otto Joachim Events * March 5 – The Music Society is founded in Copenhagen, on Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse's birthday, and for almost a century it remains the most important music venue in Denmark Undated Births * 2 February – Wilhelm Hellesen, industrialist and inventor (died 1892) * 24 April – Ditlev Torm, businessman (died 1907) * 12 May – Ludvig Grundtvig, photographer (died 1901) * 4 August – Vilhelm Dahlerup, architect (died 1907) * 5 August – Vilhelm Bissen, sculptor (died 1913) * 29 August – Christian Conrad Sophus Danneskiold-Samsøe, landowner and theatre director (died 1908) Deaths References {{DEFAULTSORT:1836 In Denmark 1830s in Denmark Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilhelm Bissen
Christian Gottlieb Vilhelm Bissen (5 August 1836 – 20 April 1913) was a Danish sculptor. He was also a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts with great influence on the next generation of Danish sculptors and for a while served as its director. Bissen was trained in the Neoclassical tradition from Bertel Thorvaldsen but after a stay in Paris around 1880, he was influenced by Naturalism. With the equestrian statue of Absalon he turned to Neo-romanticism. Biography Vilhelm Bissen was born in Copenhagen as the son of Herman Wilhelm Bissen, one of the leading Danish sculptors of his day. Young Bissen received training in his father's studio from an early age and studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1853 to 1857, then in Rome between 1857 and 1863 and finally in Carrara from 1866 to 1867 where he studied marble techniques. Upon his father's death in 1868, he returned to Denmark to continue his workshop and complete his ongoing projects. These i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1843 In Denmark
Events from the year 1843 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian VIII * Prime minister – Poul Christian Stemann Events * 18 May – first public meeting at Skamlingsbanken. * 16 August – Georg Carstensen Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen are inaugurated with 3.615 visitors on the opening day. At the end of the 1843 season, more than 175,000 guests have visited the park. Undated Culture Literature * 20 February – Søren Kierkegaard publishes Either/Or Births * 24 January – Evald Tang Kristensen, author and folklore collector (died 1929) * 25 February – Christian Ditlev Ammentorp Hansen, pharmacist and industrialist (died 1916) * 31 March – Christian Zacho, painter (died 1913) * 8 April – Asger Hamerik, composer (died 1923) * 3 June – King Frederick VIII (died 1912) * 7 November ** Erhard Frederiksen, agriculturalist (died 1903) ** Emil Vett, businessman (died 1911) Deaths * 18 January – Princess Louise Auguste, princess of Denmark, Duch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Zacho
Peter Mørch Christian Zacho, usually known as Christian Zacho, (31 March 1843, in Grenå – 19 March 1913, in Hellerup) was a Danish landscape painter who is remembered for his idyllic scenes of Danish beech woods. Early life His education at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1862 to 1867 was followed by additional instruction under P. C. Skovgaard and Vilhelm Kyhn who was particularly successful in communicating a grandiose style which allowed Zacho to benefit from new artistic trends. When he was 30, he went to Italy with Anton Thiele, Otto Haslund and Christian Blanche, visiting the Vienna World Exposition on his return in 1873. He was particularly impressed by the French landscape painters, especially those from the Barbizon school, whose work he saw in Vienna. He spent a year with Léon Bonnat in Paris (1875–76) together with Godfred Christensen and William Groth, creating interest for French art and culture in Denmark. Together with P. S. Krøyer, he spent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1825 In Denmark
Events from the year 1825 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Frederick VI * Prime minister – Otto Joachim Events Undated * - A storm penetrates the narrow land mass, Agger Tange, separating Northern Jutland from the mainland Jutland for the first time since the 12th century. * The Copenhagen Art Society is founded by a circle of the most influential figures of the Danish art world during the Danish Golden Age. Births * 28 January – Moses Melchior, businessman (died 1912) * 16 April – Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup, politician, prime minister of Denmark (died 1913) * 10 May – Heinrich Tønnies, photographer (died 1903) * 19 November – Jacob Kornerup, archeologist (died 1913) * 30 November – Julius Exner, painter (died 1910) Deaths References {{DEFAULTSORT:1825 In Denmark 1820s in Denmark Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Kornerup
Jacob Kornerup (19 November 1825 – 9 March 1913) was a Danish archeologist and painter who is remembered above all for discovering and restoring medieval frescos in Danish churches."Jacob Kornerup" ''Dansk Biografisk Leksikon''. Retrieved 1 August 2013. Biography Born into a well-to-do family, he matriculated from high school in Roskilde before attending the from 1847 to 1853, winning the Grand Silver Medal. He first painted portraits and lands ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1838 In Denmark
Events from the year 1838 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Frederick VI * Prime minister – Otto Joachim Events * 17 September – After almost four decades in Rome, Bertel Thorvaldsen, accompanied by his art collections and most of his own works, returns to Copenhagen. Undated Births * 6 February – Johan Peter Christian Hansen, businessman (died 1913) * 22 February – Johan Peter Andreas Anker, military officer (died 1876) * 19 June – Julius Lange, art historian (died 1896) * 31 July – Vilhelm Rosenstand, artist (died 1915) Deaths * 13 March – Poul Martin Møller, academic, writer, and poet (born 1794) * 20 April – Marie Kofoed, businessperson and philanthropist (born 1760) * 31 October – Poul Reichhardt, actor (born 1913) References {{DEFAULTSORT:1838 In Denmark 1830s in Denmark Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
