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1960 In Denmark
Events from the year 1960 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Frederick IX of Denmark, Frederick IX * Prime minister – H. C. Hansen (until 19 February), Viggo Kampmann Events * 15 November – The 1960 Danish parliamentary election, 1960 parliamentary election is held. * 28 November – The Danish Academy is founded. Sports Badminton * 1923 March 1960 All England Badminton Championships, All England Badminton Championships ** Erland Kops wins gold in Men's Single ** Erland Kops and Poul-Erik Nielsen win gold in Men's Doubles ** Finn Kobberø and Kirsten Thorndahl win gold medal in Mixed Doubles. Date unknown * Emile Severeyns (BEL) and Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) win the Six Days of Copenhagen Six-day racing, six-day track cycling race. Births * 15 April – Susanne Bier, film director * 8 July – Susanne Nielsson, breaststroke swimmer * 10 August Lone Gram, microbiologist * 19 August Morten Andersen, American-football player * 15 September Connie Hedegaard, politician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick IX Of Denmark
Frederick IX ( da, Christian Frederik Franz Michael Carl Valdemar Georg; 11 March 1899 – 14 January 1972) was List of Danish monarchs, King of Denmark from 1947 to 1972. Born into the House of Glücksburg, Frederick was the elder son of Christian X of Denmark, King Christian X and Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Queen Alexandrine of Denmark. He became crown prince when his father succeeded as king in 1912. As a young man, he was educated at the Royal Danish Naval Academy. In 1935, he was married to Princess Ingrid of Sweden and they had three daughters, Margrethe II of Denmark, Margrethe, Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Benedikte and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, Anne-Marie. During Denmark in World War II, Nazi Germany's occupation of Denmark, Frederick acted as regent on behalf of his father from 1942 until 1943. Frederick became king on his father's death in early 1947. During Frederick IX's reign Danish society changed rapidly, the welfare state was expanded and, as a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connie Hedegaard
Connie Hedegaard Koksbang (born 15 September 1960) is a Danish politician and public intellectual. She was European Commissioner for Climate Action in the ( second Barroso) European Commission from 10 February 2010 through 31 October 2014. On behalf of Denmark, Hedegaard hosted the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen 2009. She was Danish Minister for Climate and Energy from 23 November 2007 as a member of the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen III and that of Lars Løkke Rasmussen and had been the Danish Minister for the Environment from 2 August 2004 to 23 November 2007, as a member of the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I and II. In Denmark, Hedegaard is a member of the Conservative People's Party (DKF), and elected member of parliament (Folketing) from 10 January 1984 to 3 October 1990 and again in the 2005 Danish parliamentary election. Prior to becoming a minister, she worked as a journalist at DR, the Danish national broadcaster. Education and early career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1871 In Denmark
Events from the year 1871 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian IX * Prime minister – Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg Events * 2 January – The '' Stöðulög'', laws on the constitutional standing of Iceland within the Danish realm, are passed. * 5 October – ''Den Danske Landmandsbank, Hypothek- og Vexelbank i Kjøbenhavn'', present-day Danske Bank, is founded. * 15 October – The Social Democratic party is founded by Louis Pio, Harald Brix and Paul Geleff. * 8 November – At '' Lyksborg Slot'', Princess Thyra gives birth to a daughter, conceived in a love affair with a cavalry lieutenant. The girl is adopted by a couple in Odense shortly after birth. Date unknown * The first private kindergarten in Denmark is established in Copenhagen by writer Erna Juel-Hansen. Kindergarten with public support are not seen until 1901. * The Danish Women's Society, the world's oldest women's rights organization, is founded. Births * 15 February – Martin Knudsen, physicist a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harald Moltke
Harald Viggo Moltke (14 December 1871 – 24 June 1960) was a Danish painter, author and explorer. Among his activities Moltke, participated as draftsman in four Arctic expeditions. Early life and education Harald Moltke was born in Helsingør, the son of Oskar Peter August Moltke (1828–82) and Karen Marie Jensdatter (1849-1939). He spent 10 years in North Carolina as a child between 1874 and 1884. After the death of his father, the family returned to Denmark. In 1889, he began a course of study at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, which he completed in 1893. Career From May to November 1898, he participated in a geological expedition headed by K. J. V. Steenstrup (1842-1906) to the Disko Bay region at the west coast of Greenland. From this expedition Moltke made paintings of geological structures, a.o., the coast line of Nugsuark Peninsula, and of the Inuit, a.o., "Greenland women in umiak". During July 1899 to April 1900, Moltke joined an aurora exped ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1878 In Denmark
Events from the year 1878 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian IX * Prime minister – J. B. S. Estrup Events * 39 July The 11th Scandinavian Scientist Conference is held in Copenhagen. * 9 May The ''panserbatteri'' Helgoland is launched. * 21 December Princess Thyra of Denmark is wed to Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover in Copenhagen. The couple continue to Fredensborg Palace after the wedding ceremony. Births JanuaryMarch * 1 January – Agner Krarup Erlang, mathematician, statistician and engineer * 6 January – Adeline Genée, Danish-British ballet dancer (died 1970) * 13 March – Lau Lauritzen Sr., film director, screenwriter and actor (died 1938) * 11 April – Holger-Madsen, actor (died 1943) * 17 March Gudmund Nyeland Brandt, landscape architect (died 1945) JulySeptember * 30 July Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen, businessman, company founder (died 1964) * 2 August – Princess Ingeborg of Denmark, duchess of Västergötland (died 1958 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1876 In Denmark
Events from the year 1876 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian IX * Prime minister – J. B. S. Estrup Events * 18 March – The newspaper ''Nationaltidende'' is published for the first time. * 2 April – The first issue of '' Ravnen'', a labour movement magazine, is published. * 25 April – The 1876 Folketing election is held. The Liberal Party wins 74 out of 102 seats. * 26 April – Kjøbenhavns Boldklub is founded. * 8 June – On a congress at the entertainment venue Gimle in Copenhagen, the Social Democratic Party adopts its first political programme, ''Gimleprogrammet''. * 12 July – The Svendborg Railway Line opens between the towns of Odense and Svendborg on Funen. * 26 August – The Ryomgård–Grenaa section of the Grenaa Line railway is opened, as are the stations along it: Ryomgård, Kolind, Trustrup and Grenaa. * 8 October – Prince Harald is born to Crown Prince Frederick and Crown Princess Louise. * 18 November – The Royal Danish Geograp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holger Jacobsen
Holger Jacobsen (30 October 1876 – 27 March 1960) was a Danish architect. His best known work is Stærekassen, an extension to the Royal Danish Theatre on Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen. Biography Holger Jacobsen was born on 30 October 1876 in Odense. He apprenticed as a carpenter and furthered his studies at Odense Technical School before attending the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1898 to 1905 where he was a pupil of Hans Jørgen Holm for whom he also worked as an assistant. After his graduation he worked abroad for a couple of years, and was influenced by the Mannerism and Baroque architecture which he saw in France, Spain and Italy. Another source of inspiration was Vilhelm Wanscher's lectures on Michelangelo. He later described himself as the "last Italian in Danish architecture". Jacobsen had his breakthrough with Bispebjerg Crematorium which was built from 1905 to 1906. Another early work was Taastrup New Church (1907) which was inspired by the architecture of n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1906 In Denmark
Events from the year 1906 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian IX (until 29 January), Frederick VIII * Prime minister – J. C. Christensen Events * 30 January The proclamation of Frederik CIII as King of Denmark. * 12 September – The inventor and aviation pioneer Jacob Christian Ellehammer makes a sustained but tethered flight in his self-built Ellehammer semi-biplane on the small outside Copenhagen, three years after the world’s first historical flight by the Wright brothers in 1903. The flight distance is 42 meters at an altitude of over 50 centimeters. * 6 November – Ole Olsen founds Nordisk Film in Valby, Copenhagen, making it the oldest continuously operating film studio in the world. Culture Music * 11 November Carl Nielsen's opera ''Maskarade'' premieres at the Royal Danish Theatre- Sports * 5 August Thorvald Ellegaard wins gold in men's sprint at the 1906 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. Births * 27 February Søren Kristian Toubro, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Minister Of Denmark
The prime minister of Denmark ( da, Danmarks statsminister, fo, Forsætisráðharri, kl, Ministeriuneq) is the head of government in the Kingdom of Denmark comprising the three constituent countries: Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Before the creation of the modern office, the kingdom did not initially have a head of government separate from its head of state, namely the monarch, in whom the executive authority was vested. The Constitution of 1849 established a constitutional monarchy by limiting the powers of the monarch and creating the office of . The inaugural holder of the office was Adam Wilhelm Moltke. The prime minister presides over a cabinet that is formally appointed by the monarch. In practice, the appointment of the prime minister is determined by his or her support in the Folketing (the National Parliament). Since the beginning of the 20th century, no single party has held a majority in the Folketing so the prime minister must head a coalition of p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1884 In Denmark
Events from the year 1884 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian IX * Prime minister – J. B. S. Estrup Events * 31 May – The Tommerup–Assens railway line opens on Funen. * 25 June – The 1884Danish Folketing election takes place. * 10–16 August – The 8th International Medical Congress opens in Copenhagen. The participants include Peter Ludvig Panum (President), Louis Pasteur, Rudolf Ludwig Virchow and James Paget. * 3 October – The fire of the 2nd Christiansborg Palace begins. Births * 9 April – Peter Andersen, gymnast (died 1954) * 18 March – Oluf Høst, painter (died 1966) * 28 May – Harald Krenchel, fencer (died 1922) * 30 June – Svend Rindomm screenwriter and actor (died 1960) * 30 September – Carl Pedersen, rower (died 1968) * 16 December – Jonathan Leunbach, doctor (died 1955) Deaths * 9 August – Annestine Beyer, reform pedagogue and pioneer on women's education (born 1795) * 19 December Alfred Benzon, pharmac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gudmund Hatt
Professor Aage Gudmund Hatt (1 October 1884 – 27 January 1960) was a Danish archaeologist and cultural geographer. He was a professor of cultural geography at the University of Copenhagen from 1929 through 1947. Also an ethnologist, he was the first person to systematically inventory cultural similarities and differences amongst northern peoples. Early years Hatt was born in Vildbjerg - before 2007 in Trehøje Municipality, from 2007 in Herning Municipality - Denmark, and studied there through 1904. His father was the local teacher. In 1905, he went to the United States and lived among the Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma for a year, which led him to study ethnography at Harvard University from 1906 to 1907. Returned to Denmark, he lectured on Native Americans in the United States and their former way of living, and began his studies under Hans Peder Steensby, ethnographer and professor of geography at the University of Copenhagen. In 1911, he married the painter and ethnographer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1886 In Denmark
Events from the year 1886 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian IX * Prime minister – J. B. S. Estrup Events * 17 August – King Luís I of Portugal is received at Amalienborg Palace during his visit to Denmark. Undated Sports * 17 July Boldklubben Frem is founded. * 2+ October Københavns Roklub is founded. Births JanuaryMarch * 17 January Johan Ankerstjerne, cinematographer (died 1959) * 26 January Johannes Bjerg, sculptor (died 1955) * 15 March Gerda Wegener, painter (died 1940) AprilJune * 26 April – Olaf Rude, painter (died 1957) * 1 May Ville Jais Nielsen, painter and sculptor (died 1949) * 18 May Sigurd Kielland Brandt, painter (died 1964) JulySeptember * 5 August Kay Bojesen, designer (died 1959) * 12 October Gustav Weinreich, woodcarver and furniture maker (died 1980) * 30 October William Scharff, painter (died 1959) Deaths * 30 April Christian August Broberg, businessman and politician (born 1811) * 12 December – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
