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Borglum
* Gutzon Borglum (1867 – 1941), American sculptor, famous for creating the monumental presidents' heads at Mount Rushmore
* Lene Børglum (born 1961), Danish film producer
* Lincoln Borglum (1912 – 1986), American sculptor, son of Gutzon and first superintendent of Mount Rushmore National Memorial
* Solon Borglum (1868 – 1922), American sculptor most noted for his depiction of frontier life, brother of Gutzon and uncle of Lincoln
* Scyller Borglum, American politician
* ''The Bishop of Börglum and his Men'' (''Bispen på Børglum og hans frænde''), a short stor ...
Borglum can refer to: * Børglum, Danish village in Northern Jutland, formerly the location of a Catholic bishopric ** Børglum Abbey ** Ancient See of Børglum Ancient history is a time period from the beginning of writing and recorded human history to as far as late antiquity. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, beginning with the Sumerian cuneiform script. Ancient history cove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solon Borglum
Solon Hannibal de la Mothe Borglum (December 22, 1868 – January 31, 1922) was an American sculptor. He is most noted for his depiction of frontier life, and especially his experience with cowboys and native Americans. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre by France for his work with ''Les Foyers du Soldat'' service clubs during World War I. Early life Born in Ogden, Utah, Borglum was the younger brother of Gutzon Borglum and uncle of Lincoln Borglum, the two men most responsible for the creation of the carvings at Mount Rushmore. Solon's Danish immigrant father James Borglum was a Mormon polygamist, being married to two sisters, Ida and Christina Michelson. When the family – each wife had two children – moved to Nebraska they could no longer openly be husband and wives, so Solon and Gutzon's mother Christina was listed as the family servant. When the father moved the family again to St. Louis in 1871, so that he could attend medical school, the decision was made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Børglum
Børglum is a Danish village with a population below 200 (1 January 2011) in Hjørring municipality, Region Nordjylland (until December 31, 2006; Løkken-Vrå municipality, North Jutland County). History Børglum was the site of a royal ''gård'' from at least 1000. This was later converted for use as a monastery, Børglum Abbey, which was developed from c. 1180 by the Premonstratensians. Some of the buildings still exist as a manor house The abbey was also the seat, from about 1220 until 1536, of the |
Børglum Abbey
Børglum Abbey was an important Premonstratensian abbey of medieval Denmark, located in Børglum parish, in the commune of Hjørring, approximately five kilometers east of Løkken in north central Jutland (Region Nordjylland) from the 12th century until reformation. History Origin Børglum Abbey was originally a royal farm ( da, gård) which dated back as far as 1000, if not earlier. In 1086 King Canute IV fled from his residence at Børglum when the peasants revolted against him. The royal residence was burned to the ground but rebuilt sometime later. At some point between 1134 and 1139, the royal estate at Børglum was granted to the church to become the new seat of the bishopric of northern Jutland, also known as the bishopric of Vendsyssel, previously established at Vestervig. Bishop Self (or Sylvester) of Vestervig became the first bishop of Børglum (Vendsyssel) in 1139, and Børglum remained the seat of the diocese until the Reformation. It is unclear exactly who fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancient See Of Børglum
Ancient history is a time period from the beginning of writing and recorded human history to as far as late antiquity. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, beginning with the Sumerian cuneiform script. Ancient history covers all continents inhabited by humans in the period 3000 BCAD 500. The three-age system periodizes ancient history into the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age, with recorded history generally considered to begin with the Bronze Age. The start and end of the three ages varies between world regions. In many regions the Bronze Age is generally considered to begin a few centuries prior to 3000 BC, while the end of the Iron Age varies from the early first millennium BC in some regions to the late first millennium AD in others. During the time period of ancient history, the world population was already exponentially increasing due to the Neolithic Revolution, which was in full progress. While in 10,000 BC, the world population stood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gutzon Borglum
John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum (March 25, 1867 – March 6, 1941) was an American sculptor best known for his work on Mount Rushmore. He is also associated with various other public works of art across the U.S., including Stone Mountain in Georgia, the statue of Union General Philip Sheridan in Washington, D.C., as well as a bust of Abraham Lincoln which was exhibited in the White House by Theodore Roosevelt and which is now held in the United States Capitol crypt in Washington, D.C. Early life The son of Danish immigrants, Gutzon Borglum was born in 1867 in St. Charles in what was then Idaho Territory. Borglum was a child of Mormon polygamy. His father, Jens Møller Haugaard Børglum (1839–1909), came from the village of Børglum in northwestern Denmark. He had two wives when he lived in Idaho: Gutzon's mother, Christina Mikkelsen Børglum (1847–1871), and her sister Ida, who was Jens's first wife. Jens Borglum decided to leave Mormonism and moved to Omaha, Nebraska whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lene Børglum
Lene Børglum (born 21 August 1961) is a Danish film producer. Børglum was one of the key executives and co-owners of from its early start in 1992 and until 2007. Life and career Børglum was deeply involved in the development of Zentropa from its very start till its state in 2007 as a major European independent production company. She handled international financing on a large number of Zentropa's international films, including Lars von Trier's highly acclaimed and awarded films ''The Kingdom'' (1994, 1996), ''Breaking The Waves'' (1996), ''The Idiots'' (1998), ''Dancer in the Dark'' (2000), and she was executive producer on Trier's films ''Dogville'' (2003), ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln Borglum
James Lincoln de la Mothe Borglum (April 9, 1912 – January 27, 1986) was an American sculptor, photographer, author and engineer; he was best known for overseeing the completion of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial after the death of the project's leader, his father, Gutzon Borglum, in 1941. One of his best-known works, a bust of his father, is on display outside the Lincoln Borglum Visitors Center at Mount Rushmore. Life and career Named after his father's favorite president, Abraham Lincoln, and called by his middle name, Lincoln Borglum was the first child of Gutzon Borglum and his second wife, Mary Montgomery Williams (1874-1955). During his youth, Lincoln accompanied his father to the Black Hills of South Dakota and was present when the site for the Mount Rushmore monument was selected. Although he had originally planned to study engineering at the University of Virginia, Lincoln Borglum began work on the monument in 1933 at the age of 21 as an unpaid pointer. He qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scyller Borglum
Scyller J. Borglum is an American politician and engineer from the state of South Dakota. A Republican, Borglum had served in the South Dakota House of Representatives for the 32nd district from 2018 to 2021. Early life and career Borglum is from Great Falls, Montana. She graduated from Charles M. Russell High School in 1995, where she was class president and governor of the Montana Youth Legislature. Borglum attended Pacific Lutheran University, where she earned a Bachelor of Business Administration. She received a Fulbright Scholarship, which she used to study oil and gas development in Oslo. After her brother, Troy, died in a traffic collision, Borglum went to Duke Divinity School, and earned a master's degree in theological studies in 2003. She then worked in pharmaceutical sales in Oregon and Texas. Borglum attended Montana Technological University, where she earned a master's degree in petroleum engineering. She then enrolled at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
