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1951 In Denmark
Events from the year 1951 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Frederik IX * Prime minister – Erik Eriksen Events * 23 January The hospital ship ''MS Jutlandia'' departs from Copenhagen, bound for Jorea. Sports Badminton * 711 March All England Badminton Championships ** Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen wins gold in Women's Singles at the All England Badminton Championships. ** Tonny Ahm and Kirsten Thorndahl wins gold in Women's Doubles ** Poul Holm and Tonny Ahm win gold in Mixed Doubles Date unknown * Kay Werner Nielsen (DEN) and Oscar Plattner (SUI) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race. Births * 1 March – Birger Jensen, footballer * 12 May – Jacob Groth, film score composer * 25 July – Frank Aaen, politician * 7 November Anne Grethe Jensen, equestrian * 17 November Czeslaw Kozon, prelate of the Catholic Church Deaths * 6 April – Marie-Sophie Nielsen, communist leader and founding member of the Danish Socialist Workers Party and the Commu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951
Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United Kingdom announces abandonment of the Tanganyika groundnut scheme for the cultivation of peanuts in the Tanganyika Territory, with the writing off of £36.5M debt. * January 15 – In a court in West Germany, Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment. * January 20 – Winter of Terror: Avalanches in the Alps kill 240 and bury 45,000 for a time, in Switzerland, Austria and Italy. * January 21 – Mount Lamington in Papua New Guinea erupts catastrophically, killing nearly 3,000 people and causing great devastation in Oro Province. * January 25 – Dutch author Anne de Vries releases the first volume of his children's novel '' Journey Through the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Aaen
Frank Aaen (born 25 July 1951, in Nørresundby) is a Danish economist and Member of Parliament (the Folketing) for Enhedslisten. On 15 March 2006, he suffered a thrombosis but was back in the Folketing by April. Frank Aaen is an educated economist and holds a master's degree in economics from Aalborg University which he received in 1985. Politics Aaen has been a member of parliament from 1994 to 2003 and 2005 to 2015. He is a member of the left-wing political party Red-Green Alliance. In 2006, he called for the detention of Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni during her trip to Denmark for the purpose of determining her culpability as a member of the Israeli cabinet for alleged Israeli war crimes. In January 2019, he was accused by Kristian Jensen Kristian Jensen (born 21 May 1971 in Middelfart) is a Danish politician who was Minister for Foreign Affairs of Denmark from 2015 to 2016, Minister of Finance from 2016 to 2019 and Minister of Taxation from 2004 to 2010. Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1869 In Denmark
Events from the year 1869 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian IX * Prime minister – C. E. Frijs Events * 4 February – Kjøbenhavns Skøjteløberforening, Denmark's oldest ice skating club, is founded. * 1 June – the telephone company ''Det Store Nordiske Telegrafselskab A/S'', present-day GN Store Nord A/S, is founded as the result of merging three recently established telephone companies. * 5 June – the equestrian statue of Frederick VII in the central square in Køge is inaugurated. * 2 July – the first issue of ''Vestjylland eller Herning Folkeblad'', present-day ''Herning Folkeblad'', is published. * 28 July – Crown Prince Frederick, the future King Frederick VIII, marries Princess Louise of Sweden at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden. * 18 September – the Randers–Aalborg line, a newly completed railroad stretch between Randers and Aalborg, is inaugurated. * 22 September – the 1869 Folketing election is held; the Mellem Party becomes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Geisler
Christian Peder Wilhelm Geisler (28 April 1869 – 19 August 1951) was a Danish organist and composer. He graduated at the Conservatory of Music in the years 1887-90 of, among others, Niels W. Gade, J.P.E. Hartmann and Gottfred Matthison-Hansen and studied 1895–96 with Max Bruch in Berlin. After his return, he acted as a composer, vocalist and organist. He was a teacher at the United Church Schools and Ingrid Jespersen School. From 1893 to 1911 he was employed as an organist at Reformed Church and from 1911 to 1939 at the church of Garnison. He was a temporary with both Hartmann and Gade, who both embraced his musical attitude. His music is in the same style as theirs, and most of it was composed before the First World War. He composed in many genres. Notable works * ''Arnes Sange'', 3 Songs of Björnetjerne Björnsons Arne, Op. 1 (1889) * Sonatine in G major for piano, Op. 2 (1897) * String Quartet in B minor, Op. 3 (1893) * ''Foraar'' (Spring), Poem Cycle for soprano and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1874 In Denmark
Events from the year 1874 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian IX * Prime minister – Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg (until 14 July), Christen Andreas Fonnesbech Events * 1 January – The first issue of fashion journal ''Nordisk Mønster-Tidende'', present-day women's magazine '' Femina'', is published. * 5 January – Iceland is granted a constitution and limited home rule within the Danish realm. * 14 July – Prime Minister Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg resigns, and is replaced by Christen Andreas Fonnesbech. * 15 August – Esbjerg Harbour is inaugurated. * 15 October – The Old Stage, the original of the Royal Danish Theatre, is inaugurated. Date unknown * Louis Poulsen, a lighting manufacturing company, is founded. * The 25 øre coin is introduced on the decimalisation of the krone. It remains in circulation until 2008, when it is demonetised as the lowest-denomination coin in the country. Births January–June * 10 January – Louis Larsen, gymnast, silver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thora Daugaard
Theodora (Thora) Frederikke Marie Daugaard (22 October 1874 – 28 June 1951) was a Danish women's rights activist, pacifist, editor and translator. In 1915, she attended the International Women's Conference in The Hague, together with Clara Tybjerg. Thereafter she established and later headed the Danske Kvinders Fredskæde or Danish Women's Peace Chain which became the Danish branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. She is also remembered for organizing assistance for Jews and their children in Nazi-occupied Denmark during the Second World War. Biography Born on 22 October 1874 in Store Arden near Hobro, Jutland, Theodora Frederikke Marie Daugaard was the daughter of the hotel keeper Peder Johannes Jensen (1841–1903) and Petrine Daugaard (1848–1925). After receiving an education as a translator in 1903, she was employed by the Danish Women's Society as editorial secretary for their journal ''Kvinden og Samfundet'' and as business manager of their new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1891 In Denmark
Events from the year 1891 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian IX * Prime minister – J. B. S. Estrup Events Undated Births * April 7 – Ole Kirk Christiansen, entrepreneur and businessman, inventor of Lego (d.1958) * October 1 – Svend Methling, actor (died 1977) Deaths * 8 April – Elise Holst, stage actress (born 1811) * 9 June – Ludvig Lorenz, mathematician and physicist (born 1829) * 15 August Louise Sahlgreenm actress (born 1818) * 28 November – Christen Berg, politician (born 1829) * 21 December – Georg Emil Hansen, photographer (born 1833) References {{DEFAULTSORT:1891 In Denmark 1890s 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 = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark ... Years of the 19th century in Denmark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerda Henning
Gerda Henning née Heydorn (March 2, 1891 – June 26, 1951) was a Danish weaver, textile designer and educator. Biography Born Gerda Heydorn in Fredriksberg, Denmark, she was the daughter of a grocer. From 1910 to 1917 she worked as a china painter in a porcelain factory. It was there that she met Danish sculptor Gerhard Henning, whom she married and with whom she occasionally collaborated. From china painting, Henning moved into embroidery and thence into the production of silk textiles inspired by European folk art. In 1922, she founded her own weaving studio, and in 1928 she started teaching at (and later ran) the textile department at the School of Arts and Crafts in Copenhagen, Denmark. Here and in her own studio she trained a generation of textile artists and designers who became influential in the development of the Danish modern style, including Lis Ahlmann, Vibeke Klint, Ea Koch, and John Kristian Becker. Henning became known for reviving the country's tradition of h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1879 In Denmark
Events from the year 1879 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian IX * Prime minister – J. B. S. Estrup Events Undated * The Danish Photographers Association is founded as the first organization for professional photographers in the world. . Retrieved 15 February 2010. * The is founded. * The Foreningen imod Lovbeskyttelse for Usædelighed is founded. Culture Theatre * 21 December[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristian Hansen Kofoed
Kristian Hansen Kofoed, known as KH Kofoed, (1879–1951) was a Danish civil servant and politician who served as the finance minister in the period 1942–1945. Biography Kofoed was born on 11 March 1879. He received a degree in biology. He was a member of the Danish Parliament for the Danish Social Liberal Party between 1913 and 1920. From 1916 he served in the commissions for the salary negotiations with the central union. In 1924 he was appointed permanent secretary of the Ministry of Finance led by Carl Valdemar Bramsnæs. Kofoed's appointment led to some controversy in that this post had been assumed by non-political figures who had a degree in law. During the occupation of Denmark by Nazi Germany the Germans demanded the appointment of a new finance minister. Upon this request in November 1942 Kofoed was named minister of finance to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Erik Scavenius, replacing Alsing Andersen in the post. Kofoed remained in office until 5 May 1945 when H. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1875 In Denmark
Events from the year 1875 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian IX * Prime minister – Christen Andreas Fonnesbech (until 11 June), J. B. S. Estrup Events * 25 February The Seamen's Association of 1856's new building in Christianshavn is inaugurated. * 1 January – the krone replaces the rigsdaler as the official currency of Denmark. * 11 June – Prime Minister Christen Andreas Fonnesbech resigns, and is replaced by J. B. S. Estrup. * 11 August – Hans Christian Andersen's funeral takes place in Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen. Date unknown * Aarhus Botanical Gardens is founded. * ''Tegne- og Kunstindustriskolen'', present-day Danmarks Designskole (Danish Design School), is founded. Births JanuaryMarch * 3 February – Valdemar Andersen, illustrator and poster artist (died 1928) * 17 February – Princess Louise, later Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe (died 1906) * 22 February Sigurd Wandel, painter (died 1847) * 1 March – Herman Vedel, painter and port ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie-Sophie Nielsen
Marie-Sophie Nielsen (23 December 1875 – 6 April 1951) was a Denmark, Danish communist leader who was a founding member of the Danish Socialist Workers Party and the Communist Party of Denmark. Biography Early years Marie-Sophie Nielsen was born in 1875 in Nørre Herlev, North Zealand. Political career From 1916 to 1918 Nielsen was a key member of the Social Democrats (Denmark), Danish Social Democratic Party, sitting on that organization's directing committee.Branko Lazitch with Milorad M. Drachkovitch, ''Biographical Dictionary of the Comintern: New, Revised, and Expanded Edition.'' Stanford, CA: Hoover_Institution#Publications, Hoover Institution Press, 1986; pp. 340-341. In March 1918, Nielsen was a participant in the establishment of the Danish Socialist Workers Party, a left-wing offshoot of the Social Democratic Party which favored affiliation with the Communist International. Nielsen became a founding member of the Communist Party of Denmark (CPD) in 1920. The same ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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