Hans Knudsen
Hans Knudsen may refer to: * Hans Knudsen (canoeist) *Hans Knudsen (painter) * Hans Christian Knudsen (missionary) *Hans Christian Knudsen Hans Christian Knudsen (March 4, 1763 – March 4, 1816) was a Danish stage actor and opera singer. He was an elite actor of the Royal Danish Theatre in 1786–1816, known for his roles in theater comedy and opera performances. During the Battle ...

Hans Knudsen (painter)
Hans Christian Martinus Kundsen (16 August 1865 – 6 January 1947) was a Danish artist. He is remembered principally for his landscape paintings mainly of the area of North Zealand which constituted his world of motifs. Biography Knudsen was born in Roskilde, Denmark. He was the son of Martinus Knudsen (1831–88) and Johanne Cathrine Jensine Crone (1828–1904). He trained as a decoration painter in Odense with Carl Frederik Aagaard (1833-1895) from 1881-84. From 1888-96, he trained to the school operated by Kristian Zahrtmann (1843–1917). He exhibited regularly at the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition from 1893–1946. For many years Knudsen lived close to the forest edge of Ganløse Ore in Egedal, right on the border with Værløse in Furesø. He belonged to the group of painters called the Værløsemalerne with art frequently focused on the area of around Ganløse and Værløse. Knudsen was inspired by the picturesque perceptions and lyrical coloristic projections ...
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Hans Knudsen (canoeist)
Hans-Wiggo Knudsen (sometimes listed as Hans-Viggo Knudsen, August 11, 1944 – March 19, 2020) was a Danish sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1960s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of ninth twice (1964: K-2 1000 m, 1968: K-4 1000 m). He was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis in 2018, then he died two years later from complications due to COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December .... References External links * 1944 births 2020 deaths People from Næstved Municipality Canoeists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Danish male canoeists Olympic canoeists for Denmark Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark Sportspeople from Region Zealand {{Denmark-canoe-bio-stub ...
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Hans Christian Knudsen (missionary)
Hans Christian Knudsen ( March 18, 1816 - May 4, 1863) was a Norwegian missionary and painter. He was a pioneer Rhenish Missionary pioneer and scholar of Khoekhoe. Childhood and education Knudsen was born at Bergen, Norway. He was the son of Frederik Thomas Knudsen and Annelis Johanne Marie Lie. He finished his training as a painter and lithograph at the Bergen Academy of Art and Design. He joined the Rhenish Missionary Society in Elberfeld-Barmen in 1836, and upon completing his training at the missionary institute was dispatched in 1841 to South West Africa to further the work of Heinrich Schmelen (1776–1848) who had been based at what is now Bethanie, Namibia. In South Africa After a short sojourn with Schmelen in Komaggas in Namaqualand (at the time called Little Namaqualand), Knudsen took his post in Bethanie in November 1842. Though he still needed an interpreter to communicate in Nama, he built enough rapport to be trusted with codifying tribal laws previously he ...
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