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Kerteminde, Denmark
Kerteminde (nickname: ''Min Amandas by'', i.e. ''My Amanda's town''), is a town in central Denmark, located in Kerteminde Municipality on the island of Funen. The town has a population of 6,042 (1 January 2022).BY3: Population 1. January by urban and rural areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from It is a small harbor town surrounded by farms. Kerteminde contains a fish restaurant, Rudolf Mathis, the Viking museum Ladby, and the research and exhibition institution for fish and porpoises Fjord & Bælt.
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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 , established_title = History of Denmark#Middle ages, Consolidation , established_date = 8th century , established_title2 = Christianization , established_date2 = 965 , established_title3 = , established_date3 = 5 June 1849 , established_title4 = Faroese home rule , established_date4 = 24 March 1948 , established_title5 = European Economic Community, EEC 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, accession , established_date5 = 1 January 1973 , established_title6 = Greenlandic home rule , established_date6 = 1 May 1979 , official_languages = Danish language, Danish , languages_type = Regional languages , languages_sub = yes , languages = German language, GermanGerman is recognised as a protected minority language in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Simonsen
Alfred Simonsen (16 December 1906 – 12 April 1935) was a Danish painter who in the early 1930s became associated with the artists' colony in northwestern Zealand known as the Odsherred Painters. When he died at the early age of 27, he had only completed about 30 paintings and a few sketches. Biography The son of a gardener, Simonsen was born in Kølstrup, a little village near Kerteminde on the Danish island of Funen. He was given painting lessons by an Odense theatre painter from about 1920. From 1926 to 1932, he studied painting at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts under Ejnar Nielsen and Aksel Jørgensen. While there, he developed a friendship with Erik Raadal and Karl Bovin. His association with Ernst Syberg also brought him into contact with the Funen Painters, encouraging to paint scenes of the Funen countryside, especially around Korup and Svanninge. His paintings also show strong resemblances with those of the Odsherred Painters Odsherred Painters ( da, Odsherre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niclas Vemmelund
Niclas Vemmelund (born 2 October 1992) is a Danish football defender who currently plays for Middelfart Boldklub in the Danish 2nd Division. He has previously played for FC Fyn, Odense Boldklub, Stjarnan, IF Brommapojkarna, Derry City and Dundalk. Club career FC Fyn Vemmelund moved from the under 19 youth squad to the full FC Fyn squad in 2010, where he made one cup appearance and 16 league appearances over two years. During the 2011/2012 season he was in the team that won the Danish 2nd Division and subsequent promotion after a playoff with Hellerup IK. Odense Boldklub He moved to Odense Boldklub in March 2013. Although on the bench 14 times over two years, he did not play in the domestic league for Odense. He did however play a Danish Cup match in September 2013, in a 9-1 away win against FC Udfordringen. Ungmennafélagið Stjarnan Due to a lack of appearances for Odense he joined Stjarnan to play in Iceland's premier division, the Úrvalsdeild. In 2014, Vem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. These were the fourth Summer Olympic Games, Summer Olympics to be hosted by the United States, and marked the centennial of the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, the inaugural edition of the modern Olympic Games. These were also the first Summer Olympics since 1924 to be held in a different year than the Winter Olympic Games, Winter Olympics, as part of a new International Olympic Committee, IOC practice implemented in 1994 to hold the Summer and Winter Games in alternating, even-numbered years. The 1996 Games were the first of the two consecutive Summer Olympics to be held in a predominantly English-speaking world, English-speaking country preceding the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. These were also the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Eli Andersen
Jan Eli Andersen (born: 7 July 1966) is a sailor from Kerteminde, Denmark. who represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Savannah, United States as crew member in the Soling. With helmsman Stig Westergaard Stig Westergaard (born 16 September 1963 in Esbjerg) is a Danish Olympic sailor in the Finn and Soling classes. Westergaard competed in the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. He has twice sailed the Volvo Ocean Race; in 2001–02 on ''Djuice Dragons ... and fellow crew member Jens Bojsen-Møller they took the 6th place. References Living people 1966 births Danish male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Soling Olympic sailors of Denmark People from Kerteminde Sportspeople from the Region of Southern Denmark {{Denmark-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus caused by the outbreak of World War II, these were the first Summer Olympics held since the 1936 Summer Olympics, 1936 Games in Berlin. The 1940 Summer Olympics, 1940 Olympic Games had been scheduled for Tokyo and then for Helsinki, while the 1944 Summer Olympics, 1944 Olympic Games had been provisionally planned for London. This was the second time London had hosted the Olympic Games, having previously hosted them in 1908 Summer Olympics, 1908, forty years earlier. The Olympics would again return to London 64 years later in 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012, making London the first city to have hosted the games three times, and the only such city until Paris and Los Angeles host their third games in 2024 Summer Olympics, 2024 and 2028 Summer Olympi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niels Petersen (weightlifter)
Niels Petersen (12 February 1918 – 22 August 1966) was a Danish weightlifter. He competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca .... References External links * 1918 births 1966 deaths Danish male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters of Denmark Weightlifters at the 1948 Summer Olympics People from Kerteminde World Weightlifting Championships medalists Sportspeople from the Region of Southern Denmark {{Denmark-weightlifting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annette Strøyberg
Annette Susanne Strøyberg (7 December 1936 – 12 December 2005) was a Danish actress. Her films included ''Les Liaisons dangereuses'' (1959), which was directed by her first husband, Roger Vadim. Biography Annette Strøyberg was born on either 12 December 1934 or 7 December 1936 in the village of Rynkeby, Kerteminde Municipality, Denmark, and is related to Danish actress Camilla Soeberg as the cousin of Camilla's mother. Prior to 1958, Strøyberg appeared as a cover girl, most notably in an advertisement for Tuborg beer. In 1959, she appeared in the film ''Les Liaisons dangereuses'', directed by Roger Vadim, starring Gérard Philipe and Jeanne Moreau. During this production, she and Roger Vadim, a recent divorcé from Brigitte Bardot, fell in love and married on 17 June 1958. Before their marriage, on 7 December 1957, she gave birth to Nathalie Vadim, who went on to be a film director. Strøyberg and Vadim divorced in 1961. She lived with Vittorio Gassman for a couple of yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Syberg
Franz Adolf Syberg (5 July 1904 - 11 December 1955) was a Danish composer. Life Syberg was born in Kerteminde, Funen, to the painters Anna and Fritz Syberg. He moved to Leipzig in 1922 where he studied musical composition and music theory at the Leipzig Conservatory with Sigfrid Karg-Elert and Werner Hübschmann. He left for Copenhagen in 1928, where he studied organ with Peter Thomsen. He was appointed organist at Kerteminde in 1932, where he remained for the rest of his life. His 1931 Quintet for flute, clarinet and string trio was chosen in 1938 to be performed at the International Society for Contemporary Music in London and the Nordic Music Days in Copenhagen. The years following this saw the composition of his most mature works, ending in 1942, when he stopped composing. His work was largely forgotten until 1990, when seven of his compositions were performed at the Musikhøst festival in Odense. Much of his work has now been published and performed. His music has much in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arent Nicolai Dragsted
Arent Nicolai Dragsted (9 June 182115 August 1898) was a Denmark, Danish goldsmith based in Copenhagen who was granted the predicate List of Purveyors to the Court of Denmark, Purveyor to the Court of Denmark shortly before his death. His company, A. Dragsted, still exists today. Dragsted created the golden horn that was presented to Bernhard Severin Ingemann by Danish women on the occasion of his 75 years birthday. The horn is now on display in the Danish Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Castle in Hillerød. He has also created the golden wreath for Frederick VII of Denmark, Frederick VIIøs sarcofague in Roskilde Cathedral. Early life and education Dragsted was born in 1821 in Kerteminde on Funen, the son of Mathias Nicolai Dragsted (1790-1873) and Frandsine Dragsted née Roed (1697-1867). He apprenticed as a goldsmith in his home town and later enrolled at the School of Drawing of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen where he studied under Herman Wilh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederik Paludan-Müller
Frederik Paludan-Müller (7 February 1809 – 27 December 1876) was a Denmark, Danish poet, the third son of Jens Paludan-Müller and born in Kerteminde, on the island of Funen. In 1819 his father was transferred to Odense, and Frederik began to attend the Latin school there. In 1828 he passed to the University of Copenhagen. The poet lived a very retired life, first in Copenhagen, then for many years in a cottage on the outskirts of the royal park of Fredensborg, and finally in a house in Ny Adelgade, Copenhagen, where he died. Work In 1832 he opened his poetical career with ''Four Romances'', and a romantic comedy entitled ''Love at Court''. This enjoyed a considerable success, and was succeeded in 1833 by ''Dandserinden'' ("The Dancing Girl"). Paludan-Müller was accepted by criticism without a struggle, and few writers have excited less hostility. He was not, however, well inspired in his lyrical drama of ''Amor and Psyche'' in 1834 nor in his oriental tale of ''Zuleimas Flu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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