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Troels Marstrand (1815–1889)
Troels Marstrand (13 May 1815 – 23 August 1889) was a Denmark, Danish industrialist. Early life and education Marstrand was born on 13 May 1815 in Copenhagen, the son of mechanician Nicolai Jacob Marstrand (1770–1829) and Petra O. Smith (1778–1847). He was the brother of painter Vilhelm Marstrand and naval officer Osvald J. Marstrand. Their father ran a bakery in Silkegade. It was continued by his mother after his father's death in 1920. After his confirmation, Marstrand initially worked in his uncle's office in Skælskør before apprenticing as a baker in Køge. Career In 1835 Marstrand travelled to Germany as a journeyman and worked for some time in Berlin. Back in Denmark in 1837, Marstrand started working as a clerk for the police master in Helsingør before taking over the family's bakery in Silkegade in 1839. Under his management, it commenced a large-scale production of rye bread and hardtack and was expanded in 1850 with a steam mill. The bakery was struck by fire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan area has 2,057,142 people. Copenhagen is on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the Øresund strait. The Øresund Bridge connects the two cities by rail and road. Originally a Viking fishing village established in the 10th century in the vicinity of what is now Gammel Strand, Copenhagen became the capital of Denmark in the early 15th century. Beginning in the 17th century, it consolidated its position as a regional centre of power with its institutions, defences, and armed forces. During the Renaissance the city served as the de facto capital of the Kalmar Union, being the seat of monarchy, governing the majority of the present day Nordic region in a personal union with Sweden and Norway ruled by the Danis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
