Henriette "Henni" Forchhammer, also known as Margarete Forchhammer (1863 – 1955) was a Danish educator, feminist and peace activist.

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She was born in 1863 to Johannes Nicolai Georg Forchhammer, a sister of physicist and educator

Johannes Georg Forchhammer Johannes Georg Forchhammer (22 May 1861 – 23 July 1938) was a Danish physicist and educator. He was born in Aalborg as a son of Johannes Nicolai Georg Forchhammer. He was a brother of teacher Henni Forchhammer and singer Viggo Forchhammer and ...

and singer Viggo Forchhammer and aunt of theatre director

Bjarne Forchhammer Bjarne Forchhammer (14 September 1903 – 3 April 1970) was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 25 films between 1933 and 1968. He was born in Germany and died in Denmark. Filmography *'' Kongen bød'' (1938) *'' The Child'' (1940) *'' Va ...

. She was a granddaughter of

Johan Georg Forchhammer Johan Georg Forchhammer (26 July 1794 – 14 December 1865) was a Danish mineralogist and geologist. Early life and education Forchhammer was born at Husum, Schleswig. He studied at the universities of Kiel and Copenhagen from 1815 to 1818. C ...

and grandniece of August Friedrich Wilhelm Forchhammer. In 1899 she was a co-founder of '' Danske Kvinders Nationalråd'', and she was also a board member from the start. She chaired the organization from 1913 to 1931. She also co-founded the

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) is a non-profit non-governmental organization working "to bring together women of different political views and philosophical and religious backgrounds determined to study and make kno ...

in 1915, and was vice president of the

International Council of Women The International Council of Women (ICW) is a women's rights organization working across national boundaries for the common cause of advocating human rights for women. In March and April 1888, women leaders came together in Washington, D.C., with ...

from 1914 to 1930. From 1920 to 1937 she was a delegate to the

League of Nations The League of Nations (french: link=no, Société des Nations ) was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on 10 January 1920 by the Paris Peace Conference that ...

. She died in 1955.

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1863 births 1955 deaths Danish feminists Danish pacifists Pacifist feminists Women's International League for Peace and Freedom people {{Denmark-bio-stub

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