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Kristine Marie Jensen, better known in Denmark as Frøken Jensen, (1858–1923) was a Danish housekeeper and cookbook writer. She is remembered in particular as the author of the early Danish cookbook '' Frøken Jensens Kogebog'' ("Miss Jensen's Cookbook"), which has been popular for its traditional recipes since its publication in 1901.
Born on 17 July 1858 in Randers, Jensen was the daughter of Christian Jensen, a hauler, and Petrine Sørensen. Orphaned at the age of seven, she grew up in the care of her grandmother. On leaving school, she went to Copenhagen where she took a course at N. Zahle's School before spending a year in England.
In 1890, she became a housekeeper for Jørgen Conradt Melchior, a recently widowed headmaster with five children. The family lived in Copenhagen's Nørregade, close to Melchior's school. When the school ran into difficulties and closed in 1908, Jensen remained as part of the family, acting as a foster mother for the youngest son, Lauritz Melchior. Partly thanks to her support for his singing lessons, he was later to become a famous opera singer.
Jensen published her first and most famous cookbook in 1901. Titled ''Frøken Jensens Kogbog'' (Miss Jensen's Cookbook), it ran into a second edition the same year. In 1902, she published ''Frøken Jensens Syltebog'' (Miss Jensen's Pickling Book) followed by ''Five o'clock tea'' which contained a number of bread and cake recipes she had brought back from England. She went on to publish ''Hvad skal vi ha’ til Middag'' (What should we have for Dinner, 1903), ''Husholdningsbog'' (Housekeeping Book, 1904), ''Grønt- og Frugtretter'' (Vegetable and Fruit Dishes, 1906), ''Sommer- og Vinter Dessert'' (Summer and Winter Desserts, 1916) and ''Svampe paa 100 Maader'' (Mushrooms in a 100 Ways, 1916). She also contributed articles to newspapers and magazines.
''Frøken Jensens Kogbog'' is considered by many Danes to contain all the authentic recipes for traditional dishes as well as for baking bread, cakes and biscuits. It has been reprinted dozens of times and new editions can be found in most Danish bookshops today. When Danes prepare meals for special occasions, for example at Christmas time, they frequently follow Frøken Jensen's detailed descriptions. The cookbook, which was reprinted 27 times during Jensen's lifetime, is to be found in almost every Danish kitchen to this day. In Denmark, the only Danish author to have outsold her is
Online 1909 edition of Frøken Jensens Kogbog
in Danish {{DEFAULTSORT:Jensen, Kristine Marie 1858 births 1923 deaths People from Randers 19th-century Danish writers Danish cookbook writers Women cookbook writers Burials at Holmen Cemetery 19th-century Danish women writers
Kristine Marie Jensen, better known in Denmark as Frøken Jensen, (1858–1923) was a Danish housekeeper and cookbook writer. She is remembered in particular as the author of the early Danish cookbook '' Frøken Jensens Kogebog'' ("Miss Jensen's Cookbook"), which has been popular for its traditional recipes since its publication in 1901.
Background
The popularity of Jensen's cookbooks is in part a result of the interest in gastronomy in 19th-century Denmark at a time when wholesome ingredients had not yet given way to the effects of industrialization. Jensen was by no means the first Dane to author a cookbook. As early as 1837,Anne Marie Mangor
Anne Marie Mangor née Bang, also known as Madam Mangor, (1781–1865) was an early Danish cookbook writer. In 1837, she published anonymously her ''Kogebog for smaa Huusholdninger'', the first of several cookbooks she wrote for small households, ...
(1781–1865) had published her ''Kogebog for smaa Husholdninger'' (Cookbook for Small Households). Inspired by French and international dishes, the Copenhagen restaurateur, Louise Nimb
Louise Nimb (9 October 1842 3 May 1903) was a Danish chef and owner-manager of several restaurants in Copenhagen in the 19th century. Her cookbook, ''Fru Nimb's Kogebog'' (Mrs. Nimb's Cookbook), was published in 1888, one of several books publi ...
(1842–1903), wrote the highly successful ''Fru Nimbs Kogbog'' in 1888. At the beginning of the 1890s, writing under the pseudonym of Fru Constantin, Mathilde Muus (1852–1935) was also beginning to publish her recipes in housekeeping journals.
Biography
Born on 17 July 1858 in Randers, Jensen was the daughter of Christian Jensen, a hauler, and Petrine Sørensen. Orphaned at the age of seven, she grew up in the care of her grandmother. On leaving school, she went to Copenhagen where she took a course at N. Zahle's School before spending a year in England.
In 1890, she became a housekeeper for Jørgen Conradt Melchior, a recently widowed headmaster with five children. The family lived in Copenhagen's Nørregade, close to Melchior's school. When the school ran into difficulties and closed in 1908, Jensen remained as part of the family, acting as a foster mother for the youngest son, Lauritz Melchior. Partly thanks to her support for his singing lessons, he was later to become a famous opera singer.
Jensen published her first and most famous cookbook in 1901. Titled ''Frøken Jensens Kogbog'' (Miss Jensen's Cookbook), it ran into a second edition the same year. In 1902, she published ''Frøken Jensens Syltebog'' (Miss Jensen's Pickling Book) followed by ''Five o'clock tea'' which contained a number of bread and cake recipes she had brought back from England. She went on to publish ''Hvad skal vi ha’ til Middag'' (What should we have for Dinner, 1903), ''Husholdningsbog'' (Housekeeping Book, 1904), ''Grønt- og Frugtretter'' (Vegetable and Fruit Dishes, 1906), ''Sommer- og Vinter Dessert'' (Summer and Winter Desserts, 1916) and ''Svampe paa 100 Maader'' (Mushrooms in a 100 Ways, 1916). She also contributed articles to newspapers and magazines.
''Frøken Jensens Kogbog'' is considered by many Danes to contain all the authentic recipes for traditional dishes as well as for baking bread, cakes and biscuits. It has been reprinted dozens of times and new editions can be found in most Danish bookshops today. When Danes prepare meals for special occasions, for example at Christmas time, they frequently follow Frøken Jensen's detailed descriptions. The cookbook, which was reprinted 27 times during Jensen's lifetime, is to be found in almost every Danish kitchen to this day. In Denmark, the only Danish author to have outsold her is Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen ( , ; 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales.
Andersen's fairy tales, consisti ...
. Over a million copies of the work have now been sold.
Kristine Marie Jensen died on 7 February 1923 in Copenhagen. She is buried in Holmens Cemetery.
References
Further reading
*External links
Online 1909 edition of Frøken Jensens Kogbog
in Danish {{DEFAULTSORT:Jensen, Kristine Marie 1858 births 1923 deaths People from Randers 19th-century Danish writers Danish cookbook writers Women cookbook writers Burials at Holmen Cemetery 19th-century Danish women writers