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Karen Jønsson
Karen Jønsson (or Jönsson ) born Karen Sylvia Therese Pedersen (17 January 1909 – 2 December 1942) was a Denmark, Danish actress of Swedish descent. She was also a notable, gifted and popular singer, songwriter and composer. Throughout the 1930s she composed and recorded a number of catchy tunes and songs, often centered on her voice and refined stride-like piano playing, of which well over a handful still retain a certain recognition and popularity as evergreens, such as Hvorfor er Lykken så lunefuld, I Aften, Han kommer og banker, Din Melodi and Would You Miss One Little Kiss. She also composed several filmscores, as well as a jazz rhapsody which was well received in Britain, all in between touring with her music and appearances on screen. She died at the age of 33. According to some sources the cause of death was pneumonia (at that time still a serious disease before the emergence of penicillin), while others claim, it was an overdose of sleeping pills, and a possib ...
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Denmark
Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous administrative division, autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland in the north Atlantic Ocean.* * * Metropolitan Denmark, also called "continental Denmark" or "Denmark proper", consists of the northern Jutland peninsula and an archipelago of 406 islands. It is the southernmost of the Scandinavian countries, lying southwest of Sweden, south of Norway, and north of Germany, with which it shares a short border. Denmark proper is situated between the North Sea to the west and the Baltic Sea to the east.The island of Bornholm is offset to the east of the rest of the country, in the Baltic Sea. The Kingdom of Denmark, including the Faroe Islands and Greenland, has roughly List of islands of Denmark, 1,400 islands greater than in ...
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Alarm (1938 Film)
''Alarm'' is a 1938 Danish family film directed by Lau Lauritzen Jr. and Alice O'Fredericks. Cast * Lau Lauritzen Jr. as Jess Clark *Betty Söderberg as Gerda Clark *Victor Borge as Tjener Cæsar ... credited as Børge Rosenbaum, but on later DVD cover as Victor Borge * Johannes Meyer as Fabrikant Schmidt *Victor Montell as Assistant hos Smith *Karen Jønsson as Pressefotograf *Hans Egede Budtz as Direktør for Falck Redningskorps *Poul Reichhardt as Falckmand Petersen *Paul Rohde as Sagfører Skov *Sigurd Langberg as En vagabond *Thorkil Lauritzen Torkil Lauritzen (18 June 1901 – 4 June 1979) was a Danish actor. Selected filmography * '' Vester Vov-Vov'' – 1927 * ''Kraft og skønhed'' – 1928 * '' Hallo! Afrika forude!'' – 1929 * '' En fuldendt gentleman'' – 1937 * '' Frøke ... as En falckmand External links * 1938 films 1930s Danish-language films Danish black-and-white films Films directed by Lau Lauritzen Jr. Films directed by Alice O'Fredericks ...
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Deaths From Pneumonia In Sweden
Death is the end of life; the Irreversible process, irreversible cessation of all biological process, biological functions that sustain a living organism. Death eventually and inevitably occurs in all organisms. The remains of a former organism normally begin to Decomposition, decompose shortly after death. Some organisms, such as ''Turritopsis dohrnii'', are Biological immortality, biologically immortal; however, they can still die from means other than Senescence, aging. Death is generally applied to whole organisms; the equivalent for individual components of an organism, such as Cell (biology), cells or Tissue (biology), tissues, is necrosis. Something that is not considered an organism, such as a virus, can be physically destroyed but is not said ''to die'', as a virus is not considered alive in the first place. As of the early 21st century, 56 million people die per year. The most common reason is aging, followed by cardiovascular disease, which is a disease that af ...
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Place Of Death Missing
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1942 Deaths
The Uppsala Conflict Data Program project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 4.62 million. However, the Correlates of War estimates that the prior year, 1941, was the deadliest such year. Death toll estimates for both 1941 and 1942 range from 2.28 to 7.71 million each. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in which they agree "not to make any separate peace with the Axis powers". * January 5 – WWII: Two prisoners, British officer Airey Neave and Dutch officer Anthony Luteyn, escape from Colditz Castle in Germany. After travelling for three days, they reach the Swiss border. * January 7 – WWII: ** Battle of Slim River: Japanese forces of the 5th Division, supported by tanks, sweep through ...
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1909 Births
Events January–February * January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escapes death by fleeing across drift ice, ice floes. * January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama. * January 9 – The British Nimrod Expedition, ''Nimrod'' Expedition to the South Pole, led by Ernest Shackleton, arrives at the Farthest South, farthest south reached by any prior expedition, at 88°23' S, prior to turning back due to diminishing supplies. * January 11 – The International Joint Commission on US-Canada boundary waters is established. * January 16 – Members of the ''Nimrod'' Expedition claim to have found the magnetic South Pole (but the location recorded may be incorrect). * January 24 – The White Star Liner RMS Republic (1903), RMS ''Republic'' sinks the day after a collision with ''SS Florida'' off Nantucket. Almost all of the 1,500 passengers are rescued. * January 28 – The last United States t ...
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Danish Film Actresses
Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A Danish person, also called a "Dane", can be a national or citizen of Denmark (see Demographics of Denmark) * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish ancestral or ethnic identity * A member of the Danes, a Germanic tribe * Danish (name), a male given name and surname Language * Danish language, a North Germanic language used mostly in Denmark and Northern Germany * Danish tongue or Old Norse, the parent language of all North Germanic languages Food * Danish cuisine * Danish pastry, often simply called a "Danish" See also * Dane (other) * * Gdańsk * List of Danes This is a list of notable Danes, Danish people. Actors * Ellen Aggerholm (1882–1963), stage and screen actress * Ane Grethe Antonsen (1855–1930), actress * Anna Bård (1980–), model, actress * Gry Bay (1974–), actress * Rasmus Bjerg (1 ...
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I Dag Begynder Livet
''I dag begynder livet'' is a 1939 Danish family film directed by Lau Lauritzen Jr. and Alice O'Fredericks. Cast * Sigfred Johansen as Peter Sommer * Berthe Qvistgaard as Korpigen Vera Holm * Eigil Reimers as Danseinstruktør Børge Ravn * Bodil Steen as Karin Sommer *Ib Schønberg as Betjent Emil Lundstrøm *Maria Garland as Johanne Lundstrøm * Tove Arni as Korpigen Margot *Lise Thomsen as Korpigen Nelly *Sigrid Horne-Rasmussen as Korpigen Ditten Larsen * Tove Wallenstrøm as Laura, chorus girl *Per Gundmann as Pianist * Kaj Mervild as Kriminalassistent Klitgaard *Hans Egede Budtz Hans Egede Budtz (8 August 1889 – 29 June 1968) was a Danish stage and film actor. Early life and education Born in Slagelse, Zealand, he was the son of Carl Budtz and Alvida Marie Budtz (''née'' Svendsen). He studied at the Sorø Acade ... as Kriminalkommisær Frederiksen References External links * 1939 films 1939 drama films 1930s Danish-language films Danish black-and-whit ...
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En Fuldendt Gentleman
''En fuldendt gentleman'' is a 1937 Danish family film directed by Lau Lauritzen Jr. and Alice O'Fredericks. Cast *Osvald Helmuth as Mortensen * Lau Lauritzen Jr. as Baron Henrik Falkenstjerne * Oda Pasborg as Bodil von Hauch *Karen Jønsson as Karen von Hauch * Albrecht Schmidt - Grev Urne *Ellen Margrethe Stein as Grevinde Urne *Eigil Reimers as Grev Tage Urne *Else Jarlbak as Ulla Platen *Thorkil Lauritzen as Kammerjunker Torben von Gothenburg *Erika Voigt as Apoteker Hornfleth *Knud Almar as Inspektør Boye * Alex Zander as Chauffør * Carola Merrild as Stuepige * Henry Nielsen as Frisørkunde *Betty Helsengreen Betty Helsengreen (26 October 1914 – 29 December 1956) was a Danish stage and film actress. Filmography *'' Week-End'' – 1935 *'' En søndag på Amager'' – 1941 *''Elly Petersen'' – 1944 *'' Diskret ophold'' – 1946 *'' Jeg elsker e ... References External links * 1937 films 1930s Danish-language films Danish black-and-white films Films d ...
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