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Maja Lisa Engelhardt
Maja Lisa Engelhardt (born 1956) is a Danish painter whose works are inspired by the landscapes of north-western Zealand where she was brought up. She now lives in Paris with her husband Peter Brandes who is also a painter. She has decorated several central buildings in Copenhagen and, more recently, has designed works for Danish churches. Early life and education Engelhardt was born on 2 May 1956 in Frederiksberg, a wealthy part of Copenhagen, as the daughter of Knud Harald Jensen and his wife Elli Rasmussen. She grew up in the Sejerø Bay area on the Odsherred peninsula in west Zealand where she experienced a difficult childhood with an alcoholic mother and a threatening father, increasingly jealous of her artistic talents. Furthermore, she felt she had to protect her two younger sisters from her aggressive parents. Salvation came when she was 16 after she found Søren Kierkegaard's book ''Kjerlighedens Gerninger'' (''Works of Love'') in the library at Kalundborg. It inspired he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maja Lisa Engelhardt
Maja Lisa Engelhardt (born 1956) is a Danish painter whose works are inspired by the landscapes of north-western Zealand where she was brought up. She now lives in Paris with her husband Peter Brandes who is also a painter. She has decorated several central buildings in Copenhagen and, more recently, has designed works for Danish churches. Early life and education Engelhardt was born on 2 May 1956 in Frederiksberg, a wealthy part of Copenhagen, as the daughter of Knud Harald Jensen and his wife Elli Rasmussen. She grew up in the Sejerø Bay area on the Odsherred peninsula in west Zealand where she experienced a difficult childhood with an alcoholic mother and a threatening father, increasingly jealous of her artistic talents. Furthermore, she felt she had to protect her two younger sisters from her aggressive parents. Salvation came when she was 16 after she found Søren Kierkegaard's book ''Kjerlighedens Gerninger'' (''Works of Love'') in the library at Kalundborg. It inspired he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Brandes
Peter Brandes (born 5 March 1944 in Assens, Denmark) is a Danish painter, sculptor, ceramic artist and photographer. Brandes' art is abstract and often in brown colours. He had his breakthrough as artist in the beginning of the 1980s. He has, ''inter alia'', done artwork on Roskilde Domkirke and mosaic (colored glass) windows in a church at Nordkap and the church Village of Hope, south of Los Angeles.''Interview: Peter Brandes'' Af Sonja Sabinsky. Dagbladenes Bureau, 14.08.2008 In 1998, he created the enormous Roskilde Jars which stand outside the main Roskilde Railway Station. Brandes is self-taught and his art circles around themes from Christianity. Ancient Greek mythology has also inspired his art. Brandes has illustrated a number of books, for example Homer’s Iliad. A great part of Brandes' ceramic works are inspired by ancient Greek art and mythology. Brades now lives in Colombes near Paris together with his wife Maja Lise Engelhardt who is also a painter. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danmarks Radio
DR (), officially the Danish Broadcasting Corporation in English, is a Danish public-service radio and television broadcasting company. Founded in 1925 as a public-service organization, it is Denmark's oldest and largest electronic media enterprise. DR is a founding member of the European Broadcasting Union. DR was originally funded by a media licence, however since 2022, the media license has been replaced by an addition to the Danish income tax. Today, DR operates three television channels, all of which are distributed free-to-air via a nationwide DVB-T2 network. DR also operates seven radio channels. All are available nationally on DAB+ radio and online, with the four original stations also available on FM radio. History DR was founded on 1 April 1925 under the name of ''Radioordningen'', which was changed to ''Statsradiofonien'' in 1926, then to ''Danmarks Radio'' in 1959, and to ''DR'' in 1996. During the German occupation of Denmark in World War II, radio broadcasts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danish Painters
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21st-century Danish Women Artists
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Living People
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1956 Births
Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are killed for trespassing by the Huaorani people of Ecuador, shortly after making contact with them. * January 16 – Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to reconquer Palestine. * January 25– 26 – Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala, after Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilians can return February 4. * January 26 – The 1956 Winter Olympics open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. February * February 11 – British spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean resurface in the Soviet Union, after being missing for 5 years. * February 14– 25 – The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is held in Moscow. * February 16 – The 1956 World Figure Skating Championships open in Garmisch, West Germany. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viborg Cathedral
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Supreme Court Of Denmark
The Supreme Court (, lit. ''Highest Court'', , ) is the supreme court and the third and final instance in all civil and criminal cases in the Kingdom of Denmark. It is based at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen which also houses the Danish Parliament and the Prime Minister's office. History The Supreme Court was founded on 14 February 1661 by King Frederik III as a replacement of King Christian IV's ''King's Court'' (da. ''Kongens Retterting''). It was based at first Copenhagen Castle later Christiansborg Palace, which was built in its place on the same site at Slotsholmen, and originally consisted of 30 justices. From its foundation and until the adoption of the Constitution of 1849, the court was formally an instrument of the king, only deciding cases by a majority vote in the king's absence, most kings only attended the first meeting each supreme court year. An office as ''justitiarius'' to lead the court was instituted as early as 1674 (from 1919 with title of Presiden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copenhagen University
The University of Copenhagen ( da, Københavns Universitet, KU) is a prestigious public research university in Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1479, the University of Copenhagen is the second-oldest university in Scandinavia after Uppsala University, and ranks as one of the top universities in the Nordic countries, Europe and the world. Its establishment sanctioned by Pope Sixtus IV, the University of Copenhagen was founded by Christian I of Denmark as a Catholic teaching institution with a predominantly theological focus. In 1537, it was re-established by King Christian III as part of the Lutheran Reformation. Up until the 18th century, the university was primarily concerned with educating clergymen. Through various reforms in the 18th and 19th century, the University of Copenhagen was transformed into a modern, secular university, with science and the humanities replacing theology as the main subjects studied and taught. The University of Copenhagen consists of six different ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjøbenhavns Telefon Aktieselskab
TDC Holding A/S or TDC Group (formerly Tele Danmark Communications) is a Danish telecommunications company dating back to 1879. TDC Group is the largest telecommunications company in Denmark. The company's headquarters are located in Copenhagen. TDC Holding is the holding company of two separate companies which were spun-off from TDC; Nuuday A/S and TDC NET A/S. All consumer related services and brands were placed under Nuuday, and the ownership and maintenance of physical infrastructure of mobile antennas as well as coax and fibre optical lines were placed under TDC NET. History In 1879, ''Kjøbenhavns By- og Hustelegraf'' was established by telegraph engineer Severin Lauritzen and telegraphist Th. Thaulow. The company set up private telephone lines over shorter distances, for example between offices and factories. In addition, it offered telegraph service in Copenhagen using small telegraph stations around the city that could communicate by telephone. On 21 August 1882, Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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