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1916 In Denmark
Events from the year 1916 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian X of Denmark, Christian X * Prime minister – Carl Theodor Zahle Events * 16 April – The adoption of ''Retsplejeloven'' introduces a major reform of the Danish judicial system with effect from 1919 in Denmark, 1 October 1919. * 4 August – the Treaty of the Danish West Indies is signed, transferring sovereignty of the Danish West Indies from Denmark to the United States. The transaction was finalised in 1917 in Denmark, 1917. Sports Date unknown * Boldklubben af 1893, B 93 wins the third 1915–16 Danish National Football Tournament, Danish National Football Tournament by defeating Kjøbenhavns Boldklub 32 in the final Births * 28 February – Svend Asmussen, jazz violinist (died 2017 in Denmark, 2017) * 27 April – Johannes Sløk, philosopher and writer (died 2001 in Denmark, 2001) * 30 May Karen Lachmann, fencer (died 1962 in Denmark, 1962) * 7 August Mogens Andersen, artist (died 2003 in Denmar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian X Of Denmark
Christian X (; 26 September 1870 – 20 April 1947) was King of Denmark from 1912 until his death in 1947, and the only King of Iceland as Kristján X, holding the title as a result of the personal union between Denmark and independent Iceland between 1918 and 1944. He was a member of the House of Glücksburg, a branch of the House of Oldenburg, and the first monarch since King Frederick VII of Denmark, Frederick VII born into the Danish royal family; both his father and his grandfather were born as princes of a ducal family from Duchy of Schleswig, Schleswig. Among his siblings was King Haakon VII of Norway. His son became Frederick IX of Denmark. Among his cousins were George V, King George V of the United Kingdom, Nicholas II of Russia, Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, and Constantine I of Greece, King Constantine I of Greece, while Maud of Wales, Queen Maud of Norway, was both his cousin and sister-in-law. His character has been described as authoritarian and he strongly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 In Denmark
Events from the year 1962 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Frederik IX * Prime minister – Viggo Kampmann (until 3 February), Jens Otto Krag Events * 10 November The Langeland Bridge is inaugurated. Sports Badminton * 2124 March All England Badminton Championships ** Erland Kops wins gold in Men's Singles ** Finn Kobberø and Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen win gold in Men's Doubles ** Finn Kobberø and Ulla Strand win gold medal in Mixed Doubles. Handball * 15 July – Denmark wins silver at the 1962 World Women's Handball Championship, arranged in Romania, after being defeated by Romania in the final. Births JanuaryMarch *19 January Saliha Marie Fetteh, writer, lecturer and imam. *21 February Lars Ramkilde Knudsen, researcher AprilJune * 30 April Eva Fjellerup, fencer * 11 May Arne Nielsson, canoeist * 22 May Bo Skovhus, opera singer *30 May Pia Juul, poet, prose writer, and translator (died 2020) JulySeptember *7 July Klaus Tange, actor *6 August S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1843 In Denmark
Events from the year 1843 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian VIII * Prime minister – Poul Christian Stemann Events * 18 May – first public meeting at Skamlingsbanken. * 16 August – Georg Carstensen Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen are inaugurated with 3,615 visitors on the opening day. At the end of the 1843 season, more than 175,000 guests have visited the park. * 15 December The Barony of Adelersborg is established by G.F.O. Zytphen-Adeler and Bertha Henriette Frederikke Løvenskiold from the manors of Dragsholm and Dønnerup. Undated Culture Literature * 20 February – Søren Kierkegaard publishes '' Either/Or'', Births JanuaryMarch * 24 January – Evald Tang Kristensen, author and folklore collector (died 1929) * 25 February – Christian Ditlev Ammentorp Hansen, pharmacist and industrialist (died 1916) * 31 March ** Christian Zacho, painter (died 1913) ** Kristian Zahrtmann, painter (died 1917) AprilJune * 8 April – Asger Hameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Ditlev Ammentorp Hansen
Christian Ditlev Ammentorp Hansen (25 February 1843 – 20 June 1916) was a Danish pharmacist and industrialist. He founded Christian Hansen's Technical-Chemical Laboratory ( Chr. Hansen), which revolutionized the production of wholesome dairy products in the 1870s. He also had a key role in the establishment of the Danish Pharmaceutical College in Copenhagen in 1892, financing its first building in Stockholmsgade out of his own pocket. He owned Mullerup on Funen and Bøstrup at Slagelse. Early life Hansen was born on 25 February 1843 at Kragsbjerg, near Odense the son of Christian Henrik Hansen (1797-1868) and Bertha Marie Ammentorp (1805-1848). He attended Slagelse Realskole in Slagelse and then Ålborg Latinskole in Aalborg. Pharmacist Hansen apprenticed as a pharmacist at the pharmacy of Frederick's Hospital in Copenhagen, 1859. He passed his exams as an assistant pharmacist in 1862 and then worked at the pharmacy in Højer from 1862 to 1864 before passing his pharmac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1855 In Denmark
Events from the year 1855 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Frederick VII of Denmark, Frederick VII * Prime minister – Peter Georg Bang Events * 8 January Sparekassen for Vordingborg og Omegn is established. * 31 October Gads Forlag is founded by Gottlieb Ernst Clausen Gad. * 18 November Sødring & Co. is founded by Christopher Hansen Sødring and Frederik Marchus, Count Knuth til Knuthenborg. * 27 September A vote in Folketinget concerning the so-called ''fællesforfatning''. Culture Literature * 27 November Christian Winther (poet), Christian Winther publishes ''Hjortens Flugt. Et Digt''. Births JanuaryMarch * 17 January Alfred Benzon (1855–1932), Alfred Benzon, pharmacist (died 1922 in Denmark, 1922) * 14 February Christian Bohrm physician (died 1911 in Denmark, 1911) * 20 February Fanny Garde, ceramist and designer (died 1928 in Denmark, 1928) * 22 March – Karl Madsen, art historian, painter and arts administrator (died 1938 in Denmark, 1938) JulySepte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Ulrik
Sara Brigitte Ulrik née Tscherning (9 July 1855, Ørholm, Denmark–22 May 1916, Copenhagen, Denmark) was a Danish flower painter. Ulrik came from a family of artists and grew up painting from a young age. She and her sister, Anthonore Christensen, were taught to paint by their mother, Eleonora Tscherning. Ulrik herself became a painting instructor, though she withdrew from her professional career as a painter after her marriage in 1879. Biography Sara Brigitte Tscherning was born on 9 July 1855 in Ørholm north of Copenhagen. Her parents, army officer and politician Anton Frederik Tscherning (1795–1874) and the painter Eleonore Christine Lützow (1817–1890), had five children, of whom she was the youngest. Her sister, Anthonore Christensen, (1849–1926) was also a flower painter. Both she and her sister were first taught painting by their mother. Sara Brigitte studied and painted wild flowers and weeds, together with other flowers she found, perhaps while travelling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1842 In Denmark
Events from the year 1842 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian VIII * Prime minister – Otto Joachim, Poul Christian Stemann Events * 23 July – the Hørsholm Textile Factory is established in Hørsholm. Undated * The National Liberal Party is formed. * Jørgen Ernst Meyer establishes the nation's first lacquerware company. Births JanuaryMarch * 25 January Vilhelm Thomsen, linguist (died 1927) * 4 February – Georg Brandes, critic and scholar (died 1927) * 27 February Theodor Wessel, businessman (died 1905) * 2 March – Carl Jacobsen, brewer, industrialist and arts patron (died 1914) * 9 March Vilhelm Groth, painter (died 1899) AprilJune * 3 April Niels Peter Bornholdt, businessman (died 1924) * 6 May Emil Christian Hansen, chemist (died 1909) * 16 May Gustav Adolph Hagemann, engineer and businessman (died 1916) JulySeptember * 9 July Emil Poulsen, actor (died 1011) * 17 August – Hugo Egmont Hørring, politician, prime minister of De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustav Adolph Hagemann
Gustav Adolph Hagemann (16 May 1842 – 26 April 1916) was a Danish engineer and businessman. He was chief technical officer of the De Danske Sukkerfabrikker, Danish Sugar Factories from 1872 to 1897 and then served as chairman of the board until 1916. He owned several sugar plantations on Saint Croix in the Danish West Indies. Early life and education Hagemann was born on the Rodsteenseje estate at Odder in 1842, the son of Otto Waldemar Hagemann (1809–1890) and Sophie Marie Poulsen (1815–1901). His father owned the estate until 1857 when he returned to Holstein. Hagemann went to school in Aarhus before studying Applied Sciences at the Technical University of Denmark, College of Advanced Technology in Copenhagen from 1860 to 1865. Career Hagemann was employed by the Øresunds chemiske Fabriker, Øresund cryolite factory () in 1864. In 1865, when he had completed his exams, sent him to the US to oversee the deliveries of cryolite to the Pennsalt Historic District, Pennsylvan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1864 In Denmark
Events from the year 1864 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian IX of Denmark, Christian IX * Prime minister – Ditlev Gothard Monrad (until 11 July), Christian Albrecht Bluhme Events * 1 February – The Second Schleswig War breaks out after the First Schleswig War had left the Schleswig-Holstein Question unsettled when German Confederation, Treussia-Austria crosses the Eider (river), River Eider with 57,000 soldiers. * February ** It soon results in the Evacuation of Danevirke. ** The Battle of Sankelmark, a minor battle which occurs at Sankelmark, on the road between Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Schleswig and Flensburg, during the Danish retreat from Danevirke. * 17 March – The Battle of Jasmund (1864), Battle of Jasmund near the Prussian island of Rügen results in a tactical Danish victory. * 17 and 18 April – Denmark suffers a severe defeat to the German Confederation in the Battle of Dybbøl which effectively decides the war. * 9 May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilhelm Hammershøi
Vilhelm Hammershøi (), often anglicised as Vilhelm Hammershoi (15 May 186413 February 1916), was a Danish painter. He is known for his poetic, subdued portraits and interiors. In 1905, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote of the artist, "Hammershøi is not one of those about whom one can speak quickly. His work is wide-ranging and slow, and at whatever moment one comprehends it, it will always provide an opportunity to talk about what is important and essential in art". Life Vilhelm Hammershøi was born in 1864 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was the son of a merchant, Christian Hammershøi, and his wealthy wife, Frederikke (née Rentzmann), and had a younger brother, Svend Hammershøi, who was a ceramist and painter. Hammershøi studied drawing from the age of eight with Niels Christian Kierkegaard and Holger Grønvold, as well as painting with Vilhelm Kyhn, before embarking on studies with Frederik Vermehren and others at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. From 1883 to 1885, he studied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dansk Biografisk Leksikon
''Dansk Biografisk Leksikon'' (usually abbreviated DBL; title of first edition written ''Dansk biografisk Lexikon'') is a Danish biographical dictionary that has been published in three editions. The first edition, ''Dansk biografisk Lexikon, tillige omfattende Norge for tidsrummet 1537–1814'' (''"...including Norway for the period 1537–1814"'') was published in nineteen volumes 1887–1905 under the editorship of the historian Carl Frederik Bricka. The first edition, which is in the public domain The public domain (PD) consists of all the creative work to which no Exclusive exclusive intellectual property rights apply. Those rights may have expired, been forfeited, expressly Waiver, waived, or may be inapplicable. Because no one holds ... is available online at Projekt Runeberg. Later editions were published 1933–1934 (27 volumes) and 1979–1984 (16 volumes). While some of the biographies from the previous editions have been updated in the third edition, many othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 In Denmark
Incumbents * Monarch – Margrethe II * Prime Minister – Lars Løkke Rasmussen Events * Kundby case Failed Islamist terror bombing plot. * 28 November – The third cabinet of Lars Løkke Rasmussen is presented at Amalienborg Palace. Culture Film * 20 February – Trine Dyrholm wins the Silver Bear for Best Actress for her role in Thomas Vinterberg's '' The Commune'' at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. Sport Badminton * 2327 Anders Antonsen wins gold in Men's Single, Mette Poulsen wins gold in Women's Single and Mathias Christiansen and David Daugaard win gold in Men's Double at the 2016 Scottish Open Grand Prix. * 26 April1 May – With four gold medals, three silver medals and four bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the 2016 European Badminton Championships. * 22 May Denmark wins the 2016 Thomas & Uber Cup by defeating Indonesia 32 in the final. * 30 October Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen win gold in men's double at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
