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1931 In Denmark
Events from the year 1931 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian X * Prime minister – Thorvald Stauning Events * 31 August – Karen Blixen returns to Denmark after living 28 years in Kenya, settling at her native Rungstedlund. The arts Music * 14 August – Premiere performance of Carl Nielsen's ''Commotio'', the composer's last major work, in Aarhus Cathedral. Sports Cycling * 21–30 August The 1931 UCI Track Cycling World Championships are held in Copenhagen ** Willy Hansen wins gold in men's sprint. ** Helger Harder, Willy Gervin and Anker Meyer-Andersen win gold, silver and bronze in men's sprint at the Amateur event. * 26 August Henry Hansen wins gold in Amateur Road Race at the 1931 UCI Road World Championships. Football * Frem wins their second Danish football championship by winning the 1930–31 Danish Championship League. * 4 August Holbæk B&I is founded. Births *7 July – Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt, film director and screenwriter (died 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian X Of Denmark
Christian X ( da, Christian Carl Frederik Albert Alexander Vilhelm; 26 September 1870 – 20 April 1947) was King of Denmark from 1912 to his death in 1947, and the only King of Iceland as Kristján X, in the form of a personal union rather than a real union 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 born into the Danish royal family; both his father and his grandfather were born as princes of a ducal family from Schleswig. Among his siblings was King Haakon VII of Norway. His son became Frederick IX of Denmark. His character has been described as authoritarian and he strongly stressed the importance of royal dignity and power. His reluctance to fully embrace democracy resulted in the Easter Crisis of 1920, in which he dismissed the democratically elected Social Liberal cabinet with which he disagreed, and installed one of his own choosing. This was in accordance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930–31 Danish Championship League
Following are the statistics of the Danish Championship League in the 1930–31 season. Overview It was contested by 10 teams, and Boldklubben Frem won the championship. League standings ReferencesDenmark - List of final tables (RSSSF) {{DEFAULTSORT:1930-31 Danish Championship League Top level Danish football league seasons Den Den may refer to: * Den (room), a small room in a house * Maternity den, a lair where an animal gives birth Media and entertainment * ''Den'' (album), 2012, by Kreidler * Den (''Battle Angel Alita''), a character in the ''Battle Angel Alita' ... 1930–31 in Danish football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1869 In Denmark
Events from the year 1869 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian IX * Prime minister – C. E. Frijs Events * 4 February – Kjøbenhavns Skøjteløberforening, Denmark's oldest ice skating club, is founded. * 1 June – the telephone company ''Det Store Nordiske Telegrafselskab A/S'', present-day GN Store Nord A/S, is founded as the result of merging three recently established telephone companies. * 5 June – the equestrian statue of Frederick VII in the central square in Køge is inaugurated. * 2 July – the first issue of ''Vestjylland eller Herning Folkeblad'', present-day '' Herning Folkeblad'', is published. * 28 July – Crown Prince Frederick, the future King Frederick VIII, marries Princess Louise of Sweden at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden. * 18 September – the Randers–Aalborg line, a newly completed railroad stretch between Randers and Aalborg, is inaugurated. * 22 September – the 1869 Folketing election is held; the Mellem Party bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Klengenberg
Christian Klengenberg Jorgensen ( da, Christian Klengenberg Jørgensen) (21 December 1869 – 4 May 1931), was a Danish whaler, trapper, and trader, active for 34 years in Alaska (Point Hope and Utqiagvik) and Northern Canada (Herschel Island, the Coronation Gulf, and Victoria Island). He is notable for opening trade routes to the Copper Inuit territory. Klengenberg is also credited with the discovery of Blond Eskimo and recounting his experience to the anthropologist Vilhjalmur Stefansson who went on to publish about their existence. Early years Born in Svendborg, Funen, Denmark, his parents were Jørgen Christian Jørgensen (1836–1906), a soldier, cabinet maker, and wood carver, and Caroline Sofie Møller (born 1840), a Viking. He was one of eight children. Klengenberg also had eight half siblings from his father's second marriage to Margrethe Marie Gielster. Though confirmed in the Lutheran Church, his spiritual beliefs were more in common with Wodin and Thor, having learn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1757 In Denmark
Events from the year 1757 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Frederick V * Prime minister – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg Events Undated Births * Johanna Elisabeth Dahlén, stage actress and opera singer Deaths * 13 January – Bredo von Munthe af Morgenstierne, civil servant, Supreme Court justice and landowner (born 1701) * 4 April – Peder Hersleb, bishop (born 1689). * 31 July – Abraham Lehn, landowner (born 1702) * 37 June – Christine Sophie Holstein, salonist (born 1672) * 3 September – Anna Catharina Materna, actress (born 1731) References {{DEFAULTSORT:1757 In Denmark 1750s in Denmark Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of Denmark , establishe ... Years of the 18th century in Denmark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Georg Preisler
Johann Georg Preisler or Preissler (7 July 1757 – 21 April 1831) was a Danish engraver of German origin. Early life and education Johann Georg Preisler was born in Copenhagen, the son of Anna Sophia (born Schuckmann) and Johan Martin Preisler, an engraver himself and professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. He was thus a member of the German Preisler family of artists of Nuremberg. Preisler was first student at the Royal Danish Academy where he obtained the gold medal in 1780. In 1781, he departed for Paris, passing through Hamburg where he visited his father's friend Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock. He stayed then in the French capital until 1788 where he studied with engraver Jean-Georges Wille. Career Back in Copenhagen, he became engraver of the King, professor and member of the Royal Danish Academy. Personal life He married Anna Rebecca Pflueg (1767-1817) in 1788. He died in Lyngby Kongens Lyngby (, Danish for "the King's Heather Town"; shor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1882 In Denmark
Events from the year 1882 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian IX * Prime minister – J. B. S. Estrup Events * 2 January – FLSmidth, a supplier of cement production technology, is founded by Frederik Læssøe Smidth as a small "technical bureau" based in a single room of his mother's apartment. * 5 November – Carl Jacobsen's sculpture collection, which later forms the basis of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, is opened to the public in his winter garden. Undated * A group of dissatisfied students from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts founds the Artists' Studio School as a reaction to the outdated teachings at the Academy. Births * 11 February – Knud V. Engelhardt, industrial designer (died 1931) * 25 April – Christian Mortensen, world's oldest man of his day (died 1998) * 2 May – Sophus Black, telegraph manager and art collector (d. 1960) * 19 September – Robert Storm Petersen, cartoonist, painter, humorist, writer (died 1949) * 16 Novembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knud V
Canute V Magnussen ( da, Knud V Magnussen) ( – 9 August 1157) was a King of Denmark from 1146 to 1157, as co-regent in shifting alliances with Sweyn III and Valdemar I. Canute was killed at the so-called ''Bloodfeast of Roskilde'' in 1157. Nothing certain is known about his person and character. Biography Canute was born around 1129, the son of Magnus the Strong and his consort Richeza of Poland. After the abdication of Eric III in 1146, the magnates of Jutland declared Canute king, while the magnates of Zealand and Scania crowned Sweyn III, the nephew of Canute Lavard who Magnus had killed in 1131. In the following years, Canute tried in vain to defeat Sweyn III on Zealand for complete control over Denmark. In 1147, Canute and Sweyn united to undertake the Wendish Crusade, which however ended in the re-ignition of their strife. Bricka, Carl Frederik (ed.), ''Dansk Biografisk Lexikon'', vol. IX yde – Køtschau 1895. "Knud (Magnussen)", Hans Olrikpp.263–264 Sweyn a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1866 In Denmark
Events from the year 1866 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian IX * Prime minister – C. E. Frijs Events * 22 August – ''SS Ottawa'' departs from Copenhagen as the first emigration ship between Copenhagen and New Torrk City. * 7 September – The engagement of Princess Dagmar and Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich is celebrated at the royal court at Christiansborg Palace. * 22 September – Princess Dagmar leaves Copenahgen on board the steam ship ''Slesvig''. Births * 1 January – Peter Elfelt, photographer (died 1931) * 5 May – Thomas B. Thrige, industrialist (died 1938) * 3 July – Albert Gottschalk, painter (died 1906) * 15 July – Adolph Jensen, economist and statistician (died 1948) * 31 August – Georg Jensen, goldsmith, designer (died 1935) * 9 November – Georg Carl Amdrup, admiral, polar explorer (died 1947) Deaths * 16 December – Christian Albrecht Bluhme, politician, prime minister of Denmark (born 1794 Events January&ndas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Elfelt
Peter Elfelt (1 January 1866 – 18 February 1931) was a Danish photographer and film director known as the first movie pioneer in Denmark when he began making documentary films in 1897. Biography Peter Elfelt was born Peter Lars Petersen in Denmark on 1 January 1866. (He changed his name to Elfelt when he began making films.) He apprenticed in photography in Hillerød in 1893 with the photographer Carl Rathsack. He also studied with the camera builder Jens Poul Andersen. In 1893, Elfelt opened his own atelier in Copenhagen with his two brothers as his assistants. As his photographic skills became appreciated, his business flourished and by 1901 Elfelt was named "Kongelige Hoffotograf" (Royal Court Photographer). During a trip to Paris in 1896, Elfelt obtained a set of detailed ''Cinematographe'' plans from the French inventor Jules Carpentier. He had a film camera constructed by Jens Poul Andersen. In the beginning of 1897, he shot the first Danish film – a one-minute seq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1873 In Denmark
Events from the year 1873 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian IX * Prime minister – Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg Events * 20 April – A banquet for the Japanese diplomatic mission is held in the Børsen Building in Copenhagen. * 5 May – The Scandinavian Monetary Union, a monetary union with Sweden, is formed, pegging the countries' currencies to each other. * 13 May – Tuborg Brewery is founded by Carl Frederik Tietgen. * 6 October – The equestrian statue of Frederick VII in front of Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen is unveiled. * 17 October The king sets the foundation stone for the new Royal Danish Theatre on Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen. Date unknown * Magazine publisher Aller Media is founded. * The Danish Mathematical Society is founded at the University of Copenhagen. * ''Punch'', an illustrated conservative satirical magazine modelled on the English ''Punch'', is founded. Births January–June * 9 January – Hans Frederick Blichfeldt, Danis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Hansen Ostenfeld
Carl Emil Hansen Ostenfeld (born Carl Emil Ostenfeld-Hansen) (3 August 1873 – 16 January 1931) was a Danish systematic botanist. He graduated from the University of Copenhagen under professor Eugenius Warming. He was a keeper at the Botanical Museum 1900–1918, when he became professor of botany at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University. In 1923, by the early retirement of Raunkiær's, Ostenfeld became professor of botany at the University of Copenhagen and director of the Copenhagen Botanical Garden, both positions held until his death in 1931. He was a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters and served on the board of directors of the Carlsberg Foundation. Ostenfeld is known as an explorer of the Danish flora, including marine plankton, as well as the flora of Western Australia. Ostenfeld participated in the Ingolf expedition (1885-86) to the waters around Iceland and Greenland, and in 1911 in the International Phytogeographic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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