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Anton Carl Illum
Anton Carl Pedersen Illum (5 July 1863 - 20 July 1938) was a Danish businessman who founded the Illum Department Store on Amagertorv in Copenhagen. Early life and education Illum was born on 5 July 1863 in Dyvskrog at Fåborg on the island of Funen, the son of ship builder Peter Hansen Pedersen (I.) (1834–77) and Ane Kirstine Rasmussen (1834–1914). He changed his name from Pedersen to Illum on 6 November 1888. The family moved to Vejle. Illum was apprenticed to V. Wegener in his new home town and then worked for a few years at Frølund & Wittrup in Horsens. He then continued to Hamburg to work for Wm. Klöpper. He spent almost six years in the firm, although most of the time as a travelling salesman in Denmark. Career On 3 March 1891, Illum opened a small shop at Østergade 55 in Copenhagen. His business grew rapidly, assisted by substantial credits from his old employer, which compensated for his very small initial capital. In 1899, he had grown out of space and moved h ...
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Vedbæk
Vedbæk is a wealthy suburban neighbourhood on the coast north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It belongs to Rudersdal Municipality and has merged with the town of Hørsholm to the north. The area has been inhabited for at least 7,000 years, as evidenced by the discovery of a Mesolithic cemetery of the Ertebølle culture. By the 16th century, there were a few small farms and fishermen's houses on the site and in the 18th century, well-to-do townsfolk from Copenhagen started to build country houses in the area. After a paddle steamer began to call at Vedbæk on its journey from Copenhagen to Helsingør, there was an influx of visitors. There are a number of large country houses and a historic church. There has been a railway station for some time and there are popular sandy beaches to the north and south. Enrum Forest is open to the public and provides recreational facilities. History Prehistoric times The Vedbæk area has been inhabited for at least 7,000 years as evidenced by the so-cal ...
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1863 Births
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Businesspeople From Copenhagen
A businessperson, also referred to as a businessman or businesswoman, is an individual who has founded, owns, or holds shares in (including as an angel investor) a private-sector company. A businessperson undertakes activities (commercial or industrial) to generate cash flow, sales, and revenue by using a combination of human, financial, intellectual, and physical capital to fuel economic development and growth. History Medieval period: Rise of the merchant class Merchants emerged as a social class in medieval Italy. Between 1300 and 1500, modern accounting, the bill of exchange, and limited liability were invented, and thus, the world saw "the first true bankers", who were certainly businesspeople. Around the same time, Europe saw the " emergence of rich merchants." This "rise of the merchant class" came as Europe "needed a middleman" for the first time, and these "burghers" or "bourgeois" were the people who played this role. Renaissance to Enlightenment: Rise of t ...
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People From Faaborg-Midtfyn Municipality
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Danish Retail Company Founders
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19th-century Danish Businesspeople
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Illums Bolighus
Illums Bolighus is a retailer of household furnishings based in Copenhagen, Denmark. The original Illums Bolighus flagship store is located at Amagertorv 10 in central Copenhagen. The company was in 2005 acquired by an investor group headed by CEO Henrik Ypkendanz and has since then opened a number of new stores in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Germany. History Kaj Dessau’s BO, 1928-1941 Illums Bolighus was founded under the name BO in 1925 by Danish entrepreneur Kaj Dessau. The store on Strøget opened in 1928. Brita Drewsen, a Swedish born designer, acted as an artistic consultant. With its arranged interiors which combined furniture with textiles, appointments and artworks (for instance sculptures by Kay Nielsen), the store introduced a concept which had not previously been seen. Illums Bolighus The store was renamed Illums Bolighus in 1941 when it was purchased by the owners of the nearby A.C. Illum department store. The present building was designed in 1961 by Kay Kørbing. ...
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Fiji
Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about 110 are permanently inhabited—and more than 500 islets, amounting to a total land area of about . The most outlying island group is Ono-i-Lau. About 87% of the total population live on the two major islands, Viti Levu and Vanua Levu. About three-quarters of Fijians live on Viti Levu's coasts, either in the capital city of Suva, or in smaller urban centres such as Nadi (where tourism is the major local industry) or Lautoka (where the Sugarcane, sugar-cane industry is dominant). The interior of Viti Levu is sparsely inhabited because of its terrain. The majority of Fiji's islands were formed by Volcano, volcanic activity starting around 150 million years ago. Some geothermal activity still occurs today on the islands of Vanua Levu and ...
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Jens Jacob Bregne
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