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Litten Hansen
Litten Hansen (born 24 December 1944) is a Danish former actress, activist, politician and member of the Danish Parliament for the Left Socialists. Biography Hansen was born 24 December 1944 in Videbæk in Midtjylland, Denmark. Her father was veterinarian Hans Kristian Hansen and her mother was teacher Grethe Vera Hansen (). She was the fifth of eight sisters and her parents separated when she was a child. Her father was an alcoholic. When she was sixteen, Hansen moved to Copenhagen and found a job at a travel agency, working as a bilingual correspondent. She then enrolled as a student at the Statens Kursus in 1965. Aged 27, Hansen began a career as a stage actress, becoming known for the monologue ''The Mother and the Women in Russia'', before performing in films. She was a talented tap dancer as a child. Hansen became active in the Danish Red Stockings Movement with her sister, Bente Hansen (1940-2022), which brought together left-wing feminists who fought for the same ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bente Hansen
Bente Hansen (4 March 1940April 2022) was a Danish writer, editor and women's rights activist who was a prominent supporter of the Danish Red Stocking Movement from 1970. She published a number of books on socialism and the role of women and was coordinating editor of the daily newspaper ''Information'' in the mid-1970s, giving special attention to social movements. Biography Born on 4 March 1940 in Kolding, Hansen was the daughter of the veterinarian Hans Kristian Hansen and Grethe Vera Nornild, a teacher. Her sister was Litten Hansen. After matriculating from Vestjsk Gymnasium in Tarm, she spent a year in Brussels, returning to Denmark to study literature at the University of Copenhagen. From 1961 to 1966, she was influenced by the strong women's traditions of Kvinderegensen, the women's college where she stayed. She received her M.A. in 1966. On the political front, she was influenced by a group of students from the Soviet Union she met in 1959, becoming an active left-wing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danish Parliament
The Folketing ( , ), also known as the Parliament of Denmark or the Danish Parliament in English, is the unicameral national legislature (parliament) of the Kingdom of Denmark — Denmark proper together with the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Established in 1849, the Folketing was the lower house of the bicameral parliament called the Rigsdag until 1953; the upper house was the Landsting. The Folketing meets in Christiansborg Palace, on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen. It passes all laws, approves the cabinet, and supervises the work of the government. It is also responsible for adopting the state's budgets and approving the state's accounts. As set out in the Constitution of Denmark, the Folketing shares power with the reigning monarch. But in practice, the monarch's role is limited to signing laws passed by the legislature; this must be done within 30 days of adoption. The Folketing consists of 179 members; including two from Greenland and two from the Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danish Actors' Association
The Danish Actors' Association (, DSF) is a trade union representing actors, dancers, choreographers and opera singers in Denmark. The union was founded in 1904 by Karl Mantzius, as one of the first actors' unions in the world. It initially focused on improving the pay and reducing the working hours of actors, and also on boosting their social status. In 1910, it for the first time signed an agreement with theatre owners in Copenhagen. It now also has agreements covering film and television, and works closely with the Danish copyright organisations. The union was a member of the Confederation of Professionals in Denmark for many years, and since 2019 has been part of its successor, the Danish Trade Union Confederation. At various times, it has worked closely with other unions in the industry, such as the Association of Danish Stage Instructors, the Association of Danish Scenographers, and the Film Workers' Association. The union is affiliated to the International Federation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danish Women Activists
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 * Languages of Denmark The Kingdom of Denmark has only one official language, Danish, the national language of the Danish people, but there are several minority languages spoken, namely Faroese, German, and Greenlandic. A large majority (about 86%) of Danes also ... {{disambigu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1944 Births
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in North Africa. ** Landing at Saidor: 13,000 US and Australian troops land on Papua New Guinea in an attempt to cut off a Japanese retreat. * January 8 – WWII: Philippine Commonwealth troops enter the province of Ilocos Sur in northern Luzon and attack Japanese forces. * January 11 ** United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a Second Bill of Rights for social and economic security, in his State of the Union address. ** The Nazi German administration expands Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp into the larger standalone ''Konzentrationslager Plaszow bei Krakau'' in occupied Poland. * January 12 – WWII: Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle begin a 2-day conference in Marrakech. * Janua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Danish Theatre
The Royal Danish Theatre (RDT, Danish: ') is both the national Danish performing arts institution and a name used to refer to its old purpose-built venue from 1874 located on Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen. The theatre was founded in 1748, first serving as the theatre of the king, and then as the theatre of the country. The theatre presents opera, the Royal Danish Ballet, multi-genre concerts, and drama in several locations. The Royal Danish Theatre organization is under the control of the Danish Ministry of Culture. Performing arts venues * The Old Stage is the original Royal Danish Theatre built in 1874. * The Copenhagen Opera House ''(Operaen)'', built in 2004. * Stærekassen (New Stage) is an Art Deco theatre adjacent to the main theatre. It was used for drama productions. It is no longer used by the Royal Theatre. * The Royal Danish Playhouse is a venue for "spoken theatre" with three stages, inaugurated in 2008. Cultural references * The Royal Theatre on Kongens Nytorv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apartheid
Apartheid ( , especially South African English: , ; , ) was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. It was characterised by an authoritarian political culture based on ''baasskap'' ( 'boss-ship' or 'boss-hood'), which ensured that South Africa was dominated politically, socially, and economically by the nation's minority White South Africans, white population. Under this minoritarianism, minoritarian system, white citizens held the highest status, followed by Indian South Africans, Indians, Coloureds and Ethnic groups in South Africa#Black South Africans, black Africans, in that order. The economic legacy and social effects of apartheid continue to the present day, particularly Inequality in post-apartheid South Africa, inequality. Broadly speaking, apartheid was delineated into ''petty apartheid'', which entailed the segregation of public facilities and social ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
