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Rågeleje
Rågeleje is a former fishing village and popular tourist resort on the north coast of Zealand, midway between Gilleleje and Tisvildeleje, some 50 km north of Copenhagen, Denmark. As of 2024, it had a population of 700. History The fishing village The name Rågeleje was first mentioned in 1582 in the form Raageleie, meaning the harbour of Råge (1211 Roka), a no longer existing settlement. Rågeleje remained a quiet fishing community where the families supplemented their income with a bit of sheep herding until the late 19th century. The fishing village was located at the mouth of the Højbro Stream. The fisherman on the west side of the stream was traditionally known as the Vejby fishermen while the ones on the east side were known as the Hesselbjerg fishermen. Rågeleje had 55 residents in 1890 of which 13 were fishermen. The number of residents had by 1911 declined to 34 of which 10 were fishermen. 1910s: New residents The first tourists began to arrive at the turn of the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rågegården
Rågegården is an Arts & Crafts inspired country house from 1915 situated on the eastern outskirts of Rågeleje, Gribskov Municipality, some fifty kilometres northwest of Copenhagen, Denmark. The house is perched on a small wooded hill, overlooking the Kattegat coast. It was listed on the Listed buildings in Gribskov Municipality, Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1989. The scope of the heritage listing was expanded in 2012. History Henri Odewahn Henri Odewahn, one of the owners of C. J. Carøe, a leading Danish importer of tea and spices, purchased a 7 hectares piece of land at the site in 1914. A country house designed by Povl Baumann was completed on the property the following year. Based at Niels Brock House, Strandgade 36 in Copenhagen, C. J. Carøe's Cingalla Tea was one of the leading tea brands on the Danish market at the time. In 1907, Odewahn had also established a brand of cherry liqueur under his own name. He purchased the property at Ny Kongensgade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grethe Sønck
Grethe Sønck (born Grethe Ingeborg Nielsen Hald; 16 July 1929 – 12 February 2010) was a Denmark, Danish actress and singer. She was born in Hjerm, near Struer, Denmark, Struer. In 1946, she won a talent contest, and in 1947, she became a singer at the Restaurant Sommerlyst at Dyrehavsbakken. As a revue actress, she started in Cirkusrevyen at Dyrehavsbakken in 1962, and later came to Nykøbing Falster Revue. Personal life Sønck first married Hjalmar Nicolausen from 1952 until 1960, then she married Sejr Volmer-Sørensen from 1968 until his death in 1982. In 1968, she changed her surname to Sønck.Death Grethe Sønck died on 12 February 2010 of death by natural causes, natural causes at age 80, in her Rågeleje home.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Listed Buildings In Gribskov Municipality
This is a list of listed buildings in Gribskov Municipality List Dronningmølle, 3120 Dronningmølle Helsinge, 3200 Helsinge Vejby, 3210 Vejby Tisvildeleje, 3220 Tisvildeleje Græsted, 3230 Græsted Gilleleje, 3250 Gilleleje See also * List of churches in Gribskov Municipality References External links Danish Agency for Culture and Palaces {{DEFAULTSORT:Listed buildings in Gribskov Municipality Listed buildings and structures in Gribskov Municipality, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Povl Baumann
Povl Erik Raimund Baumann (9 November 1878 – 3 July 1963) was a Denmark, Danish architect who was a central figure during the transition from Neoclassical architecture, Neoclassicism to Functionalism (architecture), Functionalism in Danish residential architecture. In 1910, he was one of the founders of ''Den frie Architektforening'', an alternative architects' association, and headed it for the nine years it existed. Early life and education Baumann was born on 9 November 1878 in Copenhagen, the son of translator Heinrich Johann Raimund Baumann and Julie Augusta née Riise. He first enrolled at the Technical University of Denmark, College of Advanced Technology to become a building engineer but in 1888 discontinued his studies after just three semesters. Instead he took classes at a technical school from 1899 to 1901 while at the same time apprenticing as a mason. He was admitted to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1900 but dissatisfied with the teachings, left just two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Edvard Wang
Albert Edvard Wang (1 September 1864 - 19 December 1930) was a Danish landscape painter. History Wang was born on 1 September 1864 in Horsens, the son of merchant Søren Monberg Wang and Ane Cathrine Borg. He completed an apprenticeship as a building painter in his home town in 1882 but aspired to become an artist. He therefore enrolled at the Artists' Independent Art Schools in Copenhagen where he studied under Peder Severin Krøyer and Kristian Zahrtmann in 1886–1889. Career Landscape painting Wang specialized in landscape painting and painted his way through most of Denmark, although the countryside between Horsens and Juelsminde and North Zealand feature most prominently in his work. He has also painted in Norway. Wang was represented on many exhibitions, including the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibitions between 1889 and 1911. Åpstcards Wang was one of Denmark's first artists to collaborate with publishers of postcards. They include a series of wide cartoons with roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gribskov Municipality
Gribskov Municipality () is a municipality (Danish language, Danish, ''Commune (subnational entity), kommune'') in the Capital Region of Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 278 km2, and has a total population of 41,797. The municipality was created on 1 January 2007 as a merger of the former municipalities of Græsted-Gilleleje and Helsinge (municipality), Helsinge. Its mayor as of 1 January 2018 is Anders Gerner Frost, a member of the local Nytgribskov Politics of Denmark, political party. Locations Politics Municipal council Gribskov's municipal council consists of 23 members, elected every four years. Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007, Municipal Reform of 2007. Attractions There is a large concentration of dolmens and tumuli within the municipality. Of special mention is 'Valby Hegn', a small plantation close to Helsinge and Gribskov and home to no less than seven tumuli, long barrows fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilleleje
Gilleleje () is a fishing town and seaside resort on the north coast of the peninsula North Zealand, Denmark. The town is located at the northernmost point of the island of Zealand. It is one of the main towns of the Gribskov municipality in Region Hovedstaden in Denmark. As of 1 January 2025, it has a population of 6,596.BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark Etymology The name ''Gilleleje'' is a combination of the archaic Danish language, Danish word ''gil'', which is a wiktionary:crevice, crevice or wiktionary:cleft, cleft, and ''leje'', which is a place where fishermen come in specific seasons to fish. It was probably shortened from Gilbjerg Leje, where Gilbjerg ("cl ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valdemar Michael Amdrup
Valdemar Michael Amdrup (1 October 1860 - 11 May 1937) was a Danish lawyer and the second president of the Danish Society for Nature Conservation from 1915 to 21. Early life and education Amdrup was born on 1 October 1860, the son of banker Valdemar Amdrup and Line Michaelia Holm. He graduated from Værnedamsvejens Latin- og Realskole in 1878 and completed his law studies (cand. jur.) at the University of Copenhagen in 1884. Career Amdryp was a paralegal at Villhelm Lund's law firm from 4 April 1894. He was licensed as an attorney (''højesteretssagfører'') on 2 June 1888. In 1905–18, he was a judge at the Tiendekommissionen. In 1909 he assumed a position as chief legal officer of Den sjællandske Bondestands Sparekasse. He was a member of the Tax Council for Copenhagen from 1906 and a board member of A/S Sagførernes Auktioner and chairman of A/S American Tobacco Co., A/S, Slangerupbanen, A/S Dunlop Rubber Co. and A/S Højgaard og Schultz. Danish Society for Nature Conservat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AQlbert Wang
Albert Edvard Wang (1 September 1864 - 19 December 1930) was a Danish landscape painter. History Wang was born on 1 September 1864 in Horsens, the son of merchant Søren Monberg Wang and Ane Cathrine Borg. He completed an apprenticeship as a building painter in his home town in 1882 but aspired to become an artist. He therefore enrolled at the Artists' Independent Art Schools in Copenhagen where he studied under Peder Severin Krøyer and Kristian Zahrtmann in 1886–1889. Career Landscape painting Wang specialized in landscape painting and painted his way through most of Denmark, although the countryside between Horsens and Juelsminde and North Zealand feature most prominently in his work. He has also painted in Norway. Wang was represented on many exhibitions, including the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibitions between 1889 and 1911. Åpstcards Wang was one of Denmark's first artists to collaborate with publishers of postcards. They include a series of wide cartoons with romant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denmark
Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous administrative division, autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland in the north Atlantic Ocean.* * * Metropolitan Denmark, also called "continental Denmark" or "Denmark proper", consists of the northern Jutland peninsula and an archipelago of 406 islands. It is the southernmost of the Scandinavian countries, lying southwest of Sweden, south of Norway, and north of Germany, with which it shares a short border. Denmark proper is situated between the North Sea to the west and the Baltic Sea to the east.The island of Bornholm is offset to the east of the rest of the country, in the Baltic Sea. The Kingdom of Denmark, including the Faroe Islands and Greenland, has roughly List of islands of Denmark, 1,400 islands greater than in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Ammentorp
Johan Ludvig Ammentorp (28 October 1860 – 11 June 1931) was a Danish medical doctor. He served as Chief Physician of the Medical Corps (''stabslæge'') from 1911 and as Physician General (''generallæge'') from 1916 to 1930. Early life and education Ammentorp was born on 28 October 1860 at Hvedholm Castle, the son of Hans Christian Ancher A. (1831–96) and Johanne Petrine Krøyer (1821–94). He was the elder brother of the politician Emil Ammentorp and the paternal uncle of the civil engineer Kjeld Ammentorp. His father was leasing the Hvedholm estate from its owner Henrik Bille-Brahe. Ammentorp graduated from Odense Cathedral School in 1879. He graduated in medicine from the University of Copenhagen in 1887. Career Ammentorp worked at the Copenhagen Municipal Hospital from 1887 to 1889 and at Frederiks Hospital from 1890 to 1891. He was resident surgeon at the Copenhagen Municipal Hospital's 5th Department from 1891 to 1895. He obtained his doctor's degree (dr. med.) in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claus Meyer
Claus Meyer (born 27 December 1963) is a Danish entrepreneur, cook and television host. He is often accredited as the founder of the New Nordic Cuisine philosophy. Projects Claus Meyer has been engaged in a plethora of projects and has been a popular mediator of food culture in both Denmark and internationally for many years. Meyer is often accredited as the sole founder of the New Nordic Cuisine philosophy, but regardless of his obvious and groundbreaking contribution, mediation and writing on the subject, other people have also contributed to the philosophy and materialised it in practice. A total of twelve chefs from the Nordic countries wrote a New Nordic Food Manifesto in 2004 to initiate the movement, based on Claus Meyer's initiative, inspirational draft, and coordination. The New Nordic Cuisine Movement seeks to foster local agriculture, honor the region's agrarian traditions, encourage environmentally friendly production, and establish food with a uniquely Nordic id ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
