Rasmus Frydensberg was a Danish politician who served as joint

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(1810–1813), alongside Johan Carl Thuerecht von Castenschiold, Stefán Þórarinsson and Ísleifur Einarsson. Frydensberg was also the police chief of the

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commissioning the first formal police force in 1803.

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