Simon Ove Christian Ogilvie Spies (1 September 1921 – 16 April 1984) was a

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tycoon, best known for founding the

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Spies Rejser, and its airway company

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, and for his flamboyant lifestyle and womanising, including the procurement of sexual services from young women, the ''morgenbolledamer''.

Biography

Simon Ove Christian Ogilvie Spies was born in 1921 and grew up in

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, Denmark. An early business, a bicycle taxi service, failed; a move to Austria, then occupied by Germany, saw him briefly joining the Nazi party, a decision that cast a shadow over the rest of his life. After working as a tour guide, Spies opened Spies Rejser in 1956, which become a huge success. In the beginning they arranged cheap bus/boattrips to

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, but later in 1965, Spies bought the bankrupt Conair airline and offered cheap package holiday flights to the Danish people. Simon Spies was known for his provocative views and flamboyant lifestyle. He was famous for employing at his private residence so-called ''morgenbolledamer,'' or ''morning fuck ladies'' / ''morning bun ladies'', using the pun that "bolle" means both "fuck" and "bun". In 2022, the documentary series ''Spies og morgenbolledamerne (Spies and the Morning Bun Ladies)'' by Danish public broadcaster DR detailed the treatment of the ''morgenbolledamer'' by Spies, based on the testimonies of former employees and his close friends. It alleged that Spies paid for sexual services from the girls, most of whom were between the ages of 15 and 18, and that if they refused to have sex with him, or if they grew too old, then they were replaced. It also stated that he carried out physical violence against them, paying tens of thousands of kroner to them in exchange for being allowed to beat them or break their arms. On 11 May 1983, he married 20-year-old Janni Brodersen, who inherited his companies when he died less than a year later on 16 April 1984. In 2013, a movie about his career, ''Spies & Glistrup'' by Christoffer Boe, was released; it was described by Glistrup's daughter Anne-Marie Glistrup as "the movie is pure fiction".

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Spies Rejser official website
1921 births 1984 deaths Danish company founders Businesspeople from Copenhagen People from Helsingør {{Denmark-business-bio-stub

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