Stephan Abel Sinding was a Norwegian-Danish sculptor. He moved to Copenhagen in 1883 and had his breakthrough the same year. In 1890 he obtained Danish citizenship. In 1910 he settled in Paris where he lived and worked until his death in 1922.
"The Story of a Mother" is a story by the Danish poet, travel writer, short story writer and novelist Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875). The tale was first published December 1847. The story has been made into films several times, and was also adapted into an animated film using the stop-motion puppet technique.
Hvidovre is the main town in Hvidovre Municipality, Denmark. The town, a suburb of Copenhagen, is about 10 km southwest of the capital's center. It is the 2nd biggest suburb of Copenhagen, only beaten by Frederiksberg.
Rigmor Mydtskov was a Danish court photographer who is remembered for her portraits of artists performing in Danish theatres but especially for her many portraits of Queen Margrethe and other members of the Danish royal family.
Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Syberg, generally known as Fritz Syberg, was a Danish painter and illustrator, one of the or Funen Painters (Fynboerne) living and working on the island of Funen.
Hans Peder Pedersen-Dan was a Danish sculptor.
The Lehn House is a historic townhouse on Strandgade in the Christianshavn neighbourhood of central Copenhagen, Denmark. It is also known as the Tordenskjold House after Peter Jansen Wessel Tordenskiold commonly referred to as Tordenskjold, who for a while lived in the building. The Danish Authors' Society is now based in the property whose meeting facilities are also rented out for events. The rooms are notable for their lavish stucco ceilings and murals.
The Rhode House is a historic property located at the corner of Strandgade and Torvegade in the Christianshavn neighbourhood of central Copenhagen, Denmark.
Ingeborg Plockross Irminger (1872–1962) was a Danish artist who is remembered both for her sculptures and for the miniature porcelain statues of animals and human figures she designed while working for Bing & Grøndahl. A bronze cast of her 1903 bust of the writer Herman Bang was installed on Sankt Annæ Plads in Copenhagen in 2012.
Nyhavn 67 is a listed property overlooking the Nyhavn Canal in central Copenhagen, Denmark. The writer Hans Christian Andersen lived in the building as a lodger with only short interruptions from 1848 to 1865.
Gammel Strand 50 is a Neoclassical building overlooking Slotsholmens Kanal in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It was constructed as part of the rebuilding of the city following the Copenhagen Fire of 1795. The building was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1918. Notable former residents include the musician Holger Simon Paulli, chemist Christen Thomsen Barfoed and author Hans Vilhelm Kaalund-
Johanne Agnete Theresia Pedersen-Dan née Betzonich (1860–1934) was a Danish actress, singer and sculptor. After performing in plays and operettas in Copenhagen until 1888, she devoted the rest of her life to sculpture, frequently exhibiting her work at Charlottenborg. Johanne Pedersen-Dan and her husband Hans Peder Pedersen-Dan lived and worked in Hvidovre Rytterskole in Hvidovre from 1912 to 1936.
Hvidovre Church, located just west of Hvidovre Torv in Hvidovre, is one of the oldest churches in the Greater Copenhagen area and the oldest building in Hvidovre Municipality.
Karen Margrete Svensson (1908–1998) was a Danish illustrator who contributed drawings to Danish newspapers and magazines, especially Politiken. Her illustrated books include those by Lise Nørgaard and Johannes Møllehave. Svensson also created posters for Copenhagen's Tivoli and designed decorative plates and spoons for Royal Copenhagen.
Rigmor Stampe Bendix (1850–1923) was a Danish baroness, writer and philanthropist. In 1898, she became editor of Kvindernes Blad, a supplement to various daily newspapers, developing it as an organ for the women's movement. She is remembered in Denmark for her biographies of the sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen, Baronesse Stampes Erindringer om Thorvaldsen (1912) and of her godfather Hans Christian Andersen, H.C. Andersen og hans nærmeste Omgang (1918).
Hanne Varming née Larsen was a Danish sculptor and medallist. Her works include statues of celebrities such as Victor Borge but generally depict ordinary people or even her own children. Her portraits of Queen Margrethe II can be seen on the Danish 10 and 20 crown pieces. Her representation of an old couple sitting on a bench in Copenhagen's Kultorvet is inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's Hyldemoer or The Little Elder-Tree Mother.
The Shadow in My Eye, also known as The Bombardment, is a 2021 Danish war drama film written and directed by Ole Bornedal. The film deals with, among other things, Operation Carthage carried out by the Royal Air Force (RAF) in Copenhagen, Denmark during the Second World War, where one of the planes crashed near Institut Jeanne d'Arc, causing the school to be misidentified as the target and also bombed.
Dorthea (Dorthe) Rebekka Augusta Kristoffersen née Jakobsen was a Greenlandic artist from the country's west coast. A talented craftswoman who had previously embroidered skins and created dolls, after her marriage with Kristoffer Kristoffersen (1902–1970), she concentrated on creating small mythological figures in local soapstone. Her works have been exhibited in Denmark and can be seen in the Greenland National Museum in Nuuk.
Kompagnistræde 20 is a Neoclassical building complex situated at the corner of Kompagnistræde and Knabrostræde in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark, constructed in 1796–97 as part of the rebuilding of the city following the Copenhagen Fire of 1795. A brewery was for more than 200 years, from at least the late 1640s until the 1860s, operated on the site. The building complex comprises a residential corner building as well as an adjacent warehouse at Knabrostræde 16 and another warehouse in the courtyard. The entire complex was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1945. Notable former residents include the government official Jacob Gude, civil servant and later Minister of Interior Affairs I.J. Unsgaard and painter and photographer Edvard Valdemar Harboe.
