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Andrea Hedegaard, (1887 - 1967) was a Danish women's rights activist.
She was the President of the Dansk Kvindesamfund in 1941–1943. [1]
She was a member of the Radikale Venstre. She was a member of the Party Board, and ran unsuccessfully for the Folketinget several times between 1935 and 1953.
The Conservative People's Party, also known as The Conservatives is a centre-right political party in Denmark. The party is a member of the European People's Party (EPP) and International Democrat Union (IDC).
Poul Henningsen was a Danish author, critic, architect, and designer. In Denmark, where he often is referred to simply as PH, he was one of the leading figures of the cultural life of Denmark between the World Wars.
The former Diocese of Odense was a Roman Catholic diocese in Denmark which included the islands of Funen, Langeland, Tåsinge, Lolland, Falster, Als, and Ærø. Its episcopal see was located in Odense at St. Canute's Cathedral.
The National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark is the National Olympic Committee representing Denmark.
Lykke Friis is Prorector for Education at the University of Copenhagen and is a former Danish politician for the party Venstre and former Minister for Climate and Energy and equal rights. Prior to her political career she has once before been Prorector at the University of Copenhagen and held the position from 2006 - 2009. Prior to her appointment as government minister, she was not a member of Venstre.
Jesper Marquard Langballe was a Danish Lutheran priest, author and politician who represented the right-wing populist Danish People's Party in the Danish parliament, Folketinget, from 2001 to 2011. Langballe was elected in the Viborg constituency. His son Christian Langballe was elected to the Folketinget in 2011.
Suzanne Preis Brøgger Zeruneith is a Danish writer, a novelist, poet and journalist. Her first book Fri os fra kærligheden has been translated into c. 20 languages. Since 1997 she has been a member of the Danish Academy.
The Danish Women's Society or DWS is Denmark's oldest women's rights organization. It was founded in 1871 by activist Matilde Bajer and her husband Fredrik Bajer; Fredrik was a Member of Parliament and the 1908 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. The association stands for an inclusive, intersectional and progressive liberal feminism, and advocates for the rights of all women and girls and LGBT rights. It publishes the world's oldest women's magazine, Kvinden & Samfundet, established in 1885. The Danish Women's Society is a member of the International Alliance of Women and is a sister association of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights and the Icelandic Women's Rights Association.
Nina Grønnum is a Danish retired phonetician and associate professor emeritus from the University of Copenhagen. She is best known for her work on the pronunciation of Danish and especially her many studies on Danish intonation and prosody. She went by her married name Nina Thorsen or Nina Grønnum Thorsen until the 1980s.
The Army Staff is the name of various military staffs in the Royal Danish Army. At multiple times it was the highest authority within the Army.
The Eastern Regional Command was the overall command of all Royal Danish Army units on Zealand. It was split into four military regions and was responsible for regional defence. In 1990, the Regional Commands were disbanded and control was collected at the newly created Army Operational Command.
The General Staff of Denmark was a top authority in the Royal Danish Army and was responsible for war preparations, studies and planning.
The Danish Defence Staff is a senior command authority within the Danish Defence, responsible for leadership, administration, and staff support.
Mette Thiesen is a Danish politician and former schoolteacher who has been a member of the Folketing since June 2019, at first representing the Nye Borgerlige political party, but from November 2022 being an independent, and from February 2023 representing the Danish People's Party.
Ingeborg Marie Raunkiær née Andersen, pen name Box, was a Danish writer who published books and contributed articles to magazines and newspapers. She is remembered for Mand og Kvinde which she published anonymously in 1909 and for what she considered to be her most important work, I Danmark (1911), presenting nature's development throughout the year in the form of diary entries. Her numerous articles were both humorous and satirical.
Herman Trier was a Danish educator and politician.
Aagot Henny Lading née Petersen was a Danish schoolteacher, headmistress and women's rights activist. After graduating in English and history, she was a prominent member of the Danish Women's Society where she edited Kvinden & Samfundet. In 1950, she became principal of Rysensteen Gymnasium where she emphasized women's history in the school's history lessons. Despite her efforts to maintain its status as a girls school, new regulations required the school to admnit boys in 1958.
Ingrid Larsen, was a Danish politician and women's rights activist.