Askov is a city in Pine County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 364 at the 2010 census.
Ebeltoft is an old port town on the central east coast of Denmark with a population of 7,211. It is located in Syddjurs municipality in Region Midtjylland on the larger Djursland peninsula of Jutland.
Brørup is a railway town, with a population of 4,554, in Vejen Municipality, Region of Southern Denmark in Denmark. It is located 10 km west of Vejen, 26 km northeast of Ribe, 33 km west of Kolding, 40 km south of Grindsted and 43 km east of Esbjerg.
Vejen Municipality is a kommune in the Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 817 km2, and has a total population of 42,800 (2024). Its mayor is Frank Schmidt-Hansen, representing the Conservative People's Party..
Ringkøbing is a town in Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality in Region Midtjylland on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. It has a population of 9,932.
Rødding is a town with a population of 2,783 in Southern Denmark. It is located in Vejen municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula.
Ringsted is a city located centrally in the Danish island of Zealand. It is the seat of a municipality of the same name.
Slagelse is a town on Zealand, Denmark. The town is the seat of Slagelse Municipality, and is the biggest town of the municipality. It is located 15 km east of Korsør, 16 km north-east of Skælskør, 33 km south-east of Kalundborg and 14 km west of Sorø.
Niels Hansen Jacobsen was a Danish sculptor and ceramist. He is most famous for creating the once controversial sculpture, Trold, der vejrer kristenblod. The name of the statue is taken from a story in Norse folklore where the hero hides in the troll's castle. Thereafter, whenever the troll enters the castle, he cries: "I smell a Christian man's blood!"
Poul la Cour was a Danish scientist, inventor and educationalist. Today la Cour is especially recognized for his early work on wind power, both experimental work on aerodynamics and practical implementation of wind power plants. He worked most of his life at Askov Folk High School where he developed the historic genetic method of teaching the sciences. Early in his life he was a telegraphic inventor working with multiplex telegraphy.
Vejen with a population of 10,361 is the main town in Vejen Municipality, Denmark.
Events from the year 1923 in Denmark.
The Gedser wind turbine is located near Gedser in the south of the Danish island of Falster. It was constructed by the engineer Johannes Juul in 1957 for the SEAS electricity company with support from the Marshall Plan. Its innovative design was a major breakthrough in the development of wind turbines.
Holsted is a railway town located in Vejen Municipality, Region of Southern Denmark in Denmark. It is situated at the stream of Holsted Å, 8 km west of Brørup.
Askov Højskole is a Danish folk high school, that is located in the village of Askov in southern Jutland between Kolding and Esbjerg. It was founded in 1865 as an extension of Denmark's first folk high school, which had been established in 1844 in Rødding by Christian Flor. The first principal of Askov Højskole was Ludvig Schrøder.
Paula Trock (1889–1979) was a Danish weaver who began producing her own fabrics at the Troba workshop in Sønderborg in the early 1930s. In 1945, she established Spindegården near Vejen in the south of Jutland which she headed until 1969. There she developed innovative processes, producing a wide range of textiles, especially for use in the home. Trock's curtains were commissioned for the United Nations Headquarters in New York, for Marselisborg Palace in Aarhus, and for the Royal Yacht Dannebrog.
Jenny Erasmine la Cour (1849–1928) was a Danish teacher and textile artist. After attending Askov Højskole as a student, she taught there and in 1885 took charge of a house for girls undertaking teacher training. In 1888, she attended the folk high school in Åkarp, Sweden, to learn weaving and embroidery. The following year she gave courses in weaving in her home, pioneering the revival of hand weaving in Denmark. In 1886, thanks to a grant, she opened a weaving school attached to the Askov school where she taught 800 students over the next 25 years. In 1913, together with a number of colleagues, she established a weaving school in Copenhagen, Husflidsselskabets Vævestue.
Lunderskov is a railway town, with a population of 2,994, in Kolding Municipality, Region of Southern Denmark in Denmark. It is situated 13 km west of Kolding, 8 km north of Vamdrup and 12 km east of Vejen.
Jels is a town, with a population of 1,978, situated 17 km northwest of Vojens, 26 km southwest of Kolding, 30 km east of Ribe and 17 km south of Vejen. The town is a part of Vejen Municipality, Region of Southern Denmark in Denmark.
Skodborg is a small town, with a population of 1,264, in Vejen Municipality, Region of Southern Denmark in Denmark.
