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Events from the year 1922 in Denmark.
Events from the year 1934 in Denmark.
Events from the year 1940 in Denmark.
Maria Theresia von Ahlefeldt was a German born aristocrat and a Danish composer. She is known as the first female composer in Denmark.
Mary Dorothea Frederica Steen was a Danish photographer and feminist. At the age of 28, she opened a studio in Copenhagen where she specialized in indoor photography. She later became Denmark's first female court photographer, working not only with the Danish royal family but, at the invitation of Princess Alexandra, with the British royal family too. She also played an important part in improving conditions for female workers and encouraging women to take up the profession of photography.
Events from the year 1951 in Denmark.
Events from the year 1840 in Denmark.
Events from the year 1855 in Denmark.
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Anna Lærkesen was a Danish ballet dancer who was a soloist at the Royal Danish Ballet. She had her debut at the theatre in the Bournonville version of La Sylphide as the first sylph (1959). She was appointed soloist in 1964 and was promoted to 1st female soloist two years later, a title that had until then only been bestowed upon Margot Lander. After long periods of illness, she was dismissed from service shortly before her 25th anniversary where she would have appeared in a production of Livjægerne på Amager in which she would have portrayed the character of Louise.
Jørgen Arenholt was a Danish tennis player and medical doctor. He competed in two events at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
Orla Albert Vilhelm Rosenhoff was a Danish musician, the son of Caspar Claudius Rosenhoff, a teacher.
Kristine Marie Jensen, better known in Denmark as Frøken Jensen, (1858–1923) was a Danish housekeeper and cookbook writer. She is remembered in particular as the author of the early Danish cookbook Frøken Jensens Kogebog, which has been popular for its traditional recipes since its publication in 1901.
Loulou Lassen (1876-1948) was a Danish journalist.
Merete Jul Ries was a Danish publisher and editor. She entered the publishing literature when she joined the Gyldendal publishing house in 1966 and served as its publishing editor from 1968 until she was made redundant in 1980. Ries was an editor at the Tiderne Skifter publishing house between 1981 and 1982 and then established the Rosinante publishing house in 1982. She established a Danish news magazine called OMverden in 1991 and was an editor from 1993 to 2001, working on The History of Nordic Women's Literature and Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon.
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References
- ↑ "Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon online", Det Kongelige Bibliotek. (in Danish)
- ↑ "Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon", Kvinfo. (in Danish)
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