Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon

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Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon ("Biographical Encyclopedia of Danish Women") is a collection of over 1,900 biographies of Danish women from the Middle Ages to the present. The first edition was published in 2001 by Rosinante & Co, Copenhagen. [1] Free searchable online access is available from the website of KVINFO. [2]

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References

  1. "Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon online", Det Kongelige Bibliotek. (in Danish)
  2. "Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon", Kvinfo. (in Danish)