Zealand at 7,031 km2 is the largest and most populous island in Denmark proper. Zealand had a population of 2,319,705 on 1 January 2020.
Assens is a town with a population of 6,060 on the west coast of the island of Funen on the eastern side of the Little Belt in central Denmark. By road,Assens is located 41.2 kilometres (25.6 mi) southwest of Odense,34 kilometres (21 mi) northwest of Faaborg,and 33.34 kilometres (20.72 mi) southeast of Middelfart. Assens is the municipal seat of Assens Municipality in Region of Southern Denmark. It was the birthplace of sculptor Jens Adolf Jerichau who married the well-known portraitist Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann;both artists' works are exhibited at the local art museum,Vestfyns Kunstmuseum.
Vilhelm Lauritzen was a leading Danish modern architect,founder of the still active architectural firm Vilhelm Lauritzen Arkitekter.
Carl Frederik Tietgen was a Danish financier and industrialist. He played an important role in the industrialisation of Denmark as the founder of numerous prominent Danish companies,many of which are still in operation today. Tietgen notably formed conglomerates,thus several of Tietgen's companies attained monopoly-like status,cementing their durability.
Sugar production in the United States Virgin Islands was an important part of the economy of the United States Virgin Islands for over two hundred years. Long before the islands became part of the United States in 1917,the islands,particular the island of Saint Croix,was exploited by the Danish from the early 18th century and by 1800 over 30,000 acres were under cultivation,earning Saint Croix a reputation as the "Garden of the West Indies". Since the closing of the last sugar factory on Saint Croix in 1966,the industry has become only a memory.
La Grange is a settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.
Albert Jensen was a Danish architect. He collaborated with Ferdinand Meldahl on several projects,including the completion of Marble Church in Copenhagen and Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall. He also designed the Magasin du Nord department store on Kongens Nytorv.
Lauritz Peter Holmblad,often referred to as L. P. Holmblad,was a Danish industrialist and philanthropist. His company,which was simply known as L. P. Holmblad,had activities in dyes,soap,glue and plating cards. Holmblad was also part of the circle around Carl Frederik Tietgen,co-founding several of his companies.
Århusgade is a street in the Østerbro district of Copenhagen,Denmark. It extends east from Østerbrogade and passes under the railway just before entering the southernmost part of Nordhavn which is known as the Århusgade neighbourhood after it. The street has many cafés and small shops. The street is named after the City of Aarhus,the second largest city in Denmark.
Hjalmar Kjær was a Danish architect who worked extensively in Odense and made notable contributions to architecture in Denmark in the 19th and 20th centuries. HJalmar Kjær was the son of soap manufacturer Hans Kjær and Kathrine Rasmussen. He attended a technical college before he was admitted to the preparatory course of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1894 and graduated as an architect in May 1896.
Ole Berendt Suhr was a Danish merchant,investor,landowner and philanthropist.
De Danske Sukkerfabrikker was a Danish sugar manufacturing company established in 1872 in Copenhagen,Denmark. It played a central role in the development of a thriving Danish sugar industry based on sugar beets from Lolland-Falster,Møn and Funen. The company merged with Danisco and De Danske Spritfabrikker in 1989. It then continued as Danisco Sugar Sector until 2011,when it was acquired by Nordzucker and renamed Nordic Sugar.
Højbygaard Sugar Factory was built in 1872–74 at Holeby on Lolland in southeastern Denmark. It was one of the first modern sugar factories built for the country's emerging sugar beet industry. It was taken over by De Danske Sukkerfabrikker in 1877 and operated until 1959. The buildings were then acquired by De Forenede Papirfabrikker and operated as a paper mill under the name Højbygaard Papirfabrik from 1960 to 1993.
Erhard Frederiksen was a Danish agronomist and sugar manufacturer. He is considered one of the most significant writers on agricultural economics of his time in Denmark. He was a co-founder of a sugar factory at Holeby on Lolland in 1872–1874,which was later taken over by the Danish Sugar Factories under the name Højbygaard Sugar Factory.
Holger Petersen was a Danish businessman and philanthropist.
Øresunds chemiske Fabriker,colloquially known as Kryolitfabrikken,was a cryolite processing plant established in 1859 at Strandboulevarden in Copenhagen,Denmark.
Men of Industry is a 1893–1904 oil on canvas group portrait painting by Peder Severin Krøyer (1851–1909) featuring 53 leading representatives of the technical sciences in Denmark during the second half of the 19th century,seen at a fictional gathering at Østerbro Power Station in Copenhagen. The painting was commission by Gustav Adolph Hagemann and is now on display in the Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Castle,Hillerød.
From Copenhagen Stock Exchange is a monumental 1895 oil on canvas group portrait painting by Peder Severin Krøyer,featuring 50 representatives of the Danish commercial and financial industries gathered in the Great Hall of the Exchange Building in Copenhagen,Denmark.
Louis Meyer was a Danish businessman. His company,Beckett &Meyer,a wholesale company,was after his death continued by his son Ernst Meyer.
Carl Gammeltoft was a Danish business executive. He served as managing director of De Danske Sukkerfabrikker from 1882 to 1922.
