The Folketing,also known as the Parliament of Denmark or the Danish Parliament in English,is the unicameral national legislature (parliament) of the Kingdom of Denmark—Denmark proper together with the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Established in 1849,until 1953 the Folketing was the lower house of a bicameral parliament,called the Rigsdag;the upper house was the Landsting. It meets in Christiansborg Palace,on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen.
Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup,,was a Danish politician,member of the Højre party. He was Interior Minister from 1865 to 1869 in the Cabinet of Frijs and Council President as well as Finance Minister from 1875 to 1894 as the leader of the Estrup Cabinet. At 19 years,he was the longest serving Danish prime minister.
The Order of the Dannebrog is a Danish order of chivalry instituted in 1671 by Christian V. Until 1808,membership in the Order was limited to fifty members of noble or royal rank,who formed a single class known as White Knights to distinguish them from the Blue Knights who were members of the Order of the Elephant. In 1808,the Order was reformed and divided into four classes. The statute of the Order was amended in 1951 by a Royal Ordinance so that both men and women could be members of the Order. Today,the Order of the Dannebrog is a means of honouring and rewarding the faithful servants of the modern Danish state for meritorious civil or military service,for a particular contribution to the arts,sciences or business life,or for working for Danish interests.
Bertel Geismar Haarder is a Danish writer,teacher and politician,who was a member of the Folketing for the Venstre political party. He has served as minister several times,including Minister of Education from 1982 to 1993 and again in 2005 to 2010,and most recently as Minister for Culture and Ecclesiastical Affairs from 2015 to 2016 in the L. L. Rasmussen II Cabinet. He is a former member of European Parliament,serving from 1994 to 2001. He has also served as president of Nordic Council on two occasions,first in 2011 and latest from 2020 to 2021.
Annaly is a settlement on the island of St. Croix in the United States Virgin Islands. It is located in the northwest of the island,to the northeast of Frederiksted.
Gjorslev is a cruciform medieval castle located 17 km south-east of Køge,on the Stevns Peninsula,Stevns Municipality,some forty kilometres south of Copenhagen,Denmark. Originally owned by the Bishop of Roskilde,it is considered one of the most well-preserved examples of Gothic secular architecture in Denmark.
Barchmann Mansion is a Baroque style town mansion overlooking Frederiksholm Canal in central Copenhagen,Denmark. Built in the early 1740s to designs by Philip de Lange,it is also known as the Wedell Mansion after the current owner. It was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1918. An extension from 1748 is now home to Johan Borup's Folk High School.
Scavenius' Stiftelse is a listed building situated on the west side of the town square in Sorø,Denmark.
Klintholm is an estate near Mons Klint on the Danish island of Møn. Originally owned by the Crown,since 1798 the estate has belonged to the Scavenius family. In 1838,a three-winged stone complex was built by G.F. Hetsch in the Neoclassical style and in 1875,a new manor house designed by August Klein in the Renaissance Revival style was completed but it was demolished in 2000.
Folehavegård is an 18th-century farmhouse in Hørsholm,Denmark. It has been owned by Karen Blixen's father Wilhelm Dinesen,as well as her younger sister Ellen Dahl,and was owned by the family for more than a hundred years. The main building,barn and stable are listed. Much of the land has been sold off. The remaining 35 hectares consist mostly of open farmland but adjoins the woodlands Folehaveskoven and Rungsted Hegn.
Hans Peter Ingerslev was a Danish politician and minister. He was born in 1831 on Marselisborg Manor in Aarhus,owned by his parents Caspar Peder Rothe Ingerslev and Marie Meulengracht.
Gammel Kirstineberg is a manor house located on the island of Falster in southeastern Denmark. The main building is from 1773 and was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places by the Danish Heritage Agency on 5 March 1945.
Petersgaard is a Neoclassical manor house and agricultural estate located between Kalvehave and Vordingborg in Vordingborg Municipality,on the southern part of Zealand,in southeastern Denmark. The Neoclassical main building overlooks Ulvsund and the Queen Alexandrine Bridge,with the island of Møn in the background.
Jacob Brønnum Scavenius was a Danish landowner.
Basnæs is a manor house and estate located southeast of Skælskør,Slagelse Municipality,Denmark. The Gothic Revival style main building is a three-storey building with three corner towers designed by Gustav Friedrich Hetsch. The estate covers approximately 1,000 h4ectares of land.
Theresa Birgitta Brønnum Scavenius is a Danish politician who currently serves as an independent member of the Folketing. Previously a member of the green political party The Alternative,she was first elected at the 2022 Danish general election as a member of the party,having previously run unsuccessfully for them in the 2019 election. She was a candidate to succeed Uffe Elbæk as leader of the party,after he resigned in February 2020,but lost to Josephine Fock.
Peder Brønnum Scavenius was a Danish landowner and politician. He was the owner of Gjorslev on the Stevns Peninsula,Klintholm on Møn and Petersgaard at Vordingborg. He was an also involved in politics and by royal appointment a member of the Danish Constituent Assembly.
Holtug Church is a church in Holtug on the Stevns Peninsula,Stevns Municipality,Denmark. The church dates from the middle of the 12th century,but only the walls of the nave from the original Romanesque church have survived.
Stormgade 8 is a three-storey,18th century property situated at Stormgade 8 in Copenhagen,Denmark. The buildingwas listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1918.
Hans Ditmar Frederik (Fritz) Feddersen was a Danish civil servant and politician. He served as Governor of the Danish West Indies from 1851 to 1855. In 1860,he was elected as Member of Folketinget in Copenhagen's 3rd Constituency.
