Kongelige kammersangere

Last updated October 09, 2024

Kongelige kammersangere or The Royal Chamber Singer is a prestigious title given to Danish Opera singers by the monarch. Only about 50 people have received the award since it was started in 1700. The first non-native Danish person who was appointed as a royal chamber singer was the Italian Giuseppe Siboni, who in 1819 received Danish citizenship and became director of the Royal Theatre.

List of Honorees

Presented by Frederik VI

ca. 1819 – Giuseppe Siboni (1780–1839)
ca. 1821 – Josephine Fröhlich (1803–1878)

Presented by Christian VIII

1841 – Ida Henriette da Fonseca (1802–1858)
1843 – Catharine Simonsen (née Rysslander, 1816–1849)

Presented by Frederik VII

1854 – Jørgen Christian Hansen (1812–1880)^[1]
1858 – Leocadie Gerlach (1827–1919, née Bergnehr)

Presented by Christian IX

1864 – Charlotte Bournonville (1832–1911)
1866 – Peter Schram (1819–1895)
1874 – Niels Juel Simonsen (1846–1906)
1879 – Anna Henrietta Levinsohn (1839–1899)
1888 – Elisabeth Dons (1864–1942)
1894 – Sophie Keller (née Rung, 1850–1929)
1901 – Vilhelm Herold (1865–1937)

Presented by Frederik VIII

1906 – Ellen Beck (1873–1953)
1906 – Emilie Ulrich (1872–1952)
1907 – Peter Cornelius (née Cornelius Petersen, 1865–1934)^[2]
1907 – Helge Nissen (1871–1926)
1907 – Ida Møller (1872–1947)
1908 – Johanne Krarup-Hansen (1870–1958)

Presented by Christian X

1914 – Tenna Kraft (née Frederiksen, 1885–1954)
1915 – Margrethe Lendrop (née Boeck, 1873–1920)
1916 – Johanne Brun (da) (née Prieme, 1874–1954)
1917 – Albert Høeberg (1879–1949)
1918 – Niels Hansen (1880–1969)
1919 – Ingeborg Nørregaard Hansen (1874–1941)
1922 – Lilly Lamprecht (1886–1976)
1930 – Lauritz Melchior (1890–1973)
1931 – Ingeborg Steffensen (1888–1964)
1931 – Poul Wiedemann (1890–1969)
1934 – Holger Byrding (1891–1980)
1934 – Holger Bruusgaard (1884–1968)
1934 – Else Schøtt (1895–1989)
1934 – Per Biørn (1887–1944)
1936 – Helge Rosvaenge (1897–1972)
1939 – Einar Nørby (1896–1983)
1941 – Ebba Wilton (1896–1951)
1941 – Ely Hjalmar (1892–1952)
1946 – Marius Jacobsen (1894–1961)
1946 – Thyge Thygesen (1904–1972)
1946 – Else Brems (1908–1995)
1946 – Edith Oldrup (1912–1999)

Presented by Frederik IX

1947 – Henry Skjær (1899–1991)
1949 – Stefan Islandi (1907–1993)
1949 – Dorothy Larsen (1911–1990)
1950 – Erik Sjøberg (1909–1973)
1950 – Lilian Weber Hansen (1911–1987)
1957 – Ruth Guldbæk (1924–2006)
1959 – Otte Svendsen (1918–2008)

Presented by Margrethe II

1974 – Ib Hansen (1928–2013)^[3]
1985 – Aage Haugland (1944–2000)
1998 – Inga Nielsen (1946–2008)
2006 – Stig Fogh Andersen (born 1950)
2010 – Tina Kiberg (born 1958)

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References

↑ Frederiksborg Nationalhistoriske museum (1902). Det Nationalhistoriske museum paa Frederiksborg slot (in Danish). Nielsen & Lydiche. p. 142.
↑ Ministerialtidende for kongeriget Danmark for aaret (in Danish). 1908. p. 63.
↑ "Kongelig kammersanger Ib Hansen er død" . Politiken (in Danish). 24 February 2013.

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[1] Frederiksborg Nationalhistoriske museum (1902). Det Nationalhistoriske museum paa Frederiksborg slot (in Danish). Nielsen & Lydiche. p. 142.

[2] Ministerialtidende for kongeriget Danmark for aaret (in Danish). 1908. p. 63.

[3] "Kongelig kammersanger Ib Hansen er død" . Politiken (in Danish). 24 February 2013.

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