Ole Christensen Rømer was a Danish astronomer who, in 1676, made the first measurement of the speed of light.
The Confederation of Danish Industry (DI) is Denmark's largest business organization and employers' organization. DI's members are 18,000 private enterprises in manufacturing and the service industry, from virtually all sub-sectors. Also, a number of sectoral employers' associations and branch federations are included in DI's framework, being integrated in part or in full in DI. Moreover, the members of DI in each county constitute a regional federation dealing with regional policy as well as educational issues. The organization represents its members in public discussions of new political ideas, and it comments on current events in Denmark. The DI director general and CEO is Lars Sandahl Sørensen.
Martin Nyrop was a Danish architect.
Peter Elfelt was a Danish photographer and film director known as the first movie pioneer in Denmark when he began making documentary films in 1897.
Richard Mortensen was a Danish painter.
Events from the year 1920 in Denmark.
Tagensvej is a major street in the northwestern part of inner Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from Blegdamsvej on the border between Nørrebro and Østerbro in the southeast to Frederiksborgvej and Bispebjerg Cemetery in the northwest.
The Danish Outdoor Council is a non-governmental umbrella organisation for organisations active in the promotion of outdoor, recreational activities as well as nature protection interests in Denmark. It was founded on 27 November 1942 and now has 94 member organisations.
De Danske Husmoderforeninger or DDH, later Aktive Kvinder i Danmark, was established on 15 May 1920 as the central organization covering the many local housewives associations in Denmark. The first of these was Københavns Husmoderforening which was established in 1917. The author Thit Jensen was responsible for founding the Copenhagen association as we all the DDH.
Francis James Zachariae was a Danish businessman, local historic publisher and philanthropist. He is today mainly remembered for publishing Før og Nu with topographical-historical images of Copenhagen from 1915 to 1927.
Bertel Christian Budtz Müller was a pioneering Danish photographer. He operated the photographic studio Budtz Müller & Co. at Bredgade 21 in Copenhagen and was appointed as court photographer in Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
Titan A/S was a Danish machine factory and iron foundry founded by merger of two older companies in 1897 and based at Tagensvej 86 in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. It occupied the entire site between the streets Tagensvej, Hermodsgade, Titangade, Sigurdsgade and Rådmandsgade. It merged with Odense-based Thriege in 19687 under the name Thriege-Titan. The merged company is now called T-T Electric and is headquartered in France.
Holger Petersen was a Danish businessman and philanthropist.
Georg Christian Bestle was a Danish vintner. He established his own company in 1882, which had by the 1890s developed into the largest company of its kind in Denmark. Its former headquarters is located at Skindergade 45–47 in Copenhagen. The current building is from 1900.
Meinungsgade is a street in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen, Denmark, linking Nørrebrogade in the southwest with Guldbergsgade in the northeast.
Mælkeriet Enigheden, usually referred to simply as Enigheden, was a cooperative dairy products company based in Copenhagen, Denmark. The existed from 1897 to 1996 and was from 1906 based at Lygten 39–41 in Nordvest. The Baroque Revival style main building from 1923 is now owned by C. W. Obel and the Lundbeck Foundation through a jointly owned investment company.
Carl Gammeltoft was a Danish business executive. He served as managing director of De Danske Sukkerfabrikker from 1882 to 1922.
Rikard Magnussen was a Danish sculptor.
Finn Hauberg Mortensen was a Danish literature researcher and Professor of Nordic Literature at Odense University. He was the son of the artist Richard Mortensen and the author Sonja Hauberg.
Hermann Abbestée was Danish governor of Tranquebar from 1762 to 1775 and the first royal governor of Danish India from 1779 to 1788. He served as one of the seven directors of the Danish Asiatic Company from 1775 to 1778 and was also active as a trader.
