Børge Rosenbaum, known professionally as Victor Borge, was a Danish-American comedian, conductor, and pianist who achieved great popularity in radio and television in the United States and Europe. His blend of music and comedy earned him the nicknames "The Clown Prince of Denmark", "The Unmelancholy Dane", and "The Great Dane".
Jørn Oberg Utzon,, Hon. FAIA was a Danish architect. He was most notable for designing the Sydney Opera House in Australia, completed in 1973. When it was declared a World Heritage Site on 28 June 2007, Utzon became only the second person to have received such recognition for one of his works during his lifetime, after Oscar Niemeyer. Other noteworthy works include Bagsværd Church near Copenhagen and the National Assembly Building in Kuwait. He also made important contributions to housing design, especially with his Kingo Houses near Helsingør.
Eero Saarinen was a Finnish-American architect and industrial designer noted for his wide-ranging array of designs for buildings and monuments. Saarinen is best known for designing the Washington Dulles International Airport outside Washington, D.C., the TWA Flight Center in New York City, and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri. He was the son of Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen.
Axel Gabriel Erik Mørch better known as Gabriel Axel was a Danish film director, actor, writer and producer, best known for Babette's Feast (1987), which he wrote and directed.
Mads Dittmann Mikkelsen, is a Danish actor. Originally a gymnast and dancer, he rose to fame in Denmark as an actor for his roles such as Tonny in the first two films of the Pusher film trilogy, Detective Sergeant Allan Fischer in the television series Rejseholdet (2000–2004), Niels in Open Hearts (2002), Svend in The Green Butchers (2003), Ivan in Adam's Apples (2005) and Jacob Petersen in After the Wedding (2006).
Copenhagen Municipality, also known in English as the Municipality of Copenhagen, located in the Capital Region of Denmark, is the largest of the four municipalities that constitute the City of Copenhagen, the other three being Dragør, Frederiksberg, and Tårnby. The Municipality of Copenhagen constitutes the historical city centre and the majority of its landmarks. It is the most populous in the country with a population of 643,613 inhabitants, and covers 86.4 square kilometres (33.4 sq mi) in area,. Copenhagen Municipality is located at the Zealand and Amager islands and totally surrounds Frederiksberg Municipality on all sides. The strait of Øresund lies to the east. The city of Copenhagen has grown far beyond the municipal boundaries from 1901, when Frederiksberg Municipality was made an enclave within Copenhagen Municipality. Frederiksberg has the largest population density of the municipalities of Denmark.
Finn Juhl was a Danish architect, interior and industrial designer, most known for his furniture design. He was one of the leading figures in the creation of Danish design in the 1940s and he was the designer who introduced Danish modern to America.
Volmars Drosted, was a Danish architect, born in Frederiksberg. He worked on a number of public buildings for the city of Helsingør as well as the thorough restoration of the famous Marienlyst Castle in 1953.
Events from the year 2010 in Denmark.
Poul Lange, also known as Poul Hans Lange, is a Danish illustrator, graphic designer, photographer, fine artist and children's book creator, who has won numerous awards for his design work. Since the early 1990s, he has lived and worked in the United States, first in New York City, and then after 2012 in Los Angeles. In 2011 Lange founded "Chocolate Factory Publishing" with his wife Kayoko Suzuki-Lange. In 2013, Chocolate Factory Publishing released the award-winning children's book app, The Book of Holes.
Sven Julius Risom was a Danish architect who worked mainly in the style of Nordic Classicism.
Aksel Bender Madsen was a Danish furniture designer who worked closely together with Ejner Larsen (1917-1987) producing a wide variety of items during the Danish modern period.
James John Ulrik Plesner was a Danish architect who has mainly worked abroad, most notably in Sri Lanka and Israel.
Events from the year 2013 in Denmark.
Jens Ingwersen was a Danish architect during the transition from neo-classicism to functionalism. He was the architect of the telephone company KTAS and is the man behind most of this company's buildings.
For other people named Michael Seifert, see Michael Seifert.
Helen Schou was a Danish sculptor most known for her works of horses. Her two most-known commissions are the equestrian statue of King Christian IX commissioned for the Aarhus Cathedral and the Jutland Stallion commissioned by the City of Randers. She was honored as a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1965 and elevated to a Knight 1st Class in 1974.
Jytte Reichstein Nilsson (1932–2020) was a Danish protozoologist and educator. She is remembered for her research into cell biology, undertaking electron-microscopic studies into cell structures, including the interplay between cell building and function. She served as vice-president of the Society of Protozoologists (1977), later becoming an honorary member. She contributed some 80 papers on her research to scientific journals.
Grethe Krogh was a Danish concert organist and professor. She began playing at age five and was educated at the Royal Danish Academy of Music. Krogh's concert debut playing the piano and organ came in 1953 and she began working as an organist firstly at Nykøbing Mors from 1954 to 1957 and then at Holmen Church from 1964 to 1969. She was appointed professor of organ playing at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in 1969 and worked there until 1990 when she became a freelance solo organist. Krogh received various awards and scholarships throughout the course of her career. She received the Tagea Brandt Rejselegat in 1972 and was appointed Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1974 before being promoted to Knight First Class in 1982. Krogh was decorated with France's Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2006.
Palle Suenson was a Danish modernist architect. He was the son of Professor Edouard Suenson, engineer, and of Henriette Benedicte Hartmann.
