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Nordic art is the art made in the Nordic countries: Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and associated territories. Scandinavian art refers to a subset of Nordic art and is art specific for the Scandinavian countries Denmark, Sweden and Norway.
Cultural history of Denmark (8 C, 2 P) L. ... Pages in category "Culture of Denmark" ... Animal welfare and rights in Denmark; Danish art; B. Bishop-bowl; C.
The Danish Arts Foundation (Danish: Statens Kunstfond) is the principal Danish government funded arts foundation founded by a special Law on 27 May 1964. [1] [2]Statens Kunstfond alongside the da:Statens Kunstråd [3] (English sometimes State Arts Council now Danish Agency for Culture) allocates funds provided by the Ministry of Culture (da:Kulturministeriet).
The culture of Denmark has a rich artistic and scientific heritage. The fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875), the philosophical essays of Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855), the short stories of Karen Blixen, penname Isak Dinesen, (1885–1962), the plays of Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754), modern authors such as Herman Bang and Nobel laureate Henrik Pontoppidan and the dense ...
Wilhelm Marstrand (1810–1873), a vastly productive artist who mastered a remarkable variety of genres, remembered especially for a number of his works which have become familiar signposts of Danish history and culture: scenes from the drawing-rooms and streets of Copenhagen during his younger days; the festivity and public life captured in ...
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The larger runestone mentions the Christianization of Denmark and was raised by king Harald Bluetooth, who also erected the nearby church. [7] Roskilde Cathedral: Region Zealand: 1995 695; ii, iv (cultural) The construction of the cathedral started in the 12th century in Romanesque and continued in Gothic style in the 13th century.
Scandinavia House, located on 58 Park Avenue, Manhattan, was opened in 2000 by the American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) as a center for Nordic culture in the United States. [2] The building was the first permanent location of ASF after a decade of moving between several addresses. Construction of the new building cost around $13 million. [4]