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This is a list of notable Danish people. Actors Ellen Aggerholm (1882 ... Ellen Andersen (1898–1989), museum curator, specializing in the history of textiles;
Adam of Bremen was an 11th century German chronicler. Although not Danish himself, he spent time in the court of the Danish king Svend Estridson.Adam claims to derive much of the information on Danish history from his Latin chronicle Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum ("Deeds of the Bishops of Hamburg") from conversations with Svend (whom he quotes verbatim in several places) and from ...
The Sigtrygg Runestones of the "House of Olaf" was raised after king Sigtrygg by his mother. 934 AD. King Cnut I (Harthacnut). 17th century engraving.. The exact date of origin of the Kingdom of Denmark is not established, but names of Danish kings begins to emerge in foreign sources from the 8th century and onwards.
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As in the rest of Europe, interest in Danish folklore was a result of national and international trends in the early 19th century. In particular, the German Romanticism movement was based on the belief that there was a relationship between language, religion, traditions, songs and stories and those who practiced them.
This is a list of notable Danish musicians and singers: The list A Afenginn Alphabeat Aqua, peaked in 1997 with "Barbie Girl" Artillery B Bamses Venner Julie Berthelsen, singer Bikstok Røgsystem Birmingham 6 The Blue Van Victor Borge Brixx Dieterich Buxtehude (1637–1707), composer C C21 Debbie Cameron Henrik Carlsen Carpark North The Cartoons Tim Christensen Ida Corr D Anna David Daze ...
The history of Denmark as a unified kingdom began in the 8th century, but historic documents describe the geographic area and the people living there—the Danes—as early as 500 AD. These early documents include the writings of Jordanes and Procopius .
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 ...