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Carl Christian Anton Christensen, is America's Danish-American equivalent of "Grandma Moses." Another early Danish-American artisan was Peter Hanson, a landscape painter, tulip authority, and daguerreian. Hanson was born in Denmark in 1821 and came to America c. 1847, when he settled in Brooklyn, NY, with a photography studio in the Bowery.
Ann Forrest, actress, immigrant from Denmark. Lilie Hayward, actress and screenwriter, sister of Danish American actress Seena Owen. Florence Henderson, actress, daughter of Danish American mother. Jean Hersholt, actor, immigrant from Denmark. Maren Jensen, actress and model, father was of Danish ancestry.
Following World War II, there was an increase in interest in ethnic origins in the United States, which saw more Scandinavian Americans refer to themselves as Norwegian-American, Danish-American, etc. Remaining communities became concerned with cultural activism and preservationism.
An American mother living abroad in Denmark gave people an inside look at the country’s free paediatric dentistry system inside elementary schools.
Becca Itkowitz left the US with her husband and two young sons and lived in Denmark for three years. The boys really liked it as their parents and school embraced the non-helicopter-parenting culture.
Alma Dahlerup. Baroness Alma Dahlerup née Bech-Brøndom (1874–1969) was a Danish-American philanthropist who supported Danish seamen in World War II through radio broadcasts and speaking assignments. As president of the Danish-American Women's Association, she is remembered in particular for proposing and raising funding for the statue of ...
Map of the Nordic region. Nordic immigration to North America encompasses the movement of people from the Nordic countries of Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, and Finland to the North America, mainly the United States and Canada, from the 17th to the 20th centuries. These immigrants were drawn to the New World by factors ranging from economic ...
Benedicte Wrensted. Benedicte Marie Wrensted (February 10, 1859 – January 19, 1949) was a notable Danish-American photographer, who emigrated to the United States after running a studio for a few years in Horsens, Denmark. She was an obscure photographer who is most notably remembered for her documentation of the Northern Shoshone, Lemhi, and ...