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This is a list of notable Danish people ... Betty Hennings (1850–1939), actress, famous for her ... (1975–), historian with a focus on early modern history;
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 ...
Danes (Danish: danskere, pronounced [ˈtænskɐɐ]), or Danish people, are an ethnic group and nationality native to Denmark and a modern nation identified with the country of Denmark. [27] This connection may be ancestral, legal, historical, or cultural.
Danish and Nordic legendary stories, chronicles and sagas often have accounts of Danish kings and dynasties stretching further back in time than the 7th century, but the historicity of the content and interpretations of these stories are often put to doubt. Chochilaicus—see Hugleik and Hygelac—c. 515 AD, mentioned by Gregory of Tours (538 ...
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 .
Like the Danish original, “Famous Last Words” will center on “notable personalities who have spent their lives making significant contributions to humanity and culture. ... USA TODAY. Ford ...
The heist is still the largest in Denmark’s history. Two years after the heist in 2010, 15 men were convicted to a collective 100-plus years in prison. Only four million of the estimated 70-plus ...
This is a list of Danish Nobel laureates. Since the Nobel Prize was established per the will of Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel in 1895, 14 of the prize winners have been from Denmark . The first Danish Nobel laureate was Niels Ryberg Finsen , who won a Nobel Prize for medicine in 1903 for his work on using light therapy to treat diseases.