Dinesen, Thomas Fasti b. August 9, 1892 d. March 10, 1970 World War I Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Rungsted, Demark, he served as a Private in the 42nd Infantry Battalion, Canadian Extraordinary Forces. On August 12, 1918 at Parvillers, France, Private Dinesen rushed forward alone against entrenched German troops and put hostile guns out of action. He was credited with killing 12 of the enemy using both bayonet and grenade, while inspiring his comrades at a very critical stage of the action. For gallantry in the face of the enemy, he was awarded...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Hørsholm Cemetery, Horsholm, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Movin, Lisbeth b. August 25, 1917 d. November 7, 2011 Actress. A longtime star of the Danish stage and screen, she is remembered as Anne Petersdotter, a pastor's wife accused of divination in Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1943 classic "Day of Wrath". Raised in Odense, she originally trained as a laboratory technician then in 1939 was accepted into the Royal Theatre School; admitted to the Theatre's company upon her 1941 graduation she began appearing on stage and taking some small parts on the silver screen. In 1943 she landed the role of Anne which was...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford) Hørsholm Cemetery, Horsholm, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Nielsen, Inga b. June 2, 1946 d. February 10, 2008 Opera Soprano. The daughter of a Danish father and an Austrian mother, she moved with her parents to Iowa in the US at the age of three. There, at the age of nine, she made her first commercial record. After studying in Vienna, Stuttgart and Budapest, she made her professional debut in 1971 in Gelsenkirchen. From 1975 to 1980 she was attached to the Frankfurt Opera where she made her reputation in Mozartian leads, which led to appearances in most of the mayor opera houses all over the world...[Read More] (Bio by: Erik Skytte) Hørsholm Cemetery, Horsholm, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Von Spreckelsen, Johan Otto b. April 4, 1929 d. March 16, 1987 Architect. From 1978 he was a professor at the Danish Academy of Fine Arts, and he also worked for UNESCO in Turkey. He was the architect behind several of Denmark's modern church buildings. Von Spreckelsen won an international competition arranged by the French president Mitterand in 1982 concerning the building of a new triumphal arch, "La Grande Arche", in the La Défense district in Paris. The arch, which rises to 110 meters, was the culmination of his relatively short career. It was...[Read More] (Bio by: Erik Skytte) Hørsholm Cemetery, Horsholm, Hovedstaden, Denmark
b. August 9, 1892 d. March 10, 1970