Bidstrup, Herluf b. September 10, 1912 d. December 26, 1988 Artist, Illustrator. After training at the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen from 1931 to 1935, he began a career as a satirical cartoonist with the Social Democratic daily press, where his cartoons of Hitler and other Nazi leaders provoked several protests from the German embassy. During the German occupation of Denmark he supplied the underground press with anti-Nazi cartoons. In 1945 he joined the communist daily "Land og Folk" where his favourite targets became the capitalists and...[Read More] (Bio by: Erik Skytte) Lilleroed Cemetery, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Haugland, Aage b. February 1, 1944 d. December 23, 2000 Opera singer. A noted bass who had given up his medicine studies to take singing lessons aspiring to become a professional singer. In 1968 he won a singing competition in Oslo and was offered a two-year contract with The Norwegian Opera. There he was contacted by the German operatic director Gotz Friederich who introduced him to the Bremen Opera which led to a contract for the seasons 1970 to 1973. While in Bremen he was able to make several guest appearances, among others at the Jutland Opera...[Read More] (Bio by: Erik Skytte) Lilleroed Cemetery, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
b. September 10, 1912 d. December 26, 1988