Find A Grave - Denmark

Aagaard, Thorvald b. June 8, 1877 d. March 22, 1937
Composer, Editor, Teacher. He was a leader of the Danish folk music revival of the early 20th Century. His compositions, mostly songs, exemplify his country's native traditions. The best known include "The Snowflakes are Dancing", "The Sparrow Sits Silent in the Attic", "He Comes with the Summer", and "I See the Light Beech Islands". Aagaard was born in Rolsted on the island of Funen, Denmark. Initially trained as a violinist, he studied music at the Copenhagen Conservatory (1900 to 1902) and...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Ryslinge Cemetery, Ryslinge, Syddanmark, Denmark
Absalon b. 1127 d. March 21, 1201
Roman Catholic Archbishop, Statesman. He was raised with Danish monarch King Canute Lavard's son, who later became King Valdemar I. Having studied theology in Paris, France, he was appointed bishop of Roskilde, Denmark in 1158 and archbishop of Lund (in present-day Sweden) in 1177. He conducted the expeditions against the Germanic tribe the Wends, capturing their castle stronghold of Arkona on the island of Rügen in 1169 and conquered the Germanic region ofg Pomerania in 1185. He erected sea-...[Read More] (Bio by: Erik Skytte)
Sorø klosterkirke (Church of Soroe Cloister), Ringsted, Sjaeland, Denmark
Andersen, Hans Christian b. April 2, 1805 d. August 4, 1875
Writer. Famous for his fairy tales. His father was a poor shoemaker and literate, who believed he was of aristocratic origin. Andersen's mother worked as washerwoman. He declined into alcoholism and died in 1833 in a charitable old people's home. Andersen's half-sister Karen Marie worked as a prostitute for some time. She contacted her famous brother only a few times before dying in 1846. Andersen received little education. As a child he was highly emotional, suffering all kinds of fears and...[Read More] (Bio by: Jelena)
Assistens Cemetery, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Anna Sofie of Denmark-Norway b. April 16, 1693 d. January 7, 1743
Queen of Denmark and Norway. Born Countess Reventlow as the daughter of Grand-chancellor, Count Conrad Reventlow and his 2nd wife Countess Sophie Amalie Hahn. In june 1712 the Danish king Frederik IV met this young noblewoman at a masquerade at the royal Castle Koldinghus, and fell completely in love with her. The fact, that the king was already married did not stop him. He wanted her to be his wife. Shortly after they had met, the king arrived - in a carriage in the middle of the night - at...[Read More] (Bio by: Benny Chordt Hansen)
Roskilde Cathedral, Roskilde, Sjaeland, Denmark
Bajer, Fredrik b. April 21, 1837 d. January 22, 1922
Politician, Author. A noted pacifist, he shared the 1908 Nobel Peace Prize with Klas Pontus Arnoldson from Sweden. Born in the Danish village of Vester Egede, he entered military school at age 17 and in 1856 he joined the army as a lieutenant in the Dragoons. During the 1864 war against Prussia and Austria he commanded troops and won respect for his ability and conduct. In 1872 he entered politics and was elected to the Danish House of Representatives, where he retained his seat for the next...[Read More] (Bio by: Erik Skytte)
Bispebjerg Cemetery, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Balling, Erik b. November 29, 1924 d. November 19, 2005
Film director. Successful and popular director born at Nyborg, Denmark, who worked his way up in the film studios before making his début as a director in 1952. This was the first of his 40 feature films, one of which, "Qivitoq" from 1956, was nominated for an Oscar in the category "Best foreign language film". His most popular films were the 13 comedies about "Olsen Banden" (The Olsen Gang) from 1968 to 1981. He usually wrote or co-wrote the manuscripts for his films. He was also very active...[Read More] (Bio by: Erik Skytte)
Gentofte Churchyard, Gentofte, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Bang, Herman b. April 20, 1857 d. January 29, 1912
Writer. He was born in Als (Denmark) and died in Ogden City (Utah). Active as an author, journalist, stage director and reader up until the time of his death. His most famous novel, Haabløse Slægter (1880, Generations Without Hope) was condemned as pornographic and the book was banned. His other books include Excentriske Noveller (Eccentric Short Stories), Stille Eksistenser (Humble Lives), Ved Vejen (By the Roadside), Stuk (Stucco) and Tine. (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Vestre Kirkegard (Western Churchyard), Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Plot: Section B, row 9, plot 8 [unmarked]
Bergstedt, Harald b. August 10, 1877 d. July 21, 1965
Poet, novelist, playwright. After working as a teacher at private and public schools he travelled round Denmark as a reciter, temperance agitator and lecturer. In 1913 he published his first collection of poems, and his first novel was published in 1918. Whereas his novels and plays are now mostly forgotten, his works of poetry are still widely read, particularly his children's songs, set to music by Carl Nielsen (q.v.). Every child, and adult, in Denmark knows these songs which are heard daily...[Read More] (Bio by: Erik Skytte)
Bispebjerg Cemetery, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Berntsen, Ole b. January 22, 1915 d. May 26, 1996
Champion Yachtsman. For more than two decades he was in the world elite in dragon class racing. At the first Olympic Games after WWII in London (1948) he won a bronze medal, and in Melbourne in 1956 he was awarded a silver. His greatest triumph came in 1964 in Tokyo when he won the gold medal. Besides his Olympic achievements he won the world championship six times and was twice the European champion. (Bio by: Erik Skytte)
Hellerup Cemetery, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Plot: Section 15, plot 186.
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
Birger of Sweden (Birger Magnusson den Yngre) b. 1280 d. May 31, 1321
Swedish King. He ruled from the death of his father Magnus III in 1290 until his own dethronement in 1318 and was of the Bielbo Dynasty, a grandson of the great Birger Jarl. His Swedish kingdom then included Finland and from 1293 the Vyborg area of Russia. As he became King at the age of ten, a regency under his powerful marshal, Thurchetel (Torkel Knutsson), had to run the country until he came into his own around 1298. He then married Margaret, also called Martha, a daughter of Denmark's king...[Read More] (Bio by: J T Demitz)
Skt. Bendts Kirke, Ringsted, Sjaeland, Denmark
Blixen, Karen 'Isak Dinesen' b. April 17, 1885 d. September 7, 1962
Author. She wrote a number of books, the most famous are:"Seven Gothic Tales" (1934), "Winter's Tales" (1942), and "Out of Africa" (1937). The latter was the basis for the Sydney Pollack movie of the same name. Her portrait is on a Danish 50 Kroner money note (see photo) and has been on a Danish stamp twice (the only non-royal person to receive such an honor).
Cause of death: malnutrition
Blixen Estate, Rungsted, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Plot: Under a huge beech tree
Bluetooth, Harald b. 911 d. November 1, 986
Danish Monarch. Born the son of Gorm the Old of Jylland and Thyra Danebod. Harald ascended to the throne with his father's death in 935 following Gorm's disastrous invasion of Friesland. Harald began his reign by strengthened the Danawirk series of fortifications in an attempt to create a barrier between the Holy Roman Empire and Denmark, and consolidated the kingdom won by his father. After the assassination of King Harald Graafeld of Norway, Harald attempted to add Norway to his lands, but...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Roskilde Cathedral, Roskilde, Sjaeland, Denmark
Plot: 911-987
Bohr, Dr. Aage Niels b. June 19, 1922 d. September 8, 2009
Nobel Prize Winning Nuclear Physicist. After helping his legendary father at the Manhattan Project, he garnered his own Nobel in 1975. Raised in Copenhagen within the confines of his father's Institute for Theoretical Physics (Later, and now, the Niels Bohr Institute), he left his studies at the University of Copenhagen and moved with his family to Sweeden, then to London, after Hitler expelled the Jews from Denmark in 1943. From thence, he travelled to Los Alamos, New Mexico, as a junior...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Mariebjerg Cemetery, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Bohr, Harald b. April 22, 1887 d. January 22, 1951
Mathematician. The younger brother to the physicist Niels Bohr. Having studied at the University of Copenhagen he got his doctoral degree in 1910. His dissertation was on Dirichlet series. From 1915 to 1930 he was a professor in mathematics at the Copenhagen Polytechnics, and at the University of Copenhagen from 1930 until his death. His creation of the theory of almost periodic functions made him internationally known, as did his help to mathematicians who had to leave Germany after the Nazis...[Read More] (Bio by: Erik Skytte)
Assistens Cemetery, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Bohr, Niels b. October 7, 1885 d. November 18, 1962
Scientist. He was always a bright student even at a young age, and during his last two years of secondary school focused on physics and mathematics. Evidence suggests that his mathematics teacher soon realized that he didn't know the material as well as young Niels did, and that this frightened him. In his physics class the young man also would read ahead in the assigned textbooks, sometimes finding errors and mistakes in them. In 1903 he entered the University of Copenhagen, majoring in...[Read More] (Bio by: Carrie-Anne)
Assistens Cemetery, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Boone, Richard Bently b. February 24, 1930 d. February 8, 1999
Jazz Musician. An accomplished trombone player, he joined the army playing in military bands. Having been demobilized in 1953, he moved to Los Angeles in 1958 where he played with Dexter Gordon, Sonny Criss and others. From 1961 to 1966 he toured with singer Della Reese. From 1966 to 1969 he played with Count Basie before moving to Europe and settling in Copenhagen in 1970. From 1972 to 1985 he was a member of the Danish Radio Big Band led by Bob Brookmeyer, Thad Jones and others. In 1985 he...[Read More] (Bio by: Erik Skytte)
Assistens Cemetery, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Plot: R-662
Borge, Victor b. January 3, 1909 d. December 23, 2000
Pianist, Symphony Conductor, Composer, Comedian, Entertainer, Actor. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, the son of Bernhard and Frederikke Rosenbaum he was named Børge. Educated at the Royal Danish Academy of Music he had his piano debut in 1926. He became one of Denmark's most popular artists in the 1930's and while he started his career as a classical pianist, his talent for making the audience laugh was obvious which led to his developing a unique blend of humor and music. His film debut was in...[Read More] (Bio by: D C McJonathan-Swarm)
Western Jewish Cemetery, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Plot: *Half of cremated remains. Section 8, row D, No. 53/55
Bothwell, James Hepburn b. 1536 d. April 14, 1578
Scottish nobleman, 4th Earl of Bothwell. In 1567 Lord Darnley, the husband of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, was murdered, almost certainly by Bothwell, but he was aquitted of the crime at a mock trial. That same year he abducted the Queen and married her, and Mary created him Duke of Orkney. Soon afterwards a confederacy of nobles rose against him and he fled the country via the Shetland Isles headed for France, but he was shipwrecked in Norway where he was imprisoned. He was later transferred...[Read More] (Bio by: Erik Skytte)
Faarevejle Church, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Bournonville, August b. August 21, 1805 d. November 30, 1879
Ballet Dancer, Choreographer. The most influential Danish choreographer of the 19th century, he was the son of Antoine Bournonville, and studied at the Royal Danish Ballet School, a pupil of his father and also of Vincenzo Galeotti. He joined the company when he was 15 and stayed from 1820 to 1823. The following year, still on salary in Copenhagen, he went to Paris to study with Vestris and joined the Paris Opera, becoming Taglioni's favorite partner. He returned to the Royal Theatre in...[Read More] (Bio by: Medora)
Assistens Cemetery, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Plot: Actually buried in Asminderød

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