Find A Grave - Denmark

Dorothy (Dorotea of Brandenburg) b. 1430 d. November 10, 1495
Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. She belonged to the Hohenzollern Dynasty and her parents were Margrave John the Alchemist of Brandenburg and Margravine Barbara, a Princess of Saxe-Wittenburg. With special dispensation from the Pope, and in famously lavish ceremonies, she married firstly in 1445 her second cousin King Christopher (III) of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, who died without children three years later. Secondly the following year she wed King Christian I of the same Kalmar Union of...[Read More] (Bio by: Benny Chordt Hansen)
Roskilde Cathedral, Roskilde, Sjaeland, Denmark
Drew, Kenneth Sidney b. August 28, 1928 d. August 4, 1993
Pianist. At five years old he began learning classical piano, and he gave his first public performance when eight years old. Having studied at the High School of Music and Art he played with Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Dinah Washington and others. In 1961 he moved to Paris and in 1964 to Copenhagen where he lived until his death in 1993. His trio, which included drummer Ed Thigpen, drew packed houses everywhere in Europe and in Japan. (Bio by: Erik Skytte)
Assistens Cemetery, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Plot: R-633
Dreyer, Carl Theodor b. February 3, 1889 d. March 20, 1968
Noted Danish motion picture director. He is best remembered for his films "La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc" (1928), "Vampyr" (1932), "Ordet" (1955) and "Gertrude" (1964). His films often reflected religious and personal conflicts. (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Frederiksberg Old Cemetery, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Elbirk, Henning b. November 8, 1908 d. May 6, 1985
Teacher, composer, conductor. In 1929 he founded Radio Denmark's Boys Choir whose leader and conductor he was to be for 50 years until 1979. Apart from the radio and later TV-transmissions, he and the choir travelled extensively. WWII and the German occupation of Denmark 1940-45 put a stop to concert tours outside the country, but already in 1945 he renewed his contacts in Sweden and Norway, and the following 34 years he led the choir on concert tours all over Western Europe, including...[Read More] (Bio by: Erik Skytte)
Ordrup Cemetery, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Elizabeth (Isabella Elisabet of Spain) b. July 18, 1501 d. January 19, 1526
Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. She was of the Habsburg Dynasty, consort of King Christian II, and the daughter of King Philip I the Handsome of Castile and Queen Joan the Mad of Aragon. Her older brother was Emperor Charles V, one of the all-time great European leaders. She was born at Ghent, Belgium, and when she married the newly elected Danish King Christian in 1514, no one could have thought she would be residing back in her native city just twelve years later and also die there...[Read More] (Bio by: J T Demitz)
Saint Knud's Church, Odense, Syddanmark, Denmark
Plot: Chapel of King Hans
Ellegaard, Thorvald b. March 7, 1877 d. April 27, 1954
Legendary Track Cycling Champion. Six-times world champion in sprint in the period 1901-1911, three times Europe champion, 24 times Danish champion, and 11 times winner of the Copenhagen Gran Prix. During his cycling career that spanned 31 years he gained a total of 925 victories on 153 different cycle-racing tracks all over the world. He was made an honorary citizen of his native town Odense and a Knight of Dannebrog. Father of the famed pianist France Ellegaard. (Bio by: Erik Skytte)
Søllerød Cemetery, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Ellehammer, Jacob Christian b. June 14, 1871 d. May 20, 1946
Danish aviation poineer: As a youth Ellehammer was apprenticed to a watchmaker. He developed his skills in miniature devices and later taught himself the principles of electricity and the internal combustion engine. His early commercial success with a motorcycle design permitted him to indulge his pursuit of powered flight. His studies of birds enabled him to calculate the horsepower required to fly and to translate these calculations into his own design of a radial engine. Incredibly...[Read More] (Bio by: Lars Ostergaard)
Hellerup Cemetery, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Eriksen, Edvard b. March 10, 1876 d. January 12, 1959
Artist. One of Denmark's most prominent sculptors. His most famous work is "The Little Mermaid" statue that sits in the harbor at Langelinie in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Vestre Kirkegard (Western Churchyard), Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Erlang, Agner Krarup 'A.K.' b. January 1, 1878 d. February 3, 1929
Scientist, Inventor. Born in Lonborg, Denmark, he was a mathematician, statistician and engineer who invented the fields of queueing theory and traffic engineering. While working for the Copenhagen Telephone Company in the early 1900s, he was the first person to study the problem of telephone networks. His formula theories for telephone wire and wireless traffic exchanges are accepted as the basis for calculating circuit communication facilities world wide. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Sundby Kirkegård, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Plot: Section I, row 7 11/12
Euphemia Von Pommern b. 1285 d. July 26, 1330
Danish Monarch. She was the daughter of Duke Bugislaw von Pommern. In 1307 she married the later king Christoffer II of Denmark. The couple had 6 children, among whom was King Valdemar IV Atterdag of Denmark. (Bio by: Benny Chordt Hansen)
Sorø klosterkirke (Church of Soroe Cloister), Ringsted, Sjaeland, Denmark
Faurschou-Hviid, Bent "Flammen" b. January 7, 1921 d. October 18, 1944
World War II Resistance Fighter. The son of a hotel owner, his father sent him to Germany to learn hotel management. There he experienced the ugly face of Nazism. On his return to German-occupied Denmark he joined the resistance group "Holger Danske" and soon became a leading member, undertaking sabotages, the organizing of arms, and executions, particularly of informers. He was feared by the Germans who put on his head the highest price ever offered for any resistance fighter. He was known...[Read More] (Bio by: Erik Skytte)
Copenhagen (Hellerup) Mindelunden Memorial Park, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Federspiel, Birgitte b. September 6, 1925 d. February 2, 2005
Danish Stage and Screen Actress. She appeared in films such as "Ordet" (1955), "Komtesse" (1961), "Gudrun" (1963), "Z.P.G." (1972), "Der Korte Sommer" (1976) and "Babettes Gaestebud" (Babette's Feast) (1987). She also appeared in TV series "Matador." (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Odense Cemetery, Odense, Syddanmark, Denmark
Plot: Common Area (UK IV) [unmarked]
Feodorovna, Maria [original burial site] b. November 26, 1847 d. October 13, 1928
Russian Monarch. Born as Princess Dagmar of Denmark, her parents were King Christian IX and Queen Louise von Hessen-Kassel. In 1866 she married Grand-Prince Alexander Alexandrovitsch of Russia, who ascended the throne in 1881 as Tsar Alexander III of Russia. She is the mother of the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II. During the revolution in 1918 her family was butchered by Bolsheviks. The Empress managed to escape from Crimea on a British warship. After a short stay in Britain at her sister...[Read More] (Bio by: Benny Chordt Hansen)
Roskilde Cathedral, Roskilde, Sjaeland, Denmark
Fibiger, Johannes b. April 23, 1867 d. January 30, 1928
Nobel Prize-winning Scientist. Having received a medical degree in 1890, he studied bacteriology and wrote his 1895 doctoral thesis on the subject of diphteria. After studies abroad he became professor in pathological anatomy at the University of Copenhagen (1900 to 1928). In 1902 Fibiger demonstrated that cattle tuberculosis can be transmitted to humans, thus disproving Robert Koch's assertion that cattle tuberculosis was harmless for human beings. He was the first to prove experimentally that...[Read More] (Bio by: Erik Skytte)
Garnisons Kirkegård, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Plot: Section KK s/s, grave 2-11
Finsen, Niels Ryberg b. December 15, 1860 d. September 24, 1904
Danish physician, born in the Faroe Islands. Nobel Prize winner in 1903 for having invented the use of ultra-violet light to cure skin tuberculosis (lupus). (Bio by: Erik Skytte)
Vestre Kirkegard (Western Churchyard), Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Frederik II of Denmark-Norway b. July 1, 1534 d. April 4, 1588
Danish Monarch. He reigned as King of Denmark and Norway from 1559 to 1588. Born at Haderslevhus Castle as the eldest son of king Christian III and queen Dorothea von Sachsen-Lauenburg. Frederik II was, as most of the Oldenburg-kings, more interested in bodily than spiritual "virtues". Among other things he never learned to write the danish language correctly. He was an extrovert person, much unlike his religious father. He was an extravagant monarch with a luxorious lifestyle. He built...[Read More] (Bio by: Benny Chordt Hansen)
Roskilde Cathedral, Roskilde, Sjaeland, Denmark
Frederik III of Denmark b. March 18, 1609 d. February 9, 1670
Danish-Norwegian Monarch. He reigned as King of Denmark and Norway from 1648 to 1670. Born on Haderslevhus Castle as the 3rd son of King Christian IV and Queen Anna Catherine of Brandenburg, he was elected King upon the death of his father. In 1643 he married Sophie Amalie of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, with whom he had 8 children. In 1657 war was declared between Denmark and Sweden, but due to a severe winter Swedish troops were able to march across the frozen waters only to find the Danish defense...[Read More] (Bio by: Benny Chordt Hansen)
Roskilde Cathedral, Roskilde, Sjaeland, Denmark
Frederik IV of Denmark-Norway b. October 11, 1671 d. October 12, 1730
Danish-Norwegian Monarch. He reigned from 1699 to 1730. His parents were King Christian V and Queen Charlotte Amalie von Hessen-Kassel. During his reign, Denmark and Norway were at war with Sweden during the Great Nordic War from 1709 to 1720. As a result of the war Denmark won the Duchy of Gottorp in Schleswig-Holstein, but the main target: the re-conquest of Scania, Halland and Blekinge was lost. King Frederik was very interested in the education of the peasant-children, and he established a...[Read More] (Bio by: Benny Chordt Hansen)
Roskilde Cathedral, Roskilde, Sjaeland, Denmark
Frederik IX of Denmark b. March 11, 1899 d. January 14, 1972
Danish Monarch. He reigned as King of Denmark from 1947 to 1972. Born at Sorgenfri Castle as the eldest son of King Christian X and Queen Alexandrine of Denmark. As crownprince he became regent upon his fathers riding accident in 1942 during the German occupation of Denmark in WW2. He became known as the "sailor king" as he was very attatched to the Royal Danish Navy. 1935 married to princess Ingrid of Sweden, with whom he had 3 daughters. In 1953 the constitution was changed so that the throne...[Read More] (Bio by: Benny Chordt Hansen)
Roskilde Cathedral, Roskilde, Sjaeland, Denmark
Frederik VII of Denmark b. October 6, 1808 d. November 15, 1863
Danish Monarch. He regained as King of Denmark from 1848 to 1863. His parents, King Christian VIII and Princess Charlotte Friederike von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, divorced in 1810 when Frederik was 1 year old, and his mother was banned from the child. Frederik VII was married 3 times. His 1st marriage was in 1828 with Princess Wilhelmine of Denmark, the daughter of King Frederik VI. They were divorced in 1837 due to personal differences. Wilhelmine later became married to Duke Carl of Glücksborg...[Read More] (Bio by: Benny Chordt Hansen)
Roskilde Cathedral, Roskilde, Sjaeland, Denmark

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