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Ditlevsen, Tove b. December 14, 1917 d. March 7, 1976
Writer, poet. One of Denmark's most popular and beloved writers in recent times. Having grown up in poor circumstances in a Copenhagen working-class district, she published her first collection of poems in 1939. Two years later her first novel was published. She also wrote short stories, memoirs, and children's books, and for a number of years she was the editor of a column in one of Denmark's most read weeklies. In spite of her fame and popularity she did not feel that she was sufficiently...[Read More] (Bio by: Erik Skytte)
Vestre Kirkegard (Western Churchyard), Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, 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
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
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
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
Gade, Niels Wilhelm b. February 22, 1817 d. December 21, 1890
Composer. He is considered the greatest name in Danish Romanticism. His music was influenced by German composers Felix Mendelssohn and Robert Schumann, who were close friends of his. Mendelssohn performed Gade's Symphony No. 1 in Leipzig and invited him to become assistant conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. After Mendelssohn's death in 1847 he was appointed principal conductor, but the following year he returned to Copenhagen when war broke out between Denmark and Schleswig-...[Read More] (Bio by: Erik Skytte)
Holmens Church, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Galeotti, Vincenzo b. March 5, 1733 d. December 16, 1816
Ballet Dancer, Choreographer. Born Vincenzo Tomasselli, he studied ballet in Italy and Paris. In 1775 he was invited to Denmark to become ballet master at The Royal Theatre in Copenhagen. There he laid the foundation of The Royal Danish Ballet which his pupil August Bournonville would later develop into a company of international fame. From 1775 to 1816 he composed around 50 ballets which were performed more than 2200 times during his lifetime. His ballet from 1786, "The Whims of Cupid and...[Read More] (Bio by: Erik Skytte)
Assistens Cemetery, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Plot: Section G
Granz, Norman b. August 6, 1918 d. November 22, 2001
Jazz promoter whose legendary recordings brought jazz to a wide audience. He forced many venues to become integrated working with such artists as Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, and Billie Holiday. To him it wasn't the color but the music that mattered. (Bio by: Ron Moody)
Cause of death: Cancer
Ordrup Cemetery, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Hammershøi, Vilhelm b. May 15, 1864 d. February 13, 1916
Painter. Considered one of the most distinctive painters of his era. His work is noted for its simple, quiet subjects and subdued tones. During the late 20th century he was re-discovered internationally, and his paintings have obtained huge prices at auction houses in London and New York. In 2005 the British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) made an hour-long TV programme, "Michael Palin and the Mystery of Hammershøi", in which Palin tried to get close to the artist and his works. (Bio by: Erik Skytte)
Vestre Kirkegard (Western Churchyard), Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Hansen, Gunnar b. October 20, 1905 d. January 5, 1993
Sports Reporter. After working as a crime reporter for local newspapers he came to Radio Denmark in 1935. His first major assignment was reporting from the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936, and from then on he was a "living legend" on radio and later on on TV. His frequent exclamation "Nu! (Now!) when the athletes crossed the finishing line made the listeners give him the middle name Nu. The sports transmissions were his main occupation, but he took time off to edit and narrate the weekly film...[Read More] (Bio by: Erik Skytte)
Holmens Cemetery, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Hansen, Howard b. October 26, 1890 d. February 12, 1951
World War I Victoria Cross Recipient. During World War I, he served as a Captain in the 6th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, British Army. On August 9, 1915, at Yilghin Bumu, Gallipoli, Turkey, Captain Hansen's battalion was forced to retreat leaving wounded behind, due to the intense heat from the scrub which had been set on fire. After being posted secure in the rear area, Captain Hansen recruited four volunteers to return for survivors. Together under his command, they rushed forward several...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Garnisons Kirkegård, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Hansen, Willy Falck b. April 4, 1906 d. March 18, 1978
Track Cycling Champion, Olympic Gold Medalist. He made his debut in 1923 at the age of 17 and immediately won the Danish and Nordic amateur championships in sprint, repeating his success in 1926, 1927 and 1928. At the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris he won silver in the 2000 metres tandem race together with Edmund Hansen, and at the Olympic Games in Amsterdam in 1928 he won gold in 1000 metres time trial and bronze in sprint. The same year he won the world championship in sprint in Budapest. Again...[Read More] (Bio by: Erik Skytte)
Faarevejle Church, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Hartmann, Johan b. May 14, 1805 d. March 10, 1900
Composer. Full name: Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann. Organist at the Copenhagen Cathedral 1843-1900. Co-founder and director of the Royal Danish Academy of Music. All his life he worked with music for the theatre, and being a close friend of the poet Hans Christian Andersen (q.v.) he composed the music for the operas "Ravnen" (The Raven) and "Liden Kirsten" (Lille Kirsten) to Andersen's text as well as for some of Andersen's plays. Another close friend was the choreographer and ballet master...[Read More] (Bio by: Erik Skytte)
Garnisons Churchyard, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Harup, Karen Margrethe b. November 20, 1924 d. July 19, 2009
Olympic Gold Medalist. A swimmer, she took top honors for her country in the 100 meter backstroke at the 1948 London Olympiad. Highly skilled in her sport from early childhood, she was marked for Olympic success but saw her career delayed by World War II. Continuing to be a star in her native land she set two world records in relay events, in the 4 X 100 freestyle in 1943 and in the 3 X 100 medley in 1947. At the 1947 European Championships held in Monte Carlo Karen took Gold three times, in...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Hvidovre Cemetery, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Plot: KU71

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