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The King, the church and the school
Hvidovre Cavalry School was built in 1722. It may well have been the first of a total of 240 that were built on the initiative of King Frederik IV. Like the other cavalry schools, it was near a church. The vicar kept an eye on the teaching, and the school's…
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The first general schooling in Denmark
In 1715, King Frederik IV began to divide Denmark into 12 cavalry districts". Each district…
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