Absolute monarchy
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Hanne Fabricius
The Liberty Memorial Monument moves aside
The Liberty Memorial Monument was erected on a roundabout on the busy road leading to Vesterport,…
Henning Ringgaard Lauridsen
Barren soil
The German families came to Central Jutland with great expectations, imagining a rich and welcoming…
Per Grau Møller
Fought for the weak, lost his land
In the late 1850s, Peder Madsen rented a house and accompanying plot of land in Onsbjerg from…
Per Grau Møller
Fertilising with seaweed
Seaweed was used for more than just roofs on Læsø. Early peasant societies piled seaweed into…
Henning Ringgaard Lauridsen
Schoolroom drama spells fame for poet Reverend
While a young lad, Steen St. Blicher (1782-1848) often sat in the schoolroom in Lysgård listening …
Henning Ringgaard Lauridsen
His Majesty's birthday
During the absolute monarchy, Viborg's citizens often celebrated the King's birthday with…
Søren Bitsch Christensen
Family fun in the country
In 1955, Sæby was the setting for Far til Fire på Landet (Father of Four in the Country"),…
Søren Bitsch Christensen
Shipping magnate steams ahead
On 16 April 1904, a conference was held in Svendborg. It was to help found a steamship company…
Inger-Marie Børgesen
Access for blue-blooded virgins only
Vallø became a home for twelve unmarried noblewomen. The young single women were guaranteed a…
Inger-Marie Børgesen
Through darkness into light" "
And then I was led down several long corridors to a chamber – a cell…In this cell I was…
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