Hanne Fabricius
The Liberty Memorial Monument moves aside
The Liberty Memorial Monument was erected on a roundabout on the busy road leading to Vesterport,…
Peter Bavnshøj
Minister of Foreign Affairs and reformer
Just like his uncle, A.P. Bernstoff (1735-97) was Denmark's Minister of Foreign Affairs. His…
Peter Bavnshøj
Reventlow reforms farming
Count Johan Ludvig Reventlow was one of the most striking figures during the agricultural reforms…
Peter Dragsbo
All at sea
In the 18th century, the people from Løjtland set sail. The farmers' sons became skippers or …
Thomas Roland
The great agrarian reformist
Count Christian Ditlev Frederik Reventlow (1748-1827) was one of the visionaries of the 1700s. He…
Gudrun Gormsen
Only God knows the fate of farmers
The industrious Peder Knudsen kept a diary from 1829 to 1857, in which he records farming life on…
Gudrun Gormsen
A new breed of farmers
Søren Pedersen, a farmer and officer of the parish, was born in 1776. Although a tenant farmer…
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