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Nils Hansen Jakobsen (September 10th, 1861 - November 26th, 1941) - the Danish sculptor and ceramist.  He was born in Vajen. Has got the education of the sculptor in Academy of Arts in Copenhagen (1884-1888) and debuted in Sharlottenborg. Hansen Jakobsen has been awarded by the big gold medal for "Den Bundne Loke" debut work in 1889.The next 10 years he lived in Paris, here he was under the strong impression by the symbolism and Ogin Rodin's works.

The Egtved Girl (c. 1390–1370 BC) was a Nordic Bronze Age girl whose well-preserved remains were found at Egtved (55°37′N 9°18′E), Denmark in 1921. Aged 16–18 at death, she was slim, 160 cm tall (about 5 ft 3 in), had long blonde hair and well-trimmed nails. Her burial has been dated by dendrochronology to 1370 BC. She was discovered in a barrow approximately 30 metres wide and 4 metres high.

The cinematograph of many countries of the world can be compared to a mirror surface.  Directors and scenarists show «life as it is», occasionally stating a simple facts as occurring. The Danish cinema represents a crystal pyramid which is shone by many sides and refracts the vital invoice in a different light every time. This refraction goes not only in the field of a material, but in a manner how it’s giving.

Saint Ansgar, Anskar or Oscar, (801 – February 3, 865*, in Bremen) was an Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen. The see of Hamburg was designated a "Mission to bring Christianity to the North", and Ansgar became known as the "Apostle of the North".

Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (October 9, 1846 – January 14, 1908), was a Danish poet and dramatist. He is an outstanding figure of the Modern Break-Through. The son of Dr AG Drachmann, whose family was of German extraction, he was born in Copenhagen. Owing to the early death of his Danish mother, the child was left much to his own devices and developed a fondness for semi-poetical performances, organising his companions in heroic games, in which he himself took such parts as those of Peder Tordenskjold and Niels Juel.

Coins of Oluf Hunger’s time are extremely rare, therefore when Bent Gregersen from an amateur group of archeologists from Bornholm has found that, that came to admiration of researchers. During a spring time the coin has been delivered to the analysis of valuable archeological finds of the National Museum, and included in Oluf Hunger’s collection of coins as the important exhibit.

The National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen is Denmark’s largest museum of cultural history, comprising the histories of Danish and foreign cultures, alike. The museum's main domicile is a classical 18th century mansion just a stone's throw from Strøget at the center of Copenhagen. The National Museum is the museum for all Denmark, where you can follow the history of the Danes right down to the present day.

Asger Hamerik (Hammerich) (April 8, 1843 – July 13, 1923), was a Danish composer of classical music. Born in Frederiksberg (near Copenhagen), he studied music with J.P.E. Hartmann and Niels Gade. He wrote his first pieces in his teens, including an unperformed symphony. His family were friends with Hans Christian Andersen, with whom Hamerik would correspond regularly.

В 1988 году Свеном Эриком Сёренсеном (Svend Erik Sørensen) был поставлен спектакль на основе событий, произошедших в Оденсе в 1000 году. Сжатого и легокодоступного изложения по истории города нет, наиболее полно она изложена в труде «История города Оденсе» в 10 томах, включая карты и полный том-указатель. Этот труд выходил с 1979 по 1988 гг., и в настоящее время является авторитетной работой об истории города, хотя еще по нескольким источникам мы можем дополнить содержащуюся там информацию.