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Drachmann, Holger Henrik Herholdt

(Encyclopedia)Drachmann, Holger Henrik Herholdt hŏlˈgər hănrēkˈ hărˈhŏlt dräkhˈmän [key], 1846–1908, Danish poet and dramatist. His early work was influenced by the political realism of Georg Brandes,...

Hillerød

(Encyclopedia)Hillerød hĭlˈəröᵺ [key], city, capital of Frederiksborg co., E Denmark. It is an industrial ...

Christian VIII

(Encyclopedia)Christian VIII, 1786–1848, king of Denmark (1839–48), nephew of Christian VII; successor of Frederick VI. As governor and king (May–Oct., 1814) of Norway he accepted a liberal Norwegian constitu...

Esbjerg

(Encyclopedia)Esbjerg ĕsˈbyĕr [key], city, Ribe co., SW Denmark, a port on the North Sea. It is a commer...

Jacobsen, Arne

(Encyclopedia)Jacobsen, Arne ärˈnə yäˈkŏpsən [key], 1902–71, Danish architect and designer. Attentive to detail, Jacobsen suited his buildings to the surrounding landscape. He chiefly designed private hous...

Nyborg

(Encyclopedia)Nyborg nüˈbôr [key], city (1992 pop. 15,352), Fyn co., S central Denmark, a seaport at the head of Nybord Fjord (an arm of the Store Bælt). It is an industrial center, with shipyards and plants ma...

Aakjaer, Jeppe

(Encyclopedia)Aakjaer, Jeppe yĕpˈə ôkˈyâr [key], 1866–1930, Danish poet and novelist. He wrote mostly of his native Jutland, and his concern for the poor is reflected in such novels as The Peasant's Son (18...

Thomsen, Vilhelm

(Encyclopedia)Thomsen, Vilhelm vĭlˈhĕlm tŏmˈsĕn [key], 1842–1927, Danish philologist. For many years Thomsen was professor of comparative philology at the Univ. of Copenhagen, where he did important work in...

Magnus VII

(Encyclopedia)Magnus VII (Magnus Ericsson), b.1316, d.1373 or 1374, king of Norway (1319–43) and Sweden (1319–63). He succeeded his grandfather, Haakon V, in Norway; at the same time he was elected king by the ...

Black, Max

(Encyclopedia)Black, Max, 1909–88, American analytical philosopher, b. Baku, Russia (now Bakı, Azerbaijan), grad. Cambridge, Ph.D. Univ. of London, 1939. He taught at the Univ. of Illinois (1940–46) before goi...