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folk high school

(Encyclopedia)folk high school, type of adult education that in its most widely known form originated in Denmark in the middle of the 19th cent. The idea as originally conceived by Bishop Nikolai Grundtvig was to s...

Christian X

(Encyclopedia)Christian X, 1870–1947, king of Denmark (1912–47) and Iceland (1912–44), son and successor of Frederick VIII and brother of King Haakon VII of Norway. He granted (1915) a new constitution that i...

Alsen

(Encyclopedia)Alsen: see Als, Denmark.

Düppel

(Encyclopedia)Düppel: see Dybbøl, Denmark.

Ålborg

(Encyclopedia)Ålborg, Denmark: see Aalborg.

Frederiksberg

(Encyclopedia)Frederiksberg, Denmark: see Copenhagen. ...

Gentofte

(Encyclopedia)Gentofte, Denmark: see Copenhagen. ...

Elsinore

(Encyclopedia)Elsinore: see Helsingør, Denmark. ...

Möen

(Encyclopedia)Möen: see Møn, Denmark.

Laaland

(Encyclopedia)Laaland: see Lolland, Denmark.