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Hansen, Hans Christian

   

H.C. Hansen (1906-60) was a Danish Social Democratic politician, who held multiple ministerial posts

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Hansen, Hans Rasmus Johan Malling

   

Malling-Hansen created the Hansen Writing Ball after he discovered that deaf people wrote three times faster than other people

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Eagle Blanket, the

 

The Eagle Blanket, found in the coffin of Canute the Holy in Odense.

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Ulfeldt, Corfitz

   

Corfitz Ulfeldt was Steward of the Realm at the court of Christian 4. Married the king's daughter, Leonora Christina. Died in exile

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Lemon, the

 

The Lemon was a Danish resistance fighter during the German occupation of Denmark. He took part in several assassinations.

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The Copper Age

 

The Copper Age is associated with the south European and Middle Eastern cultures, where copper was used as a raw material

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Hansen, Holger Møller

 

Holger Møller Hansen (1915-2000) was a professional inventor, who invented the endoscope and bubble wrap

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Go to the thingstead

   

"To go to the thingstead" was an expression used to describe the place where the executive, judicial and legislative branches met.

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Baroque

         

Baroque was a 17th century style in painting, sculpture, architecture, theatre, literature and music. It was grandiose and dramatic

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