Gefion Fountain, Frederick IX of Denmark Statue and Mermaid in Copenhagen
The Gefion Fountain, a statue of King Frederick IX of Denmark, and Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen's Mermaid Sculpture in Copenhagen. Clip shot in June 2019.
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Mons Klint and Copenhagen Denmark 2015
A visit to the famed white cliffs of Mons Klint, and a quick transposition to the life of Copenhagen. The music is the Helios Overture by Carl Nielsen.
4:28 Copenhagen
5:29 The Little Mermaid
6:54 Tivoli Gardens
Filmed with Canon Legria HF G30
Produced with CyberLink PowerDirector 13
Copenhagen, Denmark - Frederik's Church (Frederiks Kirke) (2018)
Frederik's Church, popularly known as The Marble Church (Marmorkirken) for its rococo architecture, is an Evangelical Lutheran church in Copenhagen, Denmark. The church forms the focal point of the Frederiksstaden district; it is located due west of Amalienborg Palace.
Copenhagen is the capital and most populous city of Denmark. The city has a population of 775,033 (as of January 2018), of whom 613,288 live in the Municipality of Copenhagen and the Copenhagen urban area has a population of 1,308,893 (as of January 2018). Copenhagen is situated on the eastern coast of the island of Zealand; another small portion of the city is located on Amager, and is separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the strait of Øresund. The Øresund Bridge connects the two cities by rail and road.
Originally a Viking fishing village founded in the 10th century, Copenhagen became the capital of Denmark in the early 15th century. Beginning in the 17th century it consolidated its position as a regional centre of power with its institutions, defences and armed forces. After suffering from the effects of plague and fire in the 18th century, the city underwent a period of redevelopment. This included construction of the prestigious district of Frederiksstaden and founding of such cultural institutions as the Royal Theatre and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. After further disasters in the early 19th century when Horatio Nelson attacked the Dano-Norwegian fleet and bombarded the city, rebuilding during the Danish Golden Age brought a Neoclassical look to Copenhagen's architecture. Later, following the Second World War, the Finger Plan fostered the development of housing and businesses along the five urban railway routes stretching out from the city centre.
Since the turn of the 21st century, Copenhagen has seen strong urban and cultural development, facilitated by investment in its institutions and infrastructure. The city is the cultural, economic and governmental centre of Denmark; it is one of the major financial centres of Northern Europe with the Copenhagen Stock Exchange. Copenhagen's economy has seen rapid developments in the service sector, especially through initiatives in information technology, pharmaceuticals and clean technology. Since the completion of the Øresund Bridge, Copenhagen has become increasingly integrated with the Swedish province of Scania and its largest city, Malmö, forming the Øresund Region. With a number of bridges connecting the various districts, the cityscape is characterised by parks, promenades and waterfronts. Copenhagen's landmarks such as Tivoli Gardens, The Little Mermaid statue, the Amalienborg and Christiansborg palaces, Rosenborg Castle Gardens, Frederik's Church, and many museums, restaurants and nightclubs are significant tourist attractions. The largest lake of Denmark, Arresø, lies around 27 miles (43 kilometers) northwest of the City Hall Square.
Copenhagen is home to the University of Copenhagen, the Technical University of Denmark and Copenhagen Business School. The University of Copenhagen, founded in 1479, is the oldest university in Denmark. Copenhagen is home to the FC København and Brøndby football clubs. The annual Copenhagen Marathon was established in 1980. Copenhagen is one of the most bicycle-friendly cities in the world.
The Copenhagen Metro launched in 2002 serves central Copenhagen while the Copenhagen S-train and Lokaltog (private railway) and the Coast Line network serves and connects central Copenhagen to outlying boroughs. To relieve traffic congestion, which is partly the result of increased traffic because of the Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link road and rail construction is planned because the narrow 9-9.5 mile isthmus between Roskilde Fjord and Køge Bugt (Køge Bay) forms a traffic bottleneck. The Copenhagen-Ringsted Line will relieve traffic congestion in the corridor between Roskilde and Copenhagen.
Serving roughly two million passengers a month, Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup, is the busiest airport in the Nordic countries.
22. november 2016 København - Smuk solopgang over Østerport, Store Kongensgade & Kongens Nytorv
22. november 2016 København - Smuk solopgang over Østerport, Store Kongensgade & Kongens Nytorv
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• Folke Bernadottes Allé
• Grønningen
• Hotel D’Angleterre
• Jerusalemskirken
• Kongens Nytorv
• København
• Magasin Du Nord
• Marmorkirken (Frederiks Kirke)
• Metrostation Kongens Nytorv
• Nyboder
• Oslo Pl
• Sankt Pauls Kirke
• Store Kongensgade
• Strøget
• Svenska Gustafskyrkan
• Østergade
• Østerport Station
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Port of Skagen, Frederikshavn, Region Nordjylland, North Denmark, Denmark, Europe
The Port of Skagen is located in Skagen, northern Denmark. The country's leading fishing port consists of an industrial harbour that supports the area's fishing industry as well as facilities for cruise ships. It also has a shipyard and fish-processing facilities. The harbour's marina is open to visitors during the summer months. The fishing harbour was built between 1904 and 1907, with inner and outer sections established under the supervision of hydraulic engineer Palle Bruun. The official inauguration was on 20 November 1907. The distinctive warehouses next to the harbour were designed by Thorvald Bindesbøll, and opened in May 1908. In 1932, on the occasion of the harbour's 25th anniversary, Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen's statue of the fisherman and lifeboatman was unveiled. The harbour was expanded to the east between 1935 and 1938, and in the 1950s an 11 million krone (kr) expansion took place to the west, increasing the off-shore area by 70,000 square metres (750,000 sq ft) and the on-shore area by 90,000 square metres (970,000 sq ft). Between 1964 and 1979 the harbour was further expanded towards the east in a 35 million kr project to facilitate growth at the port, doubling the size of the harbour and providing new facilities for auctioning the catches from the 400 fishing boats registered in Skagen. The Skagen Port Authority is responsible for the harbour's administration. FF Skagen, one of three companies supporting the Danish fish meal industry, has its processing plant on Skagen wharf. The harbour is being adapted to accommodate large international cruise ships. A new 450 m (1,480 ft) berth to be completed by 2015 will also provide facilities for oil bunkering and enhanced facilities for the fishing industry. The Port of Skagen is situated in Ålbæk Bugt (Ålbæk Bay).[3] The harbour covers a total area of 1,015,000 m2 (10,930,000 sq ft), consisting of 645,000 m2 (6,940,000 sq ft) of land and 370,000 m2 (4,000,000 sq ft) of water. The quays and moorings have a total length of 5.5 km (3.4 mi), of which 970 m (3,180 ft) have a depth of 9 m (30 ft). The harbour consists of three main basins (docks with water levels controlled by flood gates): Ydre Forhavnsbassin, Vesthavn and Østhavn. The Vesthavn consists of Indre Forhavnsbassin, Bundgarnsbassin, Auktionsbassin, Mellembassin and Vestre Bassin, while the Østhavn consists of Østbassin I and Østbassin II. Skagen Lystbådehavn (Skagen's pleasure boat harbour) administers the area between Gamle Pier and Pier 2 in the Mellembassin. The harbour can accommodate ships up to 130 metres (430 ft) long and 20 metres (66 ft) wide with a draft of 7 metres (23 ft). Ships less than 90 metres (300 ft) long can moor at Quay 4 with a draft of 9 metres (30 ft). The largest vessel to have visited Skagen Harbour is the cruise ship Silver Cloud with a length of 156 metres (512 ft), which moored on Quay 4 in 2010 and 2011. The Lystbådehavn (marina) between Piers 1 and 2 is open to visiting pleasure boats from 1 April to 30 September. While the Port of Skagen supervises the marina during the summer months, the facilities are used for berthing fishing boats in the off-season. Frederikshavn Municipality is the official administrator. Facilities on Pier 1 include a diesel fuelling station at the end the pier and a barbecue. There is also a service building with toilets, showers, washing machines and dryers. Wifi internet access is available throughout the marina. The Port of Skagen is Denmark's largest fishing port and the first in Europe for landings of pelagic fish, primarily herring. Founded in 1960, FF Skagen is one of three companies supporting the Danish fish-meal industry;[14] its processing plant is located on Skagen wharf. As of 2011, statistics from the Danish Fisheries Directorate list Skagen Harbour as the leading fishing port in Denmark in terms of both the quantity of catches and their value. Statistics for 2013 from NaturErhvervstyrelsen showed a year-on-year increase in fishing takings of 10 percent for a total value of DKK 3.4 billion (c. US $621 million). Harbour director Willy Bent Hansen reported that the Port of Skagen now represented over 25 percent of all fish landed in Denmark. In late April 2014, the 86-meter-long supertrawler Gitte Henning landed a record 3,281 tons of whiting in Skagen after returning from its maiden voyage, apparently the largest catch ever in Denmark.
Arrival of Niels Skovgaards Magnusstenen at Thorvaldsen Museum Copenhagen 2014
The exhibition “À la Grecque! The Sculptors and Antiquity 1898-1962”.
While Bertel Thorvaldsen primarily took his artistic point of departure in Classical Greek art and its Roman copies, it was now the earlier, more ‘primitive’, Archaic art that came into focus. Niels Skovgaard was the first artist to be struck by a ‘transfiguring light’ on seeing Archaic sculpture. Skovgaard saw the Archaic sculptures as individualizing – unlike the Classical ones, which were idealizing. The recognition of this true-to-nature feature of Archaic art subsequently became a guiding principle for his art, beginning with the sculpture The Magnus Stone from 1898, in which he introduced a brand new style in Danish art, and the Archaic inspiration quickly became one of the most fertile strands of Danish modernism. It continued with sculptors such as Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen, Niels Larsen Stevns and Svend Rathsack, and made its impact in earnest in the 1920s, when artists like Astrid Noack, Adam Fischer and Henrik Starcke engaged in dialogue with the Archaic style. Later Axel Salto and Svend Wiig Hansen followed suit.
Several of the sculptors represented in the exhibition are not so well known today – for example Adam Fischer and Henrik Starcke – but their works deserve renewed attention from both an artistic and arthistorical perspective. Others, like Astrid Noack, made some of the most iconic works in Danish art. The range of expression from Niels Skovgaard to Svend Wiig Hansen is wide, but it is quite clear that the inspiration from the Archaic art of antiquity links them together.
The exhibition is built up as a series of dialogues, such that the modern works are shown together with the ancient works, which have been borrowed from the Royal Collection of Plaster Casts. This brings out obvious, but also surprising connections and meanings that have never before been presented as a totality in an exhibition.
КОПЕНГАГЕН - ЭКСКУРСИЯ ПО ГОРОДУ. Copenhagen (with eng subs)
Denmark. Copenhagen - history, architecture, culture.
English subtitles available! Recorded on 10 november 2016.
0:13 Vor Frelsers Kirke, Church of Our Saviour, Церковь Христа-Спасителя
01:15 Langebro, Langebro bridge, Langebro мост
01:43 H.C. Andersens statue, Cтатуя Г. К. Андерсена
02:15 Dragespringvandet, Dragon Fountain, фонтан дракона
02:40 Rådhuspladsen,The city hall, Копенгагенская ратуша
03:03 Reformationsmonumentet, Bispetorv. The Reformation Memorial, Bispetorv. Мемориал Реформации
03:15 Church of Our Lady
04:03 Caritasbrønden, Caritas 'Fountain of the golden apples', Каритас Фонтан золотые яблоки
04:58 Gammeltorv, Old Square, Старый рынок
06:08 Conditori 'La Glace', Кондитерская La Glace
06:53 Skindhuset, дом кожи
07:53 Monument to Ewald and Wessel, памятник Эвальд и Вессель
08:03 Trinitatis kirke, Trinitatis Church, Церковь Тринитатис
10:54 Rundetaarn, The Round Tower, круглая башня
15:36 Park og Rosenborg slot, The gardens and the Rosenburg Castle, Сады и замок Розенбург
22:42 Børsen, The Stock Exchange building, Здание биржи
24:16 Christiansborg Slotskirke, The Christiansborg Palace Chapel, часовня дворца Кристиансбург
26:16 Nyhavn harbor, гавань Нюхавн
27:02 Opera Huset, Opera House, оперный театр
27:38 Amalienborg, Дворец Амалиенборг
29:43 Frederiks Kirke, Frederik's Church, церковь Фредерика
31:04 Langelinie, Quay, Лангелиние набережная
31:23 The Royal Cast Collection building, Здание Королевской коллекции литой скульптуры
31:43 Nordre Toldbod, Two Royal pavilions, два Королевских павильона
32:01 The old Freeport gate, Старые ворота Фрипорт
32:10 Gefionspringvandet, Gefion Fountain, фонтан Гефион
32:45 St. Alban kirke, St. Alban's Church, церковь святого Албана
34:14 Ivar Huitfeldt Column, Ивар Хюитфельд колонна
34:41 Den lille Havfrue, The Little Mermaid, Русалочка
36:24 Kastellet, The Citadel, Цитадель Фредериксхавна
38:18 Svenska Gustafskyrkan, Swedish Church, Шведская церковь
38:34 Churchillparken, Churchill Park, парк Черчилля
39:50 Nyboder, the Nyboder development, район Нюбодер
40:50 St. Paul Kirke, St. Paul's Chirch, Церковь Святого Павла
41:30 Magazin du Nord, shopping center Magazin du Nord, Торговый центр 'Магазин Ду Норд'
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Frihedsstøtten - scener fra en gendigtning
Om frihedsstøtten, stenhuggerfaget, restaurering og Danmarkshistorie.
Produceret af Københavns Produktionsskole for Selskabet til restaurering af Frihedsstøtten.
Musik: Carl Nielsen
Lej løbehjul, rent kickbikes Nyhavn 42 Tilladt på fortorve og gågader
Lej løbehjul, rent kickbikes Nyhavn 42 Tilladt på fortorve og gågader
Allowed on sidewqalks and walking streets see copenhagen on 2 safe wheels away from traffic.. Hvor for gå når man kan rulle? Turist rent out of scooters in Nyhavn 42
Ribe Denmark aug. 2015
Our busy august many things to do working and a little trip to Ribe the eldest city in Denmark
Copenhagen Lutheran Church of Our Lady Vor Frue Kirke Sanctuary
Copenhagen's Church of Our Lady (Danish: Vor Frue Kirke) was constructed in 1829 to replace a previous structure lost to fire. This church, also known as the Lutheran Cathedral, presents a somewhat sterile or austere profile as seen in this slide show of the church sanctuary. The show begins with details from the statue of Moses, the Lawgiver, holding the tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments. Violinist Joshua Bell performs Gabriel Fauré's composition, Apres un reve ('After a Dream'), as the musical background. Spiritual quotes by Neale Donald Walsh and Duane Alan Hahn provide philosophical bookends for contemplation.
16. november 2016 København - Nyboder, Store Kongensgade, Kongens Nytorv, Nyhavn
16. november 2016 København - Nyboder, Store Kongensgade, Kongens Nytorv, Nyhavn
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• Carl Nielsen-statuen
• Det Kongelige Teater
• Dronningens Tværgade
• Esplanaden
• Gernersgade
• Gothersgade
• Grønningen
• Hotel D’Angleterre
• Kongens Nytorv
• København
• Landgreven
• Magasin Du Nord
• Marmorkirken (Frederiks Kirke)
• Nyboder
• Nyhavn
• Sankt Pauls Kirke
• Store Kongensgade
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Tolmachevy Sisters - Shine (Russia) 2014 Eurovision Song Contest
Powered by: The Tolmachevy Sisters will represent Russia at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen with the song Shine
Boxes
En musik- og danseteaterforestilling med 26 unge, vilde dansere.
Alt det vi går og drømmer om, og alt det der er vigtigt for os lige nu, har vi de sidste syv måneder skabt en forestilling om i samarbejde med koreograf Nelson Rodriques Smidt og komponist Sophus August Tuxen.
Vi er mellem 14 og 22 år. Vi kommer fra øst og vest. Vores liv og historier er vidt forskellige. Vi har lært af hinanden undervejs i projektet og udviklet sider af os selv, vi ikke anede eksisterede. Ingenting er som før.
Oprør, kærlighed, vildskab, frihed og musikalsk ekstase – vi kommer hele vejen rundt i BOXES.
BOXES opføres til verdensmusik af liveband med fire unge musikere.
Vi har samlet det hele i en eksplosiv og musikalsk fortælling til dig, der er ung, til dig der snart bliver det, og til dig der trænger til at blive mindet om, at du engang har været det.
Efter forestillingen vil der være mulighed for at møde de unge deltagere og det kunstneriske team, hvor man kan høre mere om projektforløbet og stille spørgsmål med henblik på dialog om kunstneriske processer, om kroppens udtryksmuligheder og om samspillet mellem koreografien og musikken.
Ny-Carlsberg Glyptotek 1/
Ny-Carlsberg Glyptotek - Copenhagen 1/
As seen through the lenses of my old HP Pocket Cam, iPhone, iPad Mini and my old Canon Cam
Carl Jacobsen, the son of the founder of Carlsberg Breweries, Copenhagen, in the middle of the 19th C, developed a fine and a huge appetite for antique as well as contemporary Sculptures. His collection grew in size, and he established the Gamle (old) Glyptotek, in his house garden. He was also active in acquiring contemporary Danish and French Sculptures and paintings of his time.
In 1888 CJ donated his collection of French and Danish sculptures, and paintings, to the Danish State and to the City of Copenhagen,
A very elegant red brick, Venetian Renaissance inspired, building was erected by Architect Wilhelm Dahlerup, and is often referred to as the Dahlerup Bygning (building).
The facade brings to mind the Eastern inspired Byzantine or Moorish arches on the facade of St. Mark's Basilica, in Venice. Here, each of the 6 fan shaped scallop shells rests on two marble pillars whose capital is adorned with volutes, rosettes and acanthus leaves. Between these pillars are 8 busts of Sculptors: Rodin, Meunier, Falcuière, Carpeaux, Wiedewelt, Bissen, Freund, and Stein, while Dubois and Jerichau, each in his Scallop niche, stands flanking the entrance door .
Two lions, by Antoine-Louis Barye, guard the two corners of the building.
The Foyer is lavishly decorated, while the exterior 2 sidewalls exhibit a variety of fine reliefs, separated by pilasters, of winged puttoes, .
Different sculptures of contemporary Danish artists stand in the surrounding grass strips.
In 1899 CJ, and his wife, Otillia, decided to add their collection of Egyptian, Greek and Roman Antiquities to the museum.
A new building was designed, by architect Hack Kampmann, as a Greek temple in a rectangular shape around an auditorium, reserved for conferences, concerts and literary Soirées. The custodians refer to this part of the Museum as Kampmanns Bygning (building).
The exterior three walls and windows are worthy of special interest and are beautiful details to study!The four corners' pillars are, like the podium, of massive granite, cut by sculptor Ludvig Brandstrup, and each represents, what I think, four Nikes or Victories, one in each corner, reminiscent of the two reliefs on the top corners of the Entrance door. Yet they are representations of the 4 times of the day: Morning, Noon, Evening, and Night! The twin-windows are separated by a herme-like with heads of exotic animals, carved by a naturalist artist, Karl Hansen Reistrup, that, maybe, should represent the Natural World outside as compared to Culture inside the building!!
Some other symbols, like the Swastika, a Sun diagram, adopted by CJ for his Carlsberg Brand image in the 1880ies, is originally from antique Persia, and in other old cultures, an ancient symbol of Luck and Happiness. It can be seen on many buildings around the World hundreds and thousands of years before the Nazis used it in their propaganda. I have seen many a tourist discovering it in horror. Most of the swatsticas of most windows have been re-cut after Nazi-time, Only two windows have kept theirs.
In the middle of this facade stands out a replica-like of the Mausoleum of Halikarnassus. it is topped by a Step Pyramid, reminiscent of Djoser's Pyramid in Egypt, itself topped by an Athena giant bronze sculpture bearing a lance in her right hand and a statuette of Nike in her left. The original of this Athena can be seen at the Louvre Museum, Paris.
At the foot of the pyramid, you'll see full-size bronze copies of two of the Horses from the quadriga on top of the San Marco Basilica. Perhaps, in this way, mirroring the other Venetian facade of the complex.
On the wall, under this pyramid, on each side of the colossal window, with the two Ionian pillars, you'll see two reliefs, by Carl Aarsleff, of Otillia and Carl Jacobsen, to the left, in Greek robes, and, to the right, the symbols of the Danish Kingdom (3 Lions) and the city of Copenhagen (3 Towers).
On this side is a beautiful and well attended garden and is a Mecca for flower lovers. Different Danish modern sculptures stand along the wall, while Rodin's the Thinker has got a central position in this Park.
Between the two buildings, a Winter Garden was designed by W. Dahlerup, and joins the two buildings in a monumental way with a fountain with the famous Vandmoderen (Water Mother) by Kai Nielsen. The original Water Mother, from 1920, has been replaced by a newer copy in 2001. All between majestic Palm trees and covered by an impressive glass and metal dome! It contains a sample of the sculptures and reliefs of what is exhibited inside the galleries of the buildings themselves.
The complex was inaugurated in 1906, and has been the object of some additions and a complete re-haul as late as 2003-2006.
In this part, I invite you to follow me outside the complex, and in the Winter Garden.
I hope you'll enjoy the tour!
Skagen
Skagen, occasionally known in English as The Scaw, is Denmark's northernmost town and the area surrounding it. Situated on the east coast of the Skagen Odde peninsula in the far north of Jutland, it is part of Frederikshavn Municipality in Region Nordjylland. It is located 41 kilometres (25 mi) north of Frederikshavn and 108 kilometres (67 mi) northeast of Aalborg. With its well-developed harbour, Skagen is Denmark's main fishing port and also has a thriving tourist industry, attracting some 2 million people annually.
Originally the name was applied to the peninsula but it now usually refers to the town itself. The settlement began in the Middle Ages as a fishing village, renowned for its herring industry. Thanks to its seascapes, fishermen and evening light, towards the end of the 19th century it became popular with a group of Impressionist artists now known as the Skagen Painters. In 1879, the Skagen Fisherman's Association was established with the purpose of facilitating the local fishing industry through the Skagensbanen railway, which opened as a narrow-gauged railway in 1890. The modern port of Skagen opened on 20 November 1907, and with the railway connections to Frederikshavn and the rest of Denmark, tourism began to develop.
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Fridtjof Nansen (Norwegian: [²fɾɪtːjɔf ˈnɑnsn̩]; 10 October 1861 – 13 May 1930) was a Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. In his youth he was a champion skier and ice skater. He led the team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888, traversing the island on cross-country skis. He won international fame after reaching a record northern latitude of 86°14′ during his Fram expedition of 1893–1896. Although he retired from exploration after his return to Norway, his techniques of polar travel and his innovations in equipment and clothing influenced a generation of subsequent Arctic and Antarctic expeditions.
Nansen studied zoology at the Royal Frederick University in Christiania and later worked as a curator at the University Museum of Bergen where his research on the central nervous system of lower marine creatures earned him a doctorate and helped establish neuron doctrine. Later, famed neuroscientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal would win the 1906 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his research on the same subject, though technical priority for the theory is given to Nansen. After 1896 his main scientific interest switched to oceanography; in the course of his research he made many scientific cruises, mainly in the North Atlantic, and contributed to the development of modern oceanographic equipment. As one of his country's leading citizens, in 1905 Nansen spoke out for the ending of Norway's union with Sweden, and was instrumental in persuading Prince Carl of Denmark to accept the throne of the newly independent Norway. Between 1906 and 1908 he served as the Norwegian representative in London, where he helped negotiate the Integrity Treaty that guaranteed Norway's independent status.
In the final decade of his life, Nansen devoted himself primarily to the League of Nations, following his appointment in 1921 as the League's High Commissioner for Refugees. In 1922 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on behalf of the displaced victims of the First World War and related conflicts. Among the initiatives he introduced was the Nansen passport for stateless persons, a certificate that used to be recognised by more than 50 countries. He worked on behalf of refugees until his sudden death in 1930, after which the League established the Nansen International Office for Refugees to ensure that his work continued. This office received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1938. His name is commemorated in numerous geographical features, particularly in the polar regions.
Elmgreen & Dragset | Wikipedia audio article
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00:00:35 1 Life and work
00:05:19 1.1 Permanent installations
00:05:39 1.2 Performative works
00:06:12 2 Recognition
00:07:24 3 Solo Exhibitions (selected)
00:15:54 4 Group Exhibitions (selected)
00:23:09 5 Collections
00:24:39 6 Commissions
00:25:20 7 Catalogues
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Michael Elmgreen (born 1961; Copenhagen, Denmark) and Ingar Dragset (born 1969; Trondheim, Norway) have worked together as an artist duo since 1995. Their work explores the relationship between art, architecture and design.
Elmgreen & Dragset live and work in Berlin. They are known for art work that has wit and subversive humour, and also addresses social and cultural concerns.