History

May 13, 2022

The Siege of Copenhagen

In 1807 the British descended on Copenhagen and in an preemptive strike bombarded the city and took off with Danish navy. An infamous event that caused controversy in Britain, intense hatred in Denmark and solidi

March 27, 2021

The Dagmar Cross – The Dano-Byzantine Connection

Saint Bendt's Church in Ringsted The Royal Cross In 1683 Provst (Dean) Christian Blichfeld of Sct. Bendt's Church in Ringsted wanted to make room for a gravesite for his wife inside the church, this meant the partia

May 1, 2017

Lorca Lives

Lorca lives in New York City He never went back to Spain He went to Cuba for a while But he's back in town again   He's tired of the gypsies And he's tired of the sea He hates to play his old gu

March 11, 2015

The Womens March 1915

I know it is a bit late, after all the International Women's Day was Sunday, but I am going to use the occasion to post a few photos related to womens suffrage in Denmark. Most of these photos are taken at the great

January 14, 2015

Lines Written on Hearing of the Surrender of Copenhagen

A Poem that bemoans the perceived national loss of honour,  printed on the 14th of October, 1807.   The glory of Albion is tarnish’d with shame, And the field of her might is the bourn of her fame; Her gian