When Soren Peter Christensen was born on 13 April 1847, in Føllenslev, Holbæk, Denmark, his father, Christen Lorentzen, was 25 and his mother, Dorthea Larsen, was 22. He died on 25 September 1887, in Denmark, at the age of 40.
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Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy. A two-chamber parliament is established.
Erastus Snow and Peter Hansen translated the Book of Mormon into Danish after six months of being in the country. This translation was the first full translation of the Book of Mormon into another language, after English.
The Copenhagen Waterworks was the first waterworks in Denmark and served the community until 1951. It was one of the first buildings to be built outside Copenhagen's old city walls.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Niels, Lars, Bent, Anders, Thor, Jorgen, Nils, Einer, Viggo, Folmer.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Christen . In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the especially Danish and Norwegian variant Kristensen . Compare Christenson and Christianson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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