When Birthe Sophie Larsdatter was born on 10 April 1824, in Høje Tåstrup, Copenhagen, Denmark, her father, Lars Nielsen, was 35 and her mother, Kirsten Mikkelsdatter, was 30. She lived in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1845 and Havdrup, Solrød, Roskilde, Denmark for about 10 years. She died on 15 July 1850, in Høje Tåstrup, Høje Tåstrup, Copenhagen, Denmark, at the age of 26, and was buried in Høje Tåstrup, Høje Tåstrup, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Kuffert Sorensen was established in 1829 by Carl Peter Sorensen as a leather goods company. Today the business has five locations and each are run by a member of the Sorensen family.
The Casino Theatre was built as an entertainment center by Georg Carstensen but was converted into a theatre in 1848. After many years of never gaining popularity, it was closed in 1937 and demolished in 1960.
Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy. A two-chamber parliament is established.
Borrowing of the Irish name Brighid ( see Bridget ). This name owes its enormous popularity in Scandinavia, especially in Sweden, to St Birgitta ( 1304–73 ), patron saint of Sweden. She was a noblewoman who bore her husband eight children. After his death, she founded an order of nuns, the ‘Bridgettines’ or Order of the Most Holy Saviour. She also went to Rome, where she attempted to reform religious life.
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