When Jens Bertelsen was born in 1706, in Tved, Mols, Randers, Denmark, his father, Bertel Pedersen, was 56 and his mother, Kiaersten Rasmusdatter, was 48. He married Mette Margrethe Madsdr on 25 September 1735, in Tved, Kalø, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died on 3 April 1746, at the age of 40, and was buried in Tved, Kalø, Denmark.
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The Royal Danish Military Academy educated and commissioned all officers for the Royal Danish Army. The Military Academy function was initiated in 1713 by request of King Frederick IV on inspiration from the Naval Academy.
Greenland becomes Danish province.
The Danish Asiatic Company was a trading company established to revive the dwindling Danish trade with the East Indies and China. It was taken over by the Danish government in 1772 and continued to run until around 1843.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Bertel, Iver, Niels, Nils, Sven, Viggo.
Norwegian, Danish, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Bertel, a pet form of Berthold . Compare Bartelson and Bertelson .
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