When Laurids Christensen was born on 6 September 1737, in Albæk, Hjørring, Denmark, his father, Christen Sørensen, was 35 and his mother, Maren Nielsdatter Kold, was 36. He married Zidsel Christensdatter on 10 March 1771, in Albæk, Hjørring, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 6 April 1786, in Lyngså, Albæk, Hjørring, Denmark, at the age of 48, and was buried in Albæk, Hjørring, Denmark.
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The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters is a non-governmental science Academy founded in 1742 for the purpose of advancements of science in Denmark.
Hirschholm Palace was a royal palace located in present-day Horsholm municipality just north of Copenhagen. It was one of the finest buildings of its time and became known as the Versailles of the North. It developed a bad reputation in connection with its role in the affair between Johann Friedrich Struensee and Queen Caroline Mathilda in the 1770s. After that it fell into disrepair and was demolished in 1809.
The Old City Hall was built in 1762 and served as the city hall until 1912. the Hall was modelled after the City Hall that was destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire in 1795. Today the building is used only for ceremonial and representative purposes.
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 .
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