When Johanne Katrine Holm was born on 25 September 1794, in Holmens, København, Copenhagen, Denmark, her father, Caspar Pedersen Holm, was 24 and her mother, Benedicte Marie Berg, was 23. She married Christian Larsen Thorup on 24 November 1815, in Trinitatis, Sokkelund, Copenhagen, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 10 sons. She lived in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark in 1834. She died on 4 February 1840, in Trinitatis, København, Copenhagen, Denmark, at the age of 45, and was buried in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Odense Teater is Denmark's second oldest theater and one of the country's three main theaters. It is where Hans Christian Andersen started as a writer and is where The Pillars of Society was first performed.
The Christianso Lighthouse is one of Denmark's oldest lighthouses and the first to have a flashing light. It was built on the island of Christianso in the northern Baltic Sea.
Dannebrogordenens Haederstegn, The Cross of Honour of the Order of the Dannebrog, is an award connected to the Danish Order of the Dannebrog. The cross was instituted by King Frederick VI of Denmark and Norway on June 28, 1808 and was named Dannebrogsmendenes Haederstegn until 1952. The award is given to any Dane who has provided a service to Denmark through a noble deed. The cross is considered an additional recognition if awarded to someone who is already a holder of the Order.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lars, Anders, Thor, Holger, Nels, Nils, Sven, Helmer, Lennart, Niels, Vibeke.
English, Scottish, German, and Scandinavian: topographic name for someone who lived on an island, in particular a piece of slightly raised land lying in a fen or partly surrounded by streams, from Middle English, Middle Low German holm, Old Norse holmr, or else a habitational name from a place called with this element. The Swedish name is often ornamental.
English: topographic name for someone who lived where holly grew, from Middle English holm, a divergent development of Old English hole(g)n ‘holly (tree)’; or, especially in southern England, a habitational name from any of the places such as East and West Holme (Dorset) or Holne (Devon). Compare Hollis .
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