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2 unusual facts about Anker


Blüthner Orchestra

In the same year the orchestra was engaged by the Anker record company for the first-ever recording of a substantial extract from Richard Wagner's Ring des Nibelungen, namely about three-quarters of the first act of Die Walküre.

Grietje Jansen-Anker

She was the oldest person in the Netherlands between 19 May 2006 and her death on 13 October 2009, at age 112 years 31 days.


Albert Anker

One of Anker's greatest admirers and collectors is former Swiss Federal Councillor Christoph Blocher, since the 1980s Switzerland's most influential conservative politician, who also published an apologetic essay on Anker.

Anette Hoff

She has played hotel manager Juni Anker-Hansen in Hotel Cæsar since 1998.

Annæus Schjødt, Jr.

From 1947 to 1965 he was married to Sissel Anker Olsen (1927–1987), a daughter of Kristofer Anker Olsen and sister of Sossen Krohg.

Hans Ernst Krøyer

Krøyer was born in Copenhagen and the son of Bernt Anker Krøyer and Johanne Margrethe (née Schrøder), as well as the brother of Henrik Nikolai Krøyer.

Nini Roll Anker

She was married twice, first to land owner Peter Martin Anker, and later to engineer and sailor Johan August Anker.

Sossen Krohg

From 1998 onwards she played the character "Astrid Anker-Hansen" in the television soap opera Hotel Cæsar.

Venezuelan Poodle Moth

The Venezuelan Poodle Moth is a possible new species of moth discovered in 2009 by Dr. Arthur Anker of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, in the Gran Sabana region of Venezuela.


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