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5 unusual facts about Denmark, Iowa


Albert Henry Krehbiel

He was born in Denmark, Iowa and taught, lived and worked for many years in Chicago.

Denmark Congregational United Church of Christ

Denmark Congregational United Church of Christ is located in Denmark, Iowa, United States.

Hibbard H. Shedd

Shedd was born in Denmark, Iowa in 1847, the only son of George Shedd, a medical doctor, and Abigail Houston.

Iowa Band

#Established a sending and training center for young people in; Keosauqua, Denmark, Maquoketa, Burlington, and Muscatine.

James I. Dungan

He received an academic education at the local academy at Denmark, Iowa, and at the college at Washington, Iowa.


2012 Men's Junior European Volleyball Championship

The 2012 Men's Junior European Volleyball Championship is being held in Gdynia, Poland and Randers, Denmark from August 24 to September 2, 2012.

Alessandro Malomo

He remained in Massimo Piscedda's U-19 team in 2009–10 season, which he played the friendly against Denmark in September.

Austin Dillon

On July 11, 2010, Dillon scored his first career NASCAR victory in the Lucas Oil 200 at Iowa Speedway in the Camping World Truck Series and won a Truck Series race in a truck wearing the No. 3 for the first time since Bryan Reffner won for Team Menard in 2000 at Texas Motor Speedway.

Axelborg

Axelborg is a building on Vesterbrogade in Copenhagen, Denmark, home to the Danish Agriculture and Food Council.

Brett Gallant

At the 2009 World Junior Curling Championships, Gallant represented team Canada, and after placing first after the round robin, lost in the final to Denmark's Rasmus Stjerne rink.

Calmar

Calmar, Iowa, United States, a town in Winneshiek County, Iowa

Carl Otto Reventlow

Carl Otto Reventlow (actually Karl Carl Christian Otto; born 1817 in Store Heddinge (Denmark), died in 1873) became notable as the developer of a mnemonic system.

Carsten Lund

Carsten Lund (born July 1, 1963) is a Danish-born theoretical computer scientist, currently working at AT&T Labs in Florham Park, New Jersey, United States.

Copenhagen Air Taxi

It provide a range of services, including operating regularly scheduled flights from Copenhagen Airport, Roskilde (ICAO: EKRK) to the Danish islands of Anholt and Læsø; managing the airfield on Anholt, and is also a major air taxi operator in Denmark, operating from EKRK.

Daniel Heløy Davidsen

Daniel Heløy Davidsen (born 1978 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish/Norwegian guitarist, born in Denmark to Norwegian parents, known for his participation in bands like Czesław Śpiewa and JazzKamikaze and many record appearances as studio musician like with Selena Gomez and Kylie Minogue.

Danneskiold-Samsøe

Danneskiold-Samsøe is a Danish family of high nobility, formerly holding the island of Samsø as a fief.

Denmark–Kazakhstan relations

Baltic Beverages Holding bought in 2002, 76% interest in the Kazakh brewery Irbis, and 45 million euros has been invested.

Domenicus Badiaz

His name can be attached to various castles in Denmark including Lykkesholm Castle and Nyborg Castle (1607).

Fritz Knipschildt

After training at the Hotel and Restaurant School of Denmark, Knipschildt worked in the Mont Blanc area of France twice, and also in southern Spain.

Gesta Danorum

It is thought that Shakespeare never read Gesta Danorum, and instead had access to an auxiliary version of the tale describing the downfall of the Prince of Denmark, whose real name, Amleth, was used in anagram by Shakespeare for Hamlet.

Governance Initiative for Rights and Accountability in Forest Management

The Governance Initiative for Rights & Accountability in Forest Management (GIRAF) is a project executed in Ghana with funds from the European Union (EU) and its partners CARE Denmark, CIVIC Response, Friends of the Earth-Ghana and Centre for Indigenous Knowledge.

Grace Noll Crowell

She was educated at the German-English college in Wilton, Iowa.

Greene, Iowa

Greene is a city in Butler County, Iowa, along the Shell Rock River, and along Butler County's northern border, where Butler and Floyd counties meet.

Grevensvænge figurines

The Grevensvænge hoard is a find of the late Nordic Bronze Age (roughly dating to between 800 BC and 500 BC), discovered in the late 18th century at Grevensvænge, Naestved Municipality, Zealand, Denmark.

Guldberg

Mogens Guldberg (born 1963), former middle distance runner from Denmark

H53

Seaplane Hangar H53, original designation of Hangar H, a listed hangar located on Magretheholm in Copenhagen, Denmark

Hans Ussing

Hans Henrikson Ussing (30 December 1911 – 22 December 2000) was a Danish scientist, best known for having invented the Ussing chamber.

Harold M. Westergaard

Harold Malcolm Westergaard (9 October 1888 Copenhagen, Denmark – 22 June 1950 Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA).

Henrik Lund-Nielsen

Based on a world record of 80% recycling rate for gypsum waste in Denmark, he grew the company from an initially marginal Danish presence to the world leader in recycling of gypsum plasterboard (drywall) waste with several European subsidiaries and business in the US and Asia.

I. German/Dutch Corps

Due to its role as a NATO High Readiness Forces Headquarters, soldiers from other NATO member states, the United States, Denmark, Norway, Spain, Italy, the United Kingdom amongst others, are also stationed at Münster.

Interoute

Interoute's offices: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, plus a Network Operations Centre in Sofia and a Customer Service Centre in Prague and Luleå.

J. Barry Griswell

He has been inducted into the Iowa Business Hall of Fame, is a recipient of the United Way of Central Iowa Alexis de Tocqueville Society award, a 2004 recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, a 2004 recipient of the Central Iowa Philanthropic Award for Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser, and a 2006 recipient of the Business Committee for the Arts Leadership Award as well as a 2008 recipient of the American for the Arts Corporate Citizenship in the Arts Award.

Joe Lutz

Following his major league career, Lutz coached high school baseball, football and basketball in Argyle, Iowa and Davenport, Iowa, where he led Davenport's baseball to a state championship, and was an athletic coach at Parsons College in Iowa.

John B. Haberlen

Haberlen has participated as a jury member and auditor in major choral festivals worldwide, including the St. Petersburg Choral Festival, the World Choir in Cardiff, Wales; Marktoberdorf, Germany; Riva del Garda, Italy; Budapest, Hungary; Denmark and Sydney, Australia.

Karl King

He was given a testimonial dinner for 250 people in 1951 at the age of 59 where band world luminaries including Glenn Cliffe Bainum, Albert Austin Harding, Paul V. Yoder, and William H. Santelmann attended (as well as William S. Beardsley, the governor of Iowa).

Kevin Dresser

Born in Fort Dodge and a native of Humboldt, Iowa, Dresser was a two-time high school wrestling state champion and four time place winner fifth (freshman) and sixth (sophomore) Humboldt High School.

Laust Jevsen Moltesen

As a result of studies in Rome in 1894 and 1895, he wrote De Avignonske Pavers Forhold til Danmark (1896), concerning the relationship between the Avignon Papacy and Denmark, for which he obtained the doctorate.

Leo Elthon

Leo Elthon (June 9, 1898, Fertile, Iowa – April 16, 1967, Fertile) was the 32nd Governor of Iowa from November 21, 1954 to January 13, 1955.

Lunaria annua

In Denmark it is known as judaspenge and in Dutch-speaking countries as judaspenning (coins of Judas), an allusion to the story of Judas Iscariot and the thirty pieces of silver he was paid for betraying Christ.

Mechanical Spin Phenomena

Mechanical Spin Phenomena is the first album released by Danish industrial metal band Mnemic.

MS Princess Seaways

In 2002 the ship was sold to Fjord Line, renamed MS Fjord Norway for service from Denmark.

National Farmers Organization

However, much of the initial impetus for the NFO’s early growth came from positive comments made by former Iowa Governor Daniel Webster Turner when he was asked about it by the press.

Olaf the Swede

Olof the Brash, Swedish chieftain who conquered Denmark in the late 9th century or early 10th century and founded the House of Olaf

Peter Claussen

Peter Claussen (1804-1855) was a Danish natural history collector born in Copenhagen.

Professional Further Education in Clinical Pharmacy and Public Health

The further education takes place at Pharmakon—Danish College of Pharmacy Practice in Hillerød, Denmark.

Rhynchaeites

However, leg bone fossils of a similar bird were found in the Early Eocene Fur Formation in Denmark.

Rivermont Collegiate

These funds were invested in Cambria Place, a magnificent residence designed by a famous architect (who designed the Illinois State Capitol and the Chicago Board of Trade Building), with five acres of land high on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River in Davenport, Iowa.

Robert Coe

Robert Douglas Coe (1902–1985), career diplomat and the U.S. ambassador to Denmark from 1953 to 1957

Soldenfeldts Stiftelse

Soldenfeldts Stiftelse is a listed property overlooking Sortedam Lake in the Østerbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Super Formation Soccer 94

Using two special codes, the player will have access to the special/hidden teams which didn't take part in the 1994 World Cup: England, Wales, Uruguay, Denmark and France.

TEOCO

TEOCO was involved in the recent Iowa Utilities Board, and subsequent FCC ruling in Qwest communication's Traffic pumping case.

Theo Wharton

Wharton was first selected for the Wales Under-17 squad for 2011 Euro qualifiers where he start 2 games against Belgium and Denmark.

Tipperne

The reserve, which falls under the control of Denmark's Environmental Ministry and is managed by the Danish Forest and Nature Agency (Danish: Skov- og Naturstyrelsen) via Oxbøl Statsskovdistrikt, has a total area of about 2,200 ha, of which about 1,500 ha are shallow water areas around the peninsula.

Vedel

Anders Sørensen Vedel (1542–1616), priest and historian born in Vejle, Denmark

W.N. Flynt Granite Co.

Many public buildings in Monson and the surrounding communities were constructed of Flynt granite, but the quarry also shipped granite for buildings in Boston, New York, Chicago, and even as far as Kansas and Iowa.


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