[[Category:House_of_Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg]][[Category: House of Glücksburg]][[Category: House of Oldenburg]][[Category:Denmark_Project]] [[Category: Danish Nobility]] This free space was created by Project Denmark as a place where any user of Wikitree can contribute to collaborative research and the drafting of well sourced biographies for members of the Danish royal family beginning with Christian I, the first Danish monarch of the House of Oldenburg who was elected king of Denmark in 1448. While the Kalmar Union was not dissolved until 1523 when Frederick I became king, it makes logical sense to go back one generation to his father, Christian I, the first monarch of the House of Oldenburg. Contributions will be evaluated by Project Denmark and the European Aristocrats Project. Once a consensus is reached by these projects that information contributed is sufficiently sourced and accurate, it will be added to the project protected profiles. ----------------------------------- =Interested Projects and Their Guidelines= *[[Project:Denmark|Project Denmark]] - This project has no guidelines specifically applicable to nobles or royalty, but it does provide general guidelines for Danish names and use of Wikitree name fields to accommodate Danish names. See [[Space:Project_Denmark_Discussion_Draft_for_Danish_Names|Danish Naming Conventions and Related Wikitree Name Field Guidelines]]. *[[Project:European_Royals_and_Aristocrats_1500-Present|European Aristocrats Project, Subproject for European Royals and Aristocrats 1500-Present]] **[[Project:European_Royals_and_Aristocrats_1500-Present#Profile_Maintenance_and_LNAB_Selection|Profile Maintenance and LNAB Selection]] **[[Help:Name_Fields_for_European_Aristocrats|Name Fields for European Aristocrats]] *European Aristocrats, House Subprojects **[[:Category:House_of_Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg]] **[[:Category: House of Glücksburg]] **[[:Category: House of Oldenburg]] --------------------------------------- =Joachim, Second Child of Queen Margrethe II and Henrik, Prince Consort= ==Profiles on Wikitree== *[[Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg-17|Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg-17]] - Joachim (Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg) of Denmark : This is the project protected profile. : This profile needs sources and a biography. The only source listed is Wikipedia. *[[Of_Denmark-94|Of_Denmark-94]] : This profile needs to be merged into one with the proper LNAB : There are no additional sources on this profile not included on the project protected one. *[[Unknown-344359|Unknown-344359]] - Joachim (Unknown) Anonymous of Denmark : This profile needs to be merged into one with the proper LNAB : There are no additional sources on this profile not included on the project protected one. ==Discussion of Name Fields== ==Biography== ==Sources== =Crown Prince Frederik, Eldest Child of Queen Margrethe II and Henrik, Prince Consort= ==Profiles on Wikitree== *[[Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg-16|Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg-16]] - Frederik (Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg) of Denmark : This is the project protected profile. : This profile needs sources and a biography. The only source listed is Wikipedia. *[[Of_Denmark-93|Of_Denmark-93]] - Crown prince Frederik of Denmark : This profile needs to be merged into one with the proper LNAB : There are no additional sources on this profile not included on the project protected one. ==Discussion of Name Fields== ==Biography== ==Sources== =Queen Margrethe II, Current Queen of Denmark= ==Profiles on Wikitree== *[[Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg-15|Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg-15]] - Margrethe (Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg) of Denmark II : This is the project protected profile. : The biography on this profile contains no footnotes or citations to specific facts and appears to be mostly lifted verbatim from http://glucksburg.blogspot.com/2015/07/margrethe-ii-of-denmark-child.html . An original biography with citations to each significant fact is needed. : This profile does not appear to be linked to her husband or contain her marriage facts. ==Discussion of Name Fields== ==Biography== ==Sources== =Henrik, Prince Consort of Queen Margrethe II, Current Queen of Denmark= ==Profiles on Wikitree== *[[Laborde_de_Monpezat-1|Laborde_de_Monpezat-1]] - Hendrik (Laborde de Monpezat) of Denmark : This is the project protected profile. : This profile needs sources and a biography. *[[De_Laborde_de_Monpezat-1|De_Laborde_de_Monpezat-1]] - Prince Henrik de Laborde de Monpezat : This profile needs to be merged into one with the proper LNAB ==Discussion of Name Fields== The LNAB on De_Laborde_de_Monpezat-1 does not appear to follow the European Aristocrat Project name guidelines which have standardized LNAB so that it does not include leading prefixes like "De". [[Brandt-1372|Brandt-1372]] 12:41, 24 February 2018 (EST)[[Brandt-1372|Mary Ann Brandt Jensen]] As an additional complication, Henri de Laborde de Monpezat was born out of wedlock. At the time of his birth, his mother had not yet divorced her first husband (Renée Doursenot marrried Marie Joseph Louis Leuret on Sep 29, 1928, Paris VIII. Divorce pronounced Sep 21, 1940 and transcribed May 3, 1947. [http://archives.paris.fr/arkotheque/visionneuse/visionneuse.php?arko=YTo2OntzOjQ6ImRhdGUiO3M6MTA6IjIwMTgtMDMtMTYiO3M6MTA6InR5cGVfZm9uZHMiO3M6MTE6ImFya29fc2VyaWVsIjtzOjQ6InJlZjEiO2k6NDtzOjQ6InJlZjIiO2k6MjkyMDUwO3M6MTY6InZpc2lvbm5ldXNlX2h0bWwiO2I6MTtzOjIxOiJ2aXNpb25uZXVzZV9odG1sX21vZGUiO3M6NDoicHJvZCI7fQ==#uielem_move=-188%2C38&uielem_islocked=0&uielem_zoom=208&uielem_brightness=0&uielem_contrast=0&uielem_isinverted=0&uielem_rotate=F Source: see slide 3]). [[Rassinot-1|Rassinot-1]] 03:04, 16 March 2018 (EDT). His father's [[http://www.archives.landes.fr/ark:/35227/s0059e7661a9fe78/59e7661aabf34 birth record] indicates the marriage date: January 22, 1948 (Cahors). [[Rassinot-1|Rassinot-1]] 05:10, 18 March 2018 (EDT) [[Rassinot-1|Isabelle Rassinot]] Henri's father [[de Laborde de Monpezat-2|André de Laborde de Monpezat]]. His grandfather's [http://earchives.le64.fr/img-viewer/FRAD064003_IR0002/PAU/PAU_N_1863-1872/viewer.html?&ns=FRAD064012_5MI445-12_0147.jpg birth record] shows he was also born de Laborde de Monpezat. [[Rassinot-1|Rassinot-1]] 05:10, 18 March 2018 (EDT) ==Biography== Henri Marie Jean André greve de Laborde de Monpezat was born in his grandmother's home in Talence, France, a suburb of Bordeaux on 11 Jun 1934."Prince Henrik of Denmark," News, 14 Feb 2018 (http://kongehuset.dk/en/news/prince-henrik-of-denmark : accessed 24 Feb 2018) As a very young child, he moved with his family to French Indochina, which is now Vietnam, where his father worked in the family enterprises established by his grandfather. In 1939, with WWII quickly approaching, Henri moved with his family back to the family home le Cayrou in Cahors, France. There he was home schooled until 1947 after which he attended a Jesuit boarding school in Bordeaux. From the age of 14 to the age of 16, he attended school at at Cahors Gymnasium. He then returned to Vietnam where he attended Hanoi’s French Gymnasium until his graduation in 1952. ==Sources== =Frederik IX Christian Franz Michael Carl Valdemar Georg (Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg) af Danmark (1899 - 1972)= ==Profiles on Wikitree== *[[Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg-34|Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg-34]] - Frederik Christian Franz Michael Carl Valdemar Georg (Frederik IX) "Konge af Danmark" af Danmark formerly Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg no biography limited sources ==Discussion of Name Fields== ==Biography== ==Sources== ==Frederik IX's First Wife, Ingrid Victoria Sofia Louise Margareta (Bernadotte) af Danmark (1910 - 2000)== ===Profiles on Wikitree=== *[[Bernadotte-8|Bernadotte-8]] - Ingrid Victoria Sofia Louise Margareta "Dronnning af Danmark, Ingrid av Sverige" af Danmark formerly Bernadotte aka Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg no biography limited sources =Christian X Carl Frederik Albert Alexander Vilhelm (Vilhelm) af Danmark (1870 - 1947)= ==Profiles on Wikitree== *[[Vilhelm-1|Vilhelm-1]] - Christian Carl Frederik Albert Alexander Vilhelm (Christian X) "Konge af Danmark" af Danmark formerly Vilhelm aka Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg no biography only sources are Wikipedia and Ancestry trees ==Discussion of Name Fields== ==Biography== ==Sources== ==Christian X's First Wife, Alexandrine Auguste (Mecklenburg-Schwerin) von Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1879 - 1952)== ===Profiles on Wikitree=== [[Mecklenburg-Schwerin-25|Mecklenburg-Schwerin-25]] - Alexandrine Auguste "Herzogin zu Mecklenburg, Dronning af Danmark" von Mecklenburg-Schwerin formerly Mecklenburg-Schwerin no biography ===Discussion of Name Fields=== ===Biography=== ===Sources=== =Frederik VIII Christian Vilhelm Carl (Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg) af Danmark (1843 - 1912)= ==Profiles on Wikitree== *[[Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg-23|Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg-23]] - Family Tree & Tools Changes Privacy Frederik Christian Vilhelm Carl (Frederik VIII) "Konge af Danmark" af Danmark formerly Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg aka von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg ==Discussion of Name Fields== ==Biography== ==Sources== ==Frederik VIII's First Wife, Lovisa Josefina Eugenia (Bernadotte) av Sverige och Norge (1851 - 1926)== ===Profiles on Wikitree=== *[[Bernadotte-43|Bernadotte-43]] - Lovisa Josefina Eugenia (Louise) "Dronning af Danmark" av Sverige och Norge formerly Bernadotte aka af Danmark no biography Wikipedia and Find a Grave only sources *[[UNKNOWN-288933|UNKNOWN-288933]] - Lovisa UNKNOWN (1851 - 1926) no biography only source is Ancestry Trees ===Discussion of Name Fields=== ===Biography=== ===Sources=== =Christian IX (Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg) af Danmark (1818 - 1906)= ==Profiles on Wikitree== *[[Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg-24|Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg-24]] - Christian (Christian IX) "Konge af Danmark" af Danmark formerly Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg *[[IX-8|IX-8]] -Christian IX of Denmark (1818 - 1906) this profile has no biography or sources ==Discussion of Name Fields== ==Biography== ==Sources== ==Christian IX's First Wife, Louise (Hessen-Kassel) af Hessen-Kassel (1817 - 1898)== ===Profiles on Wikitree=== *[[Hessen-Kassel-1|Hessen-Kassel-1]] - Louise "Dronning af Danmark" af Hessen-Kassel formerly Hessen-Kassel biography copied verbatim from Wikipedia limited sources *[[Louise-77|Louise-77]] - Princess Louise Wilhelmine (1817 - 1898) this profile has no biography or sources ===Discussion of Name Fields=== ===Biography=== ===Sources=== =Frederik VII Carl Christian Oldenburg (1808 - 1863)= ==Profiles on Wikitree== *[[Oldenburg-173|Oldenburg-173]] - Frederik Carl Christian (Frederik VII) "Konge af Danmark" Oldenburg aka af Danmark limited biography copies from parts of Wikipedia article ==Discussion of Name Fields== ==Biography== ==Sources== ==Frederik VII's First Wife, Vilhelmine Marie (Danmark) af Danmark (1808 - 1891)== ===Profiles on Wikitree=== *[[Danmark-36|Danmark-36]] -Vilhelmine Marie af Danmark formerly Danmark aka Oldenburg extremely limited biography only source is Wikipedia ===Discussion of Name Fields=== ===Biography=== ===Sources=== ==Frederik VII's Second Wife, Duchess Caroline Charlotte Mariane of Mecklenburg-Strelitz== ===Profiles on Wikitree=== ===Discussion of Name Fields=== ===Biography=== ===Sources=== ==Frederik VII's Third Morganatic Wife, Louisa Christina Rasmussen== ===Profiles on Wikitree=== ===Discussion of Name Fields=== ===Biography=== ===Sources=== =Christian VIII (Oldenburg) af Danmark (1786 - 1848)= ==Profiles on Wikitree== *[[Oldenburg-101|Oldenburg-101]] - Christian Frederik (Christian VIII) "Konge af Danmark" af Danmark formerly Oldenburg biography is copy of Wikipedia article with minimal changes only sources are Wikipedia and Find a Grave ==Discussion of Name Fields== ==Biography== ==Sources== ==Christian VIII's First Wife, Charlotte (Mecklenburg-Schwerin) von Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1784 - 1840)== ===Profiles on Wikitree=== *[[Mecklenburg-Schwerin-16|Mecklenburg-Schwerin-16]] - Charlotte (Charlotte Friederike) von Mecklenburg-Schwerin formerly Mecklenburg-Schwerin aka von Gothen ===Discussion of Name Fields=== ===Biography=== ===Sources=== ==Christian VIII's Second Wife, Caroline Amalie (Unknown) von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1796 - 1881)== ===Profiles on Wikitree=== *[[Unknown-344377|Unknown-344377]] - Caroline Amalie "Dronning af Danmark" von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg formerly [surname unknown] extremely limited biography only source is Wikipedia ===Discussion of Name Fields=== Her mother was [[Oldenborg-67|Oldenborg-67]], Louise Augusta (Oldenborg) af Danmark og Norge (1771 - 1843) who in turn was the daughter of [[Hannover-58|Hannover-58]] - Princess Caroline Matilda "Caroline Mathilde" of Great Britain formerly Hannover, wife of Christian VII. However, it was generally common knowledge that her mother's biological father was [[Struensee-1|Struensee-1]], Johann Friedrich Struensee (1737 - 1772), the king's physician. See Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon (Rosinante 2000-2001) (http://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/1916/origin/170 : accessed 10 Jun 2018) ===Biography=== ===Sources=== ==Christian VIII's Mistress and Mother of Illegitimate Child, Johanna Maria Christensdatter (Brandvold) Eide (1794 - 1878)== ===Profiles on Wikitree=== *[[Brandvold-24|Brandvold-24]] - Johanna Maria Christensdatter Eide formerly Brandvold ===Discussion of Name Fields=== ===Biography=== ===Sources=== =Frederik VI (Oldenburg) of Denmark (1768 - 1839)= ==Profiles on Wikitree== *[[Oldenburg-230|Oldenburg-230]] - Frederik (Frederik VI) of Denmark formerly Oldenburg limited biography ==Discussion of Name Fields== ==Biography== ==Sources== ==Frederik VI's First Wife, Marie Sophie Frederikke Hessen-Kassel (1767 - 1852)== ===Profiles on Wikitree=== *[[Hessen-Kassel-24|Hessen-Kassel-24]] - Marie Sophie Frederikke "Dronning af Danmark" [uncertain] Hessen-Kassel extremely limited biography only source is Ancestry Trees ===Discussion of Name Fields=== ===Biography=== ===Sources=== ==Frederik VI's Royal Mistress, Bente Mortensdatter Rafsted (1790 - 1862)== ===Profiles on Wikitree=== *[[Rafsted-1|Rafsted-1]] - Bente Mortensdatter Rafsted extremely limited biography with one source ===Discussion of Name Fields=== ===Biography=== ===Sources=== =Christian VII (of Denmark) af Danmark (1749 - 1808)= ==Profiles on Wikitree== *[[Of_Denmark-75|Of_Denmark-75]] - Christian (Christian VII) "Konge af Danmark" af Danmark formerly of Denmark aka Oldenburg extremely limited biography only sources listed are Wikipedia, Find a Grave and Ancestry Trees ==Discussion of Name Fields== ==Biography== ==Sources== ==Christian VII's First Wife, Caroline Matilda (Hannover) of Great Britain (abt. 1751 - 1775)== ===Profiles on Wikitree=== *[[Hannover-58|Hannover-58]] - Princess Caroline Matilda "Caroline Mathilde" of Great Britain formerly Hannover no biography except an erroneous statement that she married Johann Friedrich Struensee. Only sources cited are Wikipedia and Find a Grave ===Discussion of Name Fields=== ===Biography=== ===Sources=== =Frederik V (of Denmark) af Danmark (1723 - 1766)= ==Profiles on Wikitree== *[[Of_Denmark-74|Of_Denmark-74]] - Frederik (Frederik V) "Konge af Danmark og Norge" af Danmark formerly of Denmark aka Oldenburg biography is a verbatim copy of first part of Wikipedia article only source cited is Wikipedia ==Discussion of Name Fields== ==Biography== ==Sources== ==Frederik V's First Wife, Louise (Hannover) of Great Britain (1724 - 1751)== ===Profiles on Wikitree=== *[[Hannover-38|Hannover-38]] - Louise "Dronning af Danmark" of Great Britain formerly Hannover aka af Storbritannien extremely limited biography only source is Wikipedia ===Discussion of Name Fields=== ===Biography=== ===Sources=== ==Frederik V's Second Wife/ Juliana Maria (Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel) von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1729 - 1796)== ===Profiles on Wikitree=== *[[Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-7|Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-7]] - Juliana Maria "Dronning af Danmark og Norge" von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel formerly Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel no biography only source is Wikipedia ===Discussion of Name Fields=== ===Biography=== ===Sources=== =Christian VI Oldenburg (1699 - 1746)= ==Profiles on Wikitree== *[[Oldenburg-99|Oldenburg-99]] - Christian (Christian VI) "Konge af Danmark" af Danmark formerly Oldenburg aka Frederiksen ==Discussion of Name Fields== ==Biography== ==Sources== ==Christian VI's First Wife, Sophie Magdalene Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1700 - 1770)== ===Profiles on Wikitree=== *[[Brandenburg-Kulmbach-4|Brandenburg-Kulmbach-4]] - Sophie Magdalene "Dronning af Danmark og Norge" Brandenburg-Kulmbach no biography and very limited sources (only Wikipedia and Ancestry Trees) ===Discussion of Name Fields=== ===Biography=== ===Sources=== =Frederick IV Oldenburg= ==Profiles on Wikitree== * [[Oldenburg-98|Oldenburg-98]] - Kung Frederick "Frederick IV" af Danmark formerly Oldenburg title Kung appears to be a typo * [[Von_Dänemark-3|Von_Dänemark-3]] - Friedrich von Dänemark IV (1671 - 1730) ==Discussion of Name Fields== ==Biography== ==Sources== ==Frederick IV's First Wife, Louise Mecklenburg Gustrow (1667 - 1721)== ===Profiles on Wikitree=== *[[Mecklenburg_Gustrow-1|Mecklenburg_Gustrow-1]] - Louise Mecklenburg Gustrow no biography and only source cited is Ancestry Trees ===Discussion of Name Fields=== ===Biography=== ===Sources=== ==Frederick IV's Second Wife, Elizabeth Helene Vieregg (1679 - 1704)== ===Profiles on Wikitree=== *[[Vieregg-1|Vieregg-1]] - Elizabeth Helene Vieregg no biography and only source is Ancestry Trees ===Discussion of Name Fields=== ===Biography=== ===Sources=== ==Frederick IV's Third Wife, Anna Sophie Reventlow (1693 - 1743)== ===Profiles on Wikitree=== *[[Reventlow-23|Reventlow-23]] - Anna Sophie Reventlow (1693 - 1743) no biography and limited sources ===Discussion of Name Fields=== ===Biography=== ===Sources=== =Christian V Oldenburg (1646 - 1699)= ==Profiles on Wikitree== *[[Oldenburg-97|Oldenburg-97]] - Christian V Danmark, of Denmark formerly Oldenburg *[[Von_Dänemark-4|Von_Dänemark-4]] - Christian von Dänemark V (1646 - 1699) biography appears to be quoted verbatim from Wikipedia which is the only source cited ==Discussion of Name Fields== ==Biography== ==Sources== ===Christian V's Wife, Charlotte Amelia Hesse (1650 - 1714)== ===Profiles on Wikitree=== *[[Hesse-30|Hesse-30]] - Charlotte Amelia Hesse no biography unsourced profile *[[Hesse-Kassel-5|Hesse-Kassel-5]] - Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel biography appears to be copied verbatim from Wikipedia which is the only source ===Discussion of Name Fields=== ===Biography=== ===Sources=== ==Christian V's Officially Acknowledged Mistress, Sophie Amalie Moth (1654 - 1719)== ===Profiles on Wikitree=== *[[Moth-22|Moth-22]] - Countess Sophie Amalie Moth no biography at all four bare web sites listed as sources, 2 of them Wikipedia ===Discussion of Name Fields=== ===Biography=== ===Sources=== = Frederick III Oldenburg Christiansen (1609 - 1670)= ==Profiles on Wikitree== *[[Oldenburg-125|Oldenburg-125]] - Frederick (Frederick III) "King of Denmark" Christiansen formerly Oldenburg aka Danmark *[[Christiansson-63|Christiansson-63]] - Fredrik the third "King of Denmark and Norway" Christianson formerly Christiansson minimal biography and source ==Discussion of Name Fields== ==Biography== ==Sources== ==First Wife, Sophia (Welf) Oldenberg (1628 - 1685)== ===Profiles on Wikitree=== *[[Welf-39|Welf-39]] Sophia (Sofie Amalie) Oldenberg formerly Welf only sources are Wikipedia and Ancestry Trees ===Discussion of Name Fields=== ===Biography=== ===Sources=== ==Frederick III's Mistress before marriage, Margrethe Friherreinde af Løvendal von Pape (1620 - 1684)== ===Profiles on Wikitree=== *[[Von_Pape-1|Von_Pape-1]] - Margrethe Friherreinde af Løvendal von Pape ===Discussion of Name Fields=== ===Biography=== ===Sources=== =Christian (Christian IV) Oldenburg (1577 - 1648)= ==Profiles on Wikitree== *[[Oldenburg-112|Oldenburg-112]] - Christian (Christian IV) "Konge af Danmark" af Danmark formerly Oldenburg ==Discussion of Name Fields== ==Biography== ==Sources== ==Christian IV's First Wife, Anna Katherine Brandenburg von Hohenzollern (1575 - 1612)== ===Profiles on Wikitree=== *[[Brandenburg-225|Brandenburg-225]] - Princess Anna Katherine von Hohenzollern formerly Brandenburg aka of Denmark and Norway : limited biography : only sources are Wikipedia and Find a Grave ===Discussion of Name Fields=== ===Biography=== ===Sources=== ==Christian IV's Morganatic Wife, Kirsten Ludvigsdatter Munk (1598 - 1658)== ===Profiles on Wikitree=== *[[Ludvigsdatter-5|Ludvigsdatter-5]] - Kirsten (Kirstine) "Christina" Munk formerly Ludvigsdatter ===Discussion of Name Fields=== ===Biography=== ===Sources=== =Frederik (Frederik II) Oldenburg aka Christiansson (1534 - 1588)= ==Profiles on Wikitree== *[[Oldenburg-54|Oldenburg-54]] - Frederik (Frederik II) "Konge af Danmark" af Danmark formerly Oldenburg aka Christiansson : very limited biography ==Discussion of Name Fields== ==Biography== ==Sources== ==Frederik II's First Wife, Sophia von Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1557 - 1631) == ===Profiles on Wikitree=== *[[Mecklenburg-23|Mecklenburg-23]] - Sophia (Mecklenburg) von Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1557 - 1631) ===Discussion of Name Fields=== ===Biography=== ===Sources=== =Christian (Christian III) Oldenburg (1503 - 1559)= ==Profiles on Wikitree== *[[Oldenburg-55|Oldenburg-55]] - Christian (Christian III) "konge af Danmark og Norge" Oldenburg : extremely brief biography ==Discussion of Name Fields== ==Biography== ==Sources== ==Christian III's First Wife, Dorothea (Sachsen-Lauenburg) (1511 - 1571)== ===Profiles on Wikitree=== *[[Sachsen-Lauenburg-29|Sachsen-Lauenburg-29]] - Dorothea "Dronning af Danmark" af Danmark formerly Sachsen-Lauenburg aka Askanier : very brief biography that does not even mention her marriage to the King of Denmark : weak sources - Ancestry Trees and Wikipedia ===Discussion of Name Fields=== ===Biography=== ===Sources=== =Frederik (Frederik I) Christiansen, Oldenburg (1471 - 1533)= ==Profiles on Wikitree== *[[Oldenburg-236|Oldenburg-236]] - Frederik (Frederik I) "Konge af Danmark og Norge" af Danmark formerly Oldenburg aka Christiansen, Oldenborg ==Discussion of Name Fields== ==Biography== ==Sources== ==Frederik I's First Wife, Anne (Buren) Brandenburg (1487 - 1514)== ===Profiles on Wikitree=== *[[Buren-9|Buren-9]] - Anne Brandenburg formerly Buren : Ancestry tree is the only source; there is another link but its broken ===Discussion of Name Fields=== ===Biography=== ===Sources=== ==Frederik I's Second Wife,Sophie (Pomerania) af Pommern (1498 - 1568)== ===Profiles on Wikitree=== *[[Pomerania-9|Pomerania-9] -Sophie "Dronning af Danmark og Norge" af Pommern formerly Pomerania aka Pommern, Gryf, Greif : very brief profile with only a Wikipedia source ===Discussion of Name Fields=== ===Biography=== ===Sources=== =Christian Oldenburg (1481 - 1559) - King Christian II of Denmark= ==Profiles on Wikitree== *[[Oldenberg-37|Oldenberg-37]] - Christian (Christian II) Oldenburg, King of Denmark :There are problems with this profile. The wives in the linked spouses do not match the wife in the biography. A comment on the profile states "I think this profile is the result of an incorrect merge between, Christian II, Count of Oldenburg, and Christian II of Oldenburg, King of Denmark." ==Discussion of Name Fields== ==Biography== ==Sources== ==Christian II's First Wife,== ===Profiles on Wikitree=== ===Discussion of Name Fields=== ===Biography=== ===Sources=== ==Christian II's Second Wife,== ===Profiles on Wikitree=== ===Discussion of Name Fields=== ===Biography=== ===Sources=== =Johannes (Hans) Oldenberg, King of Denmark (1454 - abt. 1512)= ==Profiles on Wikitree== *[[Oldenburg-23|Oldenburg-23]] Johannes (Oldenburg) Oldenberg (1454 - abt. 1512) : This profile has a limited sources and biography needs editing to remove repetition and improve readablity. Biography and sources need improvement. : This profile needs citation to preferred sources and inline cites to specific facts. ==Discussion of Name Fields== ==Biography== ==Sources== ==Hans' Wife, Christine Wettin (1461 - 1521)== ===Profiles on Wikitree=== *[[Wettin-26|Wettin-26]] Christine Wettin (1461 - 1521) ===Discussion of Name Fields=== ===Biography=== ===Sources=== =Christian Oldenberg, First Oldenberg King of Denmark (1426 - 1481)= ==Profiles on Wikitree== *[[Oldenberg-15|Oldenberg-15]] - Christian Oldenberg (1426 - 1481) : This profile has a limited biography and limited sources. Biography and sources need improvement. : This profile needs citation to preferred sources and inline cites to specific facts. ==Discussion of Name Fields== ==Biography== ==Sources== ==Christian I's Wife Dorothea (Brandenburg-Kulmbach) von Hohenzollern (1430 - 1495)== ===Profiles on WikiTree=== *[[Brandenburg-Kulmbach-1|Brandenburg-Kulmbach-1]] Dorothea (Brandenburg-Kulmbach) von Hohenzollern (1430 - 1495) ===Discussion of Name Fields=== ===Biography=== ===Sources=== =General Resources= ==Preferred Sources== *Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families - [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/DENMARK.htm Kings of Denmark] *Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families - [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/DANISH%20NOBILITY.htm Danish Nobility] ==Other Resources== =Relevant G2G Threads= *[https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/530139/danish-royal-family-needs-some-merging-help Danish royal family needs some merging help] - 30 Dec 2017

[[Category:Denmark Projects]] {{Image|file=Jacobsen-1372-1.jpg |align=r |size=m |caption=The House of the Future }} ==MiniChallenge 2023-2024== Are you interested in joining a WikiTree Thon or Challenge, but feel intimidated by the strict deadline or the large number of participants? Do you want to have fun and learn from the WikiTree Community, but at your own pace and without pressure? Then you might enjoy this MiniChallenge! This MiniChallenge is a great way to get familiar with how a Thon or a Challenge works, while also improving the profiles of the Presidents of Iceland. You will have the opportunity to communicate with fellow WikiTreers and discover more about the history and genealogy of Iceland. Denmark is famous for Design so we are going to give some attention to profiles of famous Danish Architects. The Challenge will run from '''February 4'th'' until the end of '''June'''. The dates seemed fitting since the '''Scandinavian Design Awards''' will be awarded to the best design, architecture and interiors at the '''Stockholm Furniture Fair''' in February and '''3 days of desing''', Denmark's Annual Design Festival is held in June. == Danish Architects == A list of the participants: # [[Hansen-10685|Christian Frederik Hansen (1756-1845)]] # [[Jacobsen-1372|Arne Emil Jacobsen (1902-1971)]] # [[Utzon-1|Jørn Oberg Utzon (1918-2008)]] # [[Panton-362|Verner Panton (1926-1998)]] == How to Join the MiniChallenge== That is easy, you don't have to do anything. Just start building trees for the Profiles in the Challenge, by adding profiles for their relatives. We have three main goals: # Connect the MiniChallenge main Profile to the Global Tree. # Build out the tree by adding their Ancestors. # Build out the tree sideways by adding siblings, spouses of the siblings, cousins, In-laws and so forth, as far and wide as possible. Simply pick a Profile to work on and start building. What we do ask you to do is to '''Communicate''': * Let us know which profile you have picked. * What are you planning to work on? * Have you found something interesting? * Do you need help with something? * Can you see that someone else is working on a profile, that you would like to work on, then write to them directly. * If someone is working on the paternal line, maybe you could work on the maternal line. The important thing is to communicate, so you don't step on each others toes. == How and where to Communicate== For the purpose of the MiniChallenge there are two ways to Communicate: # Answer the [https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1699962 G2G] post. # Join us on Discord. If you have finished Part 1 of the Nordic Trail, you will have received a invitation to Discord. The Nordic Project uses [https://groups.google.com/?hl=en&pli=1#!forum/wikitrees-nordic-project Google Groups] for communication. But, when participating in Thons and Challenges, we prefer to use either G2G or Discord. ==How to Join the Project== If you haven't already, you can join the Nordic Project and the (country) Project. It's not a requirement, but the purpose of the MiniChallenge is for you to get to know the community. The Projects are a big part of that. In order to join any project on WikiTree, you must first be a WikiTree member. If you are not yet a WikiTree member, see '''[[Help:How_to_Use_WikiTree|How to Use WikiTree]]''' to get started. You should also be willing to actively participate in the project and contribute to the project's goals. We recognize that people lead busy lives and may not be active on WikiTree every single week of the year, but you should at least have the ''intention'' to contribute towards the project's goals on a somewhat regular basis. Since Denmark Project now is a sub-project of Nordic Project you will find more info on how to join on the [[Project:Nordic|Nordic Project page]].

[[Category: Reliable Sources for Pre-1700 Profiles]] == Reliable Sources == * ''Dansk biografisk Lexikon, tillige omfattende Norge for tidsrummet 1537-1814'', editor: C. F. Bricka, 19 volumes, Copenhagen:Gyldendal, 1887–1905 * ''Dansk biografisk Leksikon'', ''2nd edition'', 27 volumes, editors: Povl Engelstoft and Svend Dahl, Copenhagen, 1933-44. * ''Dansk biografisk leksikon, 3rd edition'', 16 volumes, editor: Svend Cedergreen Bech, Copenhagen, 1979-84. ==Reliable Sources with Conditions == * ''Danmarks Adels Aarbog'', Thiset, Hiort-Lorenzen, Bobé, Teisen., (Dansk Adelsforening), [1884 - 2011]. On Danish nobility. Most volumes have a section of new corrections and additions to earlier pedigrees. So each pedigree may have a number of corrections scattered through the 100 or so volumes. An index to the names, as well as additions and corrections, are on the net. * [https://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia], [https://www.adelsvapen.com/ Adelsvapen] and other Wiki's, including [https://www.wikitree.com/ WikiTree] are only as reliable as the sources they cite. == Unreliable Sources == * De Hofman, Tycho, ''Historiske Efterretninger om verfortiente Danske Adelsmaend''. 3 vols. Cph: Godiche 1777-79. + 1 vol. (4) On Danish nobility. A place to start, but it contains many errors. * User generated online trees like Geni, MyHeritage, Ancestry, FamilySearch, Rootsweb, Geneanet, etc. These kinds of sites can be used to find details that can lead to reliable sources. Some trees cite sources that can be used for your profiles when you have checked them out. Never use a user generated tree as source. * Published books, articles and blogs that do not have sources listed. * See also [[:Category:Frauds_and_Fabrications]]

[[Category: Denmark Project]] This is a Free-Space Profile associated with Denmark Project. For the Denmark Project Page, please visit [[Project:Denmark|Denmark Project page]] == Project History == The project were started by a group of people interested in collaborating on things of interest to people with Danish Roots. Many thanks to leader emeritus [[Johansson-1906|Lena Svensson]] and leader emeritus [[Straiton-4|Doug Straiton]] who co-lead this project in its early years. The project was then without any active leader and was mainly run by the Project Coordinator [[Brandt-1372|Mary Ann Brandt Jensen]]. During October 2020, Project Denmark became a subproject of the [[Project:Nordic|Nordic Project]]. The current position of Project Coordinator is open. == Country History == Although there were periods of time when much of Norway and Sweden were under common rule with Denmark, this project focuses primarily on the geographic areas within the Denmark portion of the Denmark-Norway union after the 1660 Treaty of Copenhagen. There are already separate formal projects for [[Project:Sweden|Sweden]] and [[Project:Norway|Norway.]] There will naturally be overlap between the [[Project:Sweden|Sweden Project]], the [[Project:Norway|Norway Project]] and the Denmark Project. All three projects, along with the [[Project:Finland|Finland Project]], are actually subprojects of the [[Project:Nordic|Nordic Project]] which provides the structure and WikiTree Leadership support for all of us to work collaboratively with each other. Between 1536 and 1537, Denmark's King created the Danish National Church and decreed that its version of Lutheranism was the official state religion. Other religions were repressed for several centuries."Reformation in Denmark–Norway and Holstein," Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformation_in_Denmark%E2%80%93Norway_and_Holstein : accessed 11 May 2017) In 1645 and 1646, decrees were issued requiring all parishes to keep records of births, marriages and deaths or burials. Practically speaking, aside from royalty and the nobility, genealogical research is virtually impossible in Denmark prior to the existence of these church records. Also for reasons of privacy, records for the most recent years are not yet available. So at least initially, this project will focus on the period from about 1600 to 1970. There are a very few parishes with earlier records which we will go back a bit further on. But the earliest surviving church records are from the city of Naksov, beginning in 1572, so we should not need to get into the area of pre-1500 profiles and projects that focus on them. All the earlier Danish royalty and nobility for whom records exist will probably fit within the European Aristocrats project. ==History of the Administrative Division of Geographic Areas in Denmark== ===Parishes (Sogne)=== Parishes (Sogne) have been the most significant geographic unit for genealogical purposes throughout most of Denmark's recorded history. Through time, they also appear to be the most stable location designations. However, as parish (sogn) names are not unique, they cannot be used in isolation. Beginning in 1662, the parishes (sogne) were grouped into 49 counties (amter). In 1793, the counties (amter) were reorganized and reduced to 24. Within the counties (amter) and even before the counties (amter) were created in 1662, smaller groups of parishes were grouped together into districts called herreds. The herreds appear to go back to the period before the Reformation and before the start of this Project. As research on a family goes back in time, it is essential to be able to determine the parish history of the areas where members of the family lived in order to find the older records. Sources which will be useful in our categorization task include: *[https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Denmark:_Parish_List Family Search - Denmark Parish Lists from 1794-1970 Period] - This page leads to several other pages grouped alphabetically purportedly listing the parishes as they existed in 1970. Be aware, however, that the list includes churches from other Christian denominations and is clearly missing some parishes known to have been active in 1970. So this list should not be used as a sole list of parishes in 1970. The parishes are listed in a chart with columns for what ''amt'' and ''herred'' it was in during the 1794-1970 organization. There is a column showing what amt the parish was in if it existed during the 1662-1793 organization which is difficult information to find elsewhere. That column is mislabeled ''len'' instead of ''amt''. ''Len'' is the name for the administrative districts the parishes were in prior to the creation of the first amt in 1662. There are also columns for the post 1970 counties and regions but this information is not filled in. There are often remarks in the region column about when a particular parish experienced a fire or other loss of records. *[[http://www.korttilkirken.dk/ KORT TIL KIRKEN - useful information on all Danish People Churches]]. This site is in Danish, but translates well with Google translate. The information is arranged in several ways. Under the alphabetical list of churches, the information for each church includes what kommune, region, pastorat, deanery, and diocese the church is currently located in, when the current building was built, what parish the church belongs to and the history of the formation of the parish from other parishes, parishes which have split off, and dissolution or merger into other parishes, and the herred and county the church site was located in under the 1970 organization. It also contains links to aerial maps with GPS coordinates for the church, photographs of the church, a parish map, the parish web site, and other sites with information about the church or parish. *[http://www.lutheranchurch.dk/ Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark:] From this web site, there are links out to the current dioceses and below that to the deaneries and on to the individual church websites. Most individual church websites have information on the history of the church/parish and interesting photos. ===Herreder=== *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundreds_of_Denmark Hundreds of Denmark]: English Wikipedia page for herreder in Denmark. It contains a list of 155 herreder and the counties (amter) they belonged to in 1970. However, the list is likely incomplete as the first paragraph says there were about 170 herreds in 1970. There are no links out from this page to individual parishes. *[https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_over_herreder_i_Danmark Liste over herreder i Danmark]: This Danish Wikipedia page is organized by the 24 counties (amter) used from 1793 to 1970. Each link leads to a section of the page listing the herreder for that county (amt). Each herred is then linked to a page with a list of parishes (sogne) for that herred. *[https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herreder_i_Danmark Herrider i Danmark]: This Danish Wikipedia page contains an image of Johannes Steenstrups map of districts and pursuits in the Middle Ages. It shows the boundaries and names of the Herreder prior to 1662. Be aware that it includes the areas of Halland, Skane and Blekyng on the Sweden/Norway peninsula which were later lost to Sweden. ===Sysler (Before 1537)=== *"Syssel," Wikipedia, (https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syssel : accessed 19 May 2017) - Danish Wikipedia page listing the sysler which existed in Denmark in the late middle ages. They were abolished in 1536. ===Len (Before 1662)=== *"Danske len", Wikipedia, (https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danske_len : accessed 19 May 2017) - Danish Wikipedia page listing the len which existed in Denmark at the time the monarchy became an absolute monarchy between in 1660. There are links from a few of the len to separate pages for that particular len. *Kristian Sofus August Erslev, Danmark-Norges len og lensmaend 1596-1660. (Samfundet fro dansk-norsk genealogi og personalhistorie: 1885) (https://archive.org/details/danmarknorgeslen00ersl : accessed 11 May 2017) *Kristian Sofus August Erslev, Danmarks len og lensmænd i det sextende aarhundrede (1513-1596) (Hjelmstjerne Rosencroneske stiftelse: 1879) (https://archive.org/details/danmarkslenogle00stifgoog : accessed 11 May 2017) ===Amter (Counties) (about 1662- about 1793)=== *[https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danmarks_amter_(1662-1793) Danmarks amter (1662-1793)]: Danish Wikipedia page listing the 5 counties (amter) for the Southern Jutland region which comprised the Duchy of Schlesvig and the 44 counties (amter) for the main section of Denmark during the period from 1662-1793. Each of the main 44 counties (amter) and one Schlesvig county (amt) are linked to individual pages for each county. Those pages usually describe which len, former amter, or other regions were combined to form the county in 1662 and what county(ies) the area went into in the 1970 reform. Many pages include links to the herreder pages for the herreder which were included in the county (amt) which often link in turn to pages listing the parishes (sogne) which made up those herreder. ===Amter (Counties) (about 1793-1970)=== *[https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danmarks_amter_(1793-1970) Danmarks amter (1793-1970)]: Danish Wikipedia page listing the 25 counties (amter) in use in Denmark in various periods between 1793 and 1970. Includes information on dates and substance of changes to individual counties (amter) between 1793 and 1970. As you follow the links on from this page, they lead to pages on each county, then on each herred, and then on each parish. At various places along the way, information is included on where that area of the country was placed in previous organizations. These pages are all in Danish, but a rough translation can be obtained with Google translate. ===1970 Local Government Reform=== *[https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danmarks_amter_(1970-2006) Danmarks amter (1970-2006)]: Danish Wikipedia page providing a list of the 13 counties (amter) and 3 municipalities (kommuner) with county authority during the period from 1970-2006. Each county (amt) is linked to a page for that county (amt) listing the municipalities (kommuner) included in that county (amt) and other information concerning what happened to the territory in the 2007 local government reorganization. *[https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_over_danske_kommuner_1970-2006 Liste over danske kommuner 1970-2006]: Danish Wikipedia page provides a brief overview of the local government reform of 1970 followed by a list of the 277 municipalities (kommuner) resulting from that reform organized according to the 13 counties (amter) by which they were grouped and an extra category for those municipalities (kommuner) that did not come under a county (amt). Each municipality (kommune) is linked to a separate page for the municipality (kommune). Many, but not all, of the linked municipality (kommune) pages contain information about the former parishes (sogne), herreder and/or municipalities which were included in that kommune. ===2007 Local Government Reform=== *[https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_over_kommuner_i_Danmark_efter_indbyggertal List of 98 Kommuner and Their Corresponding 5 Regioner]: Danish Wikipedia page provides a brief overview of the local government reform of 2007 followed by a table of the 98 kommuner created through that reform and their corresponding regions. Each kommune is linked to a page which usually describes the municipalities from the 1970 reform which make up a part of that kommune and sometimes other information. Each region is also linked to a page for the region with a map and additional information on the region and its functions. ===Place Name Variations and Spellings=== Wikitree's standard is to use the name and spelling for a place name used by the people in that time. With the fluidity of spelling in many original source records and in different languages like København (Contemporary Danish), Kjøbenhavn (Pre-1906 Danish), Copenhagen (English), Kopenhagen (German), Hafnia (Latin) and many Wikitree users, including members of this project, not being fluent in Danish, guidance on place names and spellings is often needed. Known sources useful in determining the usual spelling of a Danish place name and finding other information needed to categorize the place name include: *Danish Place-Name Commission, List of Authorized Place-names and Their Spellings: This gazetteer is available in two formats. It can be downloaded in pdf format from [http://www.stednavneudvalget.ku.dk/autoriserede_stednavne/AUTORISEREDE_STEDNAVNE_v.2010-12-10.pdf here] or it can be used as an interactive database from the [http://www.stednavne.info/VisKort/Popupmap.aspx Commission's website]. Searches can be limited to a particular parish (sogn), a particular municipality (kommune) or type of location. It is also possible to search for a list of approved place-names within a municipality (kommune) or parish(sogn). It allows for the use of an * character as a wildcard at the beginning or end of a string of at least three characters. This feature is very useful for finding similar place-names. *[http://www.krabsen.dk/stednavnebase/ Krabsens stednavnebase]: This website is a searchable database of almost 60,000 Danish place names as they existed in 1970. The top level search page is in both Danish and English. Search results are only in Danish. A search on a specific place name will return a list of places that satisfy the search with the amt, herred, and parish for the places in 1970. Alternatively, a search on a parish name will return a list of all place names in the database for that parish. *[https://www.danishfamilysearch.com/gader/ Danish Family Search Place Name Search]: When using the place name search function, the results display the parish name and the current kommune, but not the herred and older county name. When working down through the map, which is based on the 1970 counties and herreds, it is possible to get a list of place names for a particular parish in a manner that also shows the herred and 1970 county. *[https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Schleswig-Holstein_Place_Names Family Search Schleswig-Holstein Place Names]: This Family Search wiki addresses the special issues with the Schleswig-Holstein area of southern Denmark where many places changed names as control of the territory changed especially from 1867-1920 when areas were under Prussian control. *[http://www.mydanishroots.com/place-names-in-denmark/place-name-etymology-common-elements-in-danish-place-names.html Place Name Etymology: Common Elements in Danish Place Names]: This site helps to explain common patterns and parts of Danish place names which can also be useful in figuring out the most commonly used spelling for a place. ==Wars and Military== [https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_over_danske_regimenter List of Danish Regiments and Military Units Since the 15th Century] ==Collecting Useful Resources== ===How Tos for Danish Genealogy=== ====Original Record Sources==== *[https://www.danishfamilysearch.com/ Danish Family Search :] Has images which can be browsed and which are slowly being transcribed into searchable digital forms for Danish Church Books, Censuses, School Protocols, Military Conscription Rolls and the Police Registration Archive. *[https://www.sa.dk/en/ Danish National Archives:] Also contains images of Danish Church Books and Censuses. The viewer is different from Danish Family Search and sometimes things can be picked out in one that are harder to read in the other. Also has basic information in both Danish and English on Danish naming conventions, reading old script, and how to get started with Danish genealogy research. *Muncipal Archives **[http://www.aalborgstadsarkiv.dk Aalborg Stadsarkiv] (does not appear to have much online) **[http://www.aarhus.dk/stadsarkivet Aarhus Stadsarkiv] (appears to be just getting started with putting material online) **[http://stadsarkiv.frederikshavn.dk Frederikshavn Stadsarkiv] (appears to have scanned a considerable amount of material mostly in pdf format, but it is difficult to tell how much is searchable and how. Expect to have to browse through material by organization and year.) **[http://www.kbharkiv.dk Københavns Stadsarkiv] (includes records of burials in København cemeteries (1805-1942); business licenses (1860-1932); welfare records (1799-1940); maps; police registers; Civil marriages 1851-1922; Lysninger (bride's register) 1922-1965; Separations and Divorces 1806-1857) ***[http://www.kbharkiv.dk/sog-i-arkivet/kilder-pa-nettet/begravelser-i-hele-kobenhavn-fra-1861-og-frem/ Burials in Copenhagen 1860-1940] Contain images of the burial protocols for the Copenhagen Municipality 1860 to 1940. They are not transcribed (yet) so it is necessary to look through the pages manually. ***[http://www.politietsregisterblade.dk/component/sfup/?view=politsearch&Itemid=372/ The Copenhagen Police Registers] A searchable database with all people living in Copenhagen municipality from 1892 till 1923. Each adult man is supposed to have one card which was updated every 6 months with his address and other family members. Adult women living alone would have their own card, but are transferred to the husbonds card upon marrage. Children are listed from 10 years of age. The original cards are scanned and transcribed to make it searchable. It was common to move frequently, therefore this database is very useful to track a family and based on their address you can find the Parish they lived in at a given time which will allow you to look up the births of their children. **[http://www.vejlestadsarkiv.dk Vejle Stadsarkiv] (Vejle appears to have scanned a great many documents but they are generally not searchable. There are some rudimentary groupings by subject and year, but there does not appear to be a way to search cases by name.) *[http://www.salldata.dk/ Salldata] - Appears to have many of the same source records as Danish Family Search, but the viewer is definitely different. Also has some other interesting items like a collection of Danish laws important to genealogy, a collection of old postcards, and a good many scanned books including some genealogies and old editions of important works on Danish geography. (Please add more to this description as you explore this valuable source.) *FamilySearch [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list/?page=1&countryId=1927025 Historical Record Collections - Denmark] All historical record collections for Denmark at FamilySearch.org (free). * [https://dodsregister.dk/ Register over døde i Danmark] - A register of dead in Denmark from 1943-1969. ====Other Danish Genealogy Sources==== *[https://www.ddd.dda.dk/ddd_en.htm/ Danish Demographic Database] The database consist of transcribed and searchable censuses, more parishes are being added frequently. So far the database has the entire 1787, 1801, 1834, 1840, 1845, 1880 censuses transcribed. The 1860 census is near completion. [http://www.dis-danmark.dk/kipkort/fronta-e.php Transcribed records] *[http://www.udvandrerarkivet.dk/udvandrerprotokollerne/ The Danish Emigration Archive] (Copenhagen Police Emigration Protocols) A database that consist of all people that emigrated from Denmark in the period 1869 to 1908 on a ticket bought in Denmark. *FamilySearch [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Denmark_Genealogy Denmark Genealogy Wiki] Guide to Denmark ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records. *[http://www.danskeaner.dk/wiki/index.php/Forside Wiki for Slægtsforskere: et projekt af Danskeaner.dk]: The site describes itself as a lexicon of information about Denmark primarily before 1950 of interests of genealogists compiled from publicly available material of free copyright. Contains descriptions of each herred and parish from the 3rd edition of '''Trap Denmark''' which is now in the public domain. Also includes a list of the priest assigned to the parish over its history. (Note: This is a work in progress. It is not complete yet. All the counties and herreds that existed at the time the 3rd edition of Trap was published have been entered. But not all the parishes are complete at this time. Those that are complete, provide very useful information.) *[http://wiberg-net.dk/index.htm Netudgave af Wibergs præstehistorie]: This is a digital version of an important historical work documenting the priests assigned to the various parishes in Denmark from the 1500's forward. It has been supplemented from additional works to fill in areas that were left out. As the introduction describes, it is not easy to use, but it contains important information. * [https://slaegtsbibliotek.dk/ Library of the Danish Genealogical Society] An online library of over 10.000 titles with focus on genealogy, history and memoires. * [https://xn--dinslgt-qxa.dk/helligdager.php Kalender for Kirkelige højtider i Danmark] - A calendar of church days in Denmark through the times. ===Maps and Location Aids=== *[http://www.stednavne.info/VisKort/Popupmap.aspx Autoriserede stednavne i Danmark (Authorized place names in Denmark)] database. This version includes several interactive maps which can be overlayed including maps of sogne and 2007 kommuner boundaries, current road maps, aerial maps, and historical maps from several periods including Prussian maps from the period when Slesvig was held by Prussia. The site is in Danish, but Google translate works well with most of the site. Just remember to return to the original Danish version to see the proper spellings of the place names. *[http://www.oldmapsonline.org/en/Denmark Old Maps of Denmark]: This site has many old maps of Denmark which it allows you to overlay on current maps so you can figure out the current location of the place where your ancestors livedv. *Johannes Steenstrups, Kort over Danmark's Ældeste Inddeling (1900) (https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Administrative_division_of_denmark_in_medieval_times.jpg : accessed 11 May 2017): This map shows the boundaries and names of the Herreds prior to 1662. Be aware that it includes the areas of Halland, Skane and Blekyng on the Sweden/Norway peninsula which were later lost to Sweden. * [https://digdag.dk/ DigDag.dk] A map of the administrative areas of Denmark through the ages. ===Naming Resources=== *[[Space:Project_Denmark_Discussion_Draft_for_Danish_Names|Danish Naming Conventions and Related Wikitree Name Field Guidelines]] ==Ideas for Things to Work On== ====Working the Profiles==== Remember that wikitree is a collaborative environment. There may be others with an interest in the Profiles under consideration. The best place to start is with your own ancestors. Run over the profiles of your own, and connected profiles and see if you can improve them. Look to add: *'''Sogne Categories:''' **Adding sogne categories to all profiles related to Denmark is the probably the highest priority of Project Denmark **These categories are for the sogne (parishes) where a person was born, baptized, confirmed, married, were recorded in the census, had children baptized, or died. They are extremely important to genealogy in Denmark where the long use of a patronymic naming system and a limited number of given names means that surnames cannot be used to group family members together. **Use the category selection tool to add categories for appropriate sogne where the categories have already been created. **Where the appropriate sogne category is not on the list, please contact [[Space:Nordic_Project_-_Categories_Team|Nordic Project - Categories Team]] to get the needed category created so it can be added to the profile. **If the profile contains no evidence of the appropriate sogne, add [[Category: Denmark Project Needs Sogn]] . This will add a maintenance category so other members of the project will know more research is needed. *'''Stickers:''' Add one of our two stickers to help us identify the profiles as being within our project's Sphere of Interest. **Copy the following into the biography of profiles of those born in Denmark: {{Danish Native}}. **Copy the following into the biography of profiles of those with Danish ancestors: {{Danish Roots}}. *'''Dates:''' **Add sourced birth and death dates if they are not there. **Add estimated dates where there are no dates and no sources to support specific dates. Please add the {{Estimated Date}} template when estimating dates. See [[Research Note Box]]. *'''Sources:''' **Add sources to profiles when you can. Use in-line citations to support specific facts in the biography, especially for facts that are essential for family research - birth, marriages and children are key. **Add {{Unsourced|Denmark}} to the following profiles. ***Profiles with no sources ***Profiles with only references to unsourced trees such as Ancestry Family Trees, Geni profiles, my Heritage trees and Geneanet ***Profiles which rely on first hand knowledge or say something similar to "sources will be added later by" *'''Maintenance Categories:''' If you find other elements missing from the profile, such as a biography, please add the appropriate one of the following categories **[[Category: Denmark Project Needs Biography]] **[[Category: Denmark Project Needs Footnotes]] (This one is used for profiles which have facts and sources, but inline references (sometimes called footnotes) are needed to show which sources support which specific facts.) *'''Biographies:''' Build a biography that provides, at a minimum, enough information to ensure the profile does not get incorrectly merged. * '''Last Name at Birth:''' **Please consult [[Space:Project_Denmark_Discussion_Draft_for_Danish_Names|Danish Naming Conventions and Related Wikitree Name Field Guidelines]] as Danish naming laws and customs are complex and not a good match for Wikitree name fields. **Check the LNAB. 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[[Category: Denmark Project]] =Guidelines for Fitting Danish Naming Conventions Into Wikitree Name Fields= ==Situations For Which Decisions Have Not Yet Been Made== *Names for people born in the duchies of Slesvig and Holstein will be addressed in later guidelines. *Use after the 1904 name laws of former tilnavn and patronymics inserted between given names and a formal fixed slægtsnavn will be addressed in later guidelines. Guidelines for tilnavn and patronymics before 1904 appear below. *Persons for whom no birth record can be found will be addressed in later guidelines. *Situations where people did not follow the naming law in the church records will be addressed in later guidelines. ==General Guidelines== #The first step is to  research a person thoroughly and hopefully find a baptismal / birth record and other family records as well. #Last Name at Birth and Current Last Name fields will be reserved for slægtsnavn and patronymic names. #All given names will be placed in the Proper First Name field. #If the person used one given name most of the time throughout life, that name may be placed in the Preferred First Name field. #The Middle Name field will be reserved for real middle names as defined in Danish law and the Project Denmark Discussion Draft for Danish Names. If there is no real middle name, the button for no middle name should be marked. Middle names were not recognized by Danish law prior to 1904. #Tilnavn should be placed in the Other Last Name field without parentheses. #Since parentheses are not permitted in name fields and none of the name fields are a good fit for tilnavn, a name note or section should be included at the top of the biography section of all profiles with Danish names, especially those with tilnavn. The name section should first show the name as it would best be displayed taking into account all given names, true middle names, patronyms, slægtsnavn, and tilnavn used on known records. The tilnavn here should be enclosed in parentheses at the end of the full name as was often done in Danish church records. If differing forms of the name were used on different records, which names were used when should be explained in either this section or later in the biography as each record is discussed. #*This name section may include a reference or link to the free space page for Danish Naming Conventions and Related Wikitree Name Field Guidelines. To include such a link in the name section of the biography, copy this text: [[Space:Project_Denmark_Discussion_Draft_for_Danish_Names|Danish Naming Conventions and Related Wikitree Name Field Guidelines]] #*A sample name section might read as follows: ::'''Name:''' ::Jens Nielsen (Rod) ::In most records, Jens is listed as Jens Nielsen. In some records, his name is Jens Nielsen Rod to distinguish him from other men also named Jens Nielsen. ::Danish names of this time period consisted of the given name(s), either a patronym (name based on father's given name, used primarily before 1828) or a slægtsnavn (fixed inheritable family name required after 1829 which defaulted to a frozen patronymic name if there was no nonpatronymic family name), and sometimes a tilnavn (a descriptive name used at the end of a name, sometimes in parentheses, to distinguish a person from others with the same or similar name. See [[Space:Project_Denmark_Discussion_Draft_for_Danish_Names|Danish Naming Conventions and Related Wikitree Name Field Guidelines]]. Jens is a given name. Nielsen is a true patronym based on Jens' father's given name. It was used throughout his life as his slægtsnavn. (Rod) is a tilnavn. ==Persons Born After the Adoption of Standardized Forms Between 1812 and 1814== ===Where a Baptismal or Birth Record Has Been Found=== #These forms usually have a column for the child's full name and another column for the parents' names.  All the names in the child's full name column need to be reflected somewhere in the Wikitree name fields. #When there are only two names in the child's name column, the first one is nearly always a given name which goes in the Proper First Name field. The second one is either a slægtsnavn that goes in the Last Name at Birth field or it is a true patronymn where no slægtsnavn had been adopted yet, so it still goes in the Last Name at Birth field.  ====Baptismal Record between 1812 and 1828 With Three or More Names in the Child's Name Column==== #These baptismal records were made before the general law requiring all Danish people to have slægtsnavn (inheritable family names)), so it is necessary to compare the child's full name to the father's full name and determine the type of name for each of the child's names. #If the child's name ends with the father's first name followed by -sen for a boy or -datter or -dr for a girl, assume that part of the name is a true patronymic name and put it in the LNAB field. Assume the rest of the names appearing in the child's name column are given names, and place them all in the Proper First Name field. #If the child's name ends with the same name as the father's name ends with and they do not have the same given name, assume the part of the child's name that matches the end of the father's name is a slægtsnavn (which includes frozen patronymic names) and put it in the LNAB field. Assume the rest of the names appearing in the child's name column are given names, and place them all in the Proper First Name field. ====Baptismal Record between 1829 and 1903 With Three or More Names in the Child's Name Column==== #These baptismal records were made after the decree requiring all families to adopt slægtsnavn in the form of a frozen patronymic period. Compare the child's full name to the father's full name on the baptismal record. #Although this was the time period of the frozen male patronymic as slægtsnavn by law, the law was often ignored in church records in favor of true patronymic names especially in the early part of this period in rural areas. This situation will be addressed in later guidelines. #If the child's name ends with the same name as the father's name ends with, assume the part of the child's name that matches the ending of the father's name is some sort of slægtsnavn (frozen male patronymic or an earlier type of slægtsnavn) and put it in the LNAB field. #Next, if the child has more than two names, look to see if the name just before the slægtsnavn is a true patronym based on the father's first name. If so, put that name in the Other Last Name field. (If it is a frozen patronym, it will be addressed in later guidelines.) #Assume the rest of the names appearing in the child's name column are given names, and place them all in the Proper First Name field. ====Baptismal Record between 1904 and the Present With Three or More Names in the Child's Name Column==== #During this period, it really helps to know the full names of all parents and grandparents, including both their slægtsnavn and tilnavn. Compare the child's full name to the full name of both parents, and all four grandparents including their tilnavn. #If the child's name in the baptismal register ends with the same name as any parent's or grandparent's name ends with or with the same name which any parent or grandparent used as a tilnavn, assume that part of the name is the child's slægtsnavn and put it in the LNAB field. #If the child has more than two names in the baptismal register, and the one before the slægtsnavn name appears to be a patronymic name, another type of slægtsnavn name shared with a parent or grandparent or other relative, or a tilnavn of a parent or grandparent or other relative, assume it is a true middle name reserved for possible future adoption as a slægtsnavn and put it in the Middle Name field. #Put the rest of the child's names in the Proper First Name field. =Danish Naming Patterns in Practice= ==Given Names or First Names== The Danish people used only a very few common given names from medieval times through the 19th century.Oskar Bandle; Kurt Braunmuller; Ernst-Hakon Jahr; Allan Karker; Hans-Peter Naumann, The Nordic Languages: an International Handbook of the History of the North Germanic Languages, (New York : Walter De Gruyter Incorporated, Nov. 2004.), v. 2, p. 1315 There were far fewer feminine given names than masculine given names. The practice of naming people after relatives preserved this pattern. Although there was a greater variety of given names in Copenhagen, the pattern of a few common given names exists throughout the country in both rural and urban areas. In the late 17th century, the number of feminine given names was expanded by the practice of adding "e" or "ine" to masculine names creating names like Christiane, Wilhelmine and Rasmine. Still the variety of given names was very limited until the 20th century. (need source) Until the end of the 17th century, most people had only one given name. Then the Danish royalty and nobility borrowed the German practice of giving children multiple given names. That practice spread rapidly throughout the whole country in the early 17th century. With the introduction of multiple given names, variety grew among given names and especially given name combinations. All given names are generally considered equal. Any one or any combination can be used at any time with none having any greater significance than another. The Danish people did not have the Anglo-American concept of middle names until the mid twentieth century when they adopted it as a place for keeping significant types of names that people did not want to give up. See section on Twentieth Century and Later Middle Names below. ==Names Other Than given names== In Danish culture, people can have several types of names other than given names, with different rules applying to each. The three major types are slægtsnavn, patronyms and tilnavn.Danish Kin: Naming Traditions - Advanced naming traditions by Lars Jørgen Helbo (http://www.danishkin.com/namingtraditions.html : accessed 20 Apr 2017) When something other than a single given name became necessary, the system first adopted was a genuine patronymic name. They pass from father to child according to a set of rules which results in the patronym changing every generation. True patronyms provide information as to parentage. Girls were given their father's name with the suffix "datter." Boys were given their father's name with the suffix "sen." Oskar Bandle; Kurt Braunmuller; Ernst-Hakon Jahr; Allan Karker; Hans-Peter Naumann, The Nordic Languages: an International Handbook of the History of the North Germanic Languages, (New York : Walter De Gruyter Incorporated, Nov. 2004.), v. 2, p. 1316 That system stuck and was difficult to dislodge. Slægtsnavn are the newest of the three types and the most like surnames of other western cultures. They are family based names which pass from parent (usually father) to child according to a different set of rules than patronyms. Slægtsnavn rules are usually set by official legislation and are intended to result in a fairly stable line with the same or very similar name for members of the same family line over several generations. Slægtsnavn can provide useful genealogical information once they are adopted by a family as long as members of the family do not change them. Slægtsnavn or fixed family names are the closest fit for the Anglo-European-American concept of surnames or last names. They were not common in Danish culture until late modern history. Their use was strongly resisted by large portions of the Danish people, especially by the common people and in rural areas where true patronyms were preferred. The third type, tilnavn or by-name, is characterized by a lack of rules and a wide variety of sources. These tilnavn or by-names came from a wide variety of sources including physical characteristics like Rod (red) or Gråe (grey); names of animals or birds like Hjort (deer) or Ravn (raven); terms indicating geographic origin like Fynbo (native of Funen); occupational terms like Fisken (fisherman); place names and typographical terms; and others. A tilnavn is a type of "use name" or "by-name" that develops informally during a person's lifetime from what a person is called in daily life. It may or may not get used in more formal settings. It may or may not pass from parent to child, but generally does not continue through multiple generations unless it is converted to a slægtsnavn. In Anglo-American naming conventions, we are accustomed to the use of nicknames as an alternative to the given names. In some senses, a tilnavan is sort of like a nickname. But a tilnavan are not alternatives to Danish given names. They are more like the concept of dit names in French influenced cultures in that they are most often used as an adjunct or alternative to either a patronym or family name. In French and French influenced cultures, dit names are an adjunct or alternative to the family name which can come from a variety of sources like physical characteristics, locations, occupations, where a person came from, or anything else that can distinguish one person from another with similar names. Dit names may or may not eventually morph into a new family name for a branch of the family. Similarly tilnavan can, but often do not, become a new family name. When used with a patronym, they often appear in parentheses after the patronym. Tilnavan are rarely, if ever, used in place of a given name. Tilnavan rarely convey information about whom the person is related to, but they can be helpful in separating out multiple people with the same given name(s) and patronym or slægtsnavn. (Sources needed for some of this.) Much of the confusion in Danish names arises from trying to force the names people used before they had real slægtsnavn into the Anglo-European-American concept of surnames or last names. When slægtsnavn were mandated by the government, frozen patronyms and tilnavn became common sources, but not the only sources, for the required slægtsnavn. When people refused to comply, frozen patronyms became the primary default for the required slægtsnavn, but people still did not always comply leading to the eventual adoption of a patronym frozen later in time as the family slægtsnavn. ===Slægtsnavn or Surnames for the Nobility=== A few fixed inheritable family names appear among the nobility as early as the 13th century, but the spread was slow. By the time of King Frederick's 1526 decree, at least half the nobility had adopted fixed inheritable family names. Family Search has identified 29 family names of nobility appearing in Denmark and has wiki pages for each.Category:Danish noble families (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Danish_noble_families : accessed 20 Apr 2017) ===Latinised Slægtsnavn or Surnames for Clergy and Educated Town Dwellers=== Inheritable family names next spread to the clergy and some educated town dwellers in the later 16th and 17th century. Some were ordinary patronymic names with Latin declension endings such as Jensenius. Others were Latin translations of common given names with Latin declension endings like Olivarius which is derived from Holgersen. Still others were latinised versions of place names such as Scavenius derived from Skagen. Some were latinised versions of occupations such as Fabricus from the latin for smith. Although the Latin fad for creating new latin family names stopped around 1700, some remain in the Danish collection of inheritable family names or slægtsnavn. ===Slægtsnavn or Surnames of Town Dwelling Merchant and Middle Class=== The rest of the town dwellers, other than the poorest peasant class, generally adopted the custom of inheritable family names in the 17th and 18th century, but did not adopt the fad for latinisation. They generally adopted Danish forms of place names and occupational terms, although some adopted Germanized forms of such names. ===Slægtsnavn or Surnames of the Town Dwelling Poor=== The poor, even in the towns, were slow to abandon the patronymic system. The patronymic sen and datter names are still found among the poorest of the peasant classes in the towns in the mid 18th century. As the monarch and government issued decrees and laws, these remaining patronymic names were frozen in their masculine form to create inheritable family names. ===The Majority of Denmark: Slægtsnavn or Surnames in the Rural Areas=== Until about the 1870's when industrialization caused a migration of people to the cities, the majority of Denmark's population lived in rural areas.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Denmark#Industrialisation Wikipedia: History of Denmark: Industrialisation] Fixed inheritable family surnames did not become a reality in this part of the population until the mid 19th century. When these people did begin to adopt something other than the pure given names + patronym system, they adopted tilnavn. After adopting a tilnavn, these people continued to refer to themselves by their given names and patronyms as well. They just adopted the additional unofficial tilnavin or by-name and used it in addition to or in place of their patronym sometimes in a manner that seemed to have no rhyme or reason. They often appear in records in parentheses following the given names and patronym. The most important point is that the tilnavin/by-names and patronyms were rarely consistently throughout a person's life. ==The Effect of Marriage on Patronyms and Slægtsnavn== Marriage did not change a woman's true patronym. Even after a family acquired a slægtsnavn which passed down from the father, women did not typically change their slægtsnavn to their husband's slægtsnavn until the middle of the 19th century. Beginning in the mid 19th, the husband's slægtsnavn custom slowly began to change toward women adopting their husband's slægtsnavn upon marriage. From the early to mid 20th century, most women adopted their husband's on marriage. Then in the later 20th century, the practice began shifting back toward women retaining their own slægtsnavn or family name. A third option of joining their husband's slægtsnavn to their own with a hyphen has also become common. Now in the 21st century, choice is the custom.Family Search Wiki: Denmark Names, Personal (https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Denmark_Names,_Personal : accessed 21 Apr 2017) ==The Real Danish Middle Name== The middle name is an additional Danish naming pattern that was not officially incorporated into Danish naming law until the 20th Century but which had developed among the affluent parts of Danish society sometime prior to that. It is use to park or save a name of a type that could be a slægtsnavn but is not the person's official slægtsnavn. It is definitely not a given name. It is typically used to honor a parent, grandparent or godparent or person of importance or to preserve a family name from the mother's line or to preserve a tilnavan used for several years that did not become the family slægtsnavn.Wikipedia: Middle Name (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_name : accessed 20 Apr 2017). Hans Viggo Godsk Pedersen; Ingrid Lund-Andersen, Family law in Denmark (København : DJØF Pub 2011), ch. 4, sec. 4 =Efforts at Change: Danish Naming Laws= ==1526: King Frederik's Decree that Nobility Adopt Slægtsnavn== King Frederick, then King of Denmark and Norway issued a decree that all members of the nobility who considered themselves to be of the same family on the father's side were to have the same slægtsnavn or surname. The nobility were small and not opposed to adopting slægtsnavn. ==1771 Duchy of Schleswig Mandating Adoption of Slægtsnavn by All People== In 1771 a royal decree was issued in the Duchy of Schleswig requiring that all children be given a slægtsnavn fixed family name at baptism. Parents were given the choice of surname to give their children but without guidance as to what should or should not be used. Oskar Bandle; Kurt Braunmuller; Ernst-Hakon Jahr; Allan Karker; Hans-Peter Naumann, The Nordic Languages: an International Handbook of the History of the North Germanic Languages, (New York : Walter De Gruyter Incorporated, Nov. 2004.), v. 2, p. 1317 Some parents adopted a parent's (usually the father's) tilnavin/by-name for their children's fixed surname at baptism. Many priests suggested this option to parents. At other times, they adopted what would have been the child's patronymic name which had the effect of freezing the family's patronymic name at that point in time. Dissatisfied with the frozen patronymic, later generations sometimes inserted a true patronymic between the child's given names and the decreed fixed surname. This practice was particularly common in the northern part of Schleswig, later known as Sønderjylland. ==1828/1829 Royal Decree Mandating Slægtsnavn for All People in the Rest of Denmark== No such effort was made to require the common people of the rest of Denmark to adopt slægtsnavn or fixed family names until 1828. That decree was so vague that it had to be reissued with clarification in 1829. Together these decrees mandated that all people would henceforth have a slægtsnavn or fixed family name. It fixed that slægtsnavn at the current patronym in the masculine form, converting all the names ending in datter to ending in sen. Danish Name Laws (https://everything2.com/title/Danish+name+laws : accessed 20 Apr 2017) The population generally resisted the law thinking the idea of giving girls names ending in sen was ridculous. With the acquiescence of the church, especially in rural areas, many families continued changing the patronymic with each generation and even more refused to apply the male ending sen to girls. ==1856 Constitutional Monarchy Issues Law Reinforcing Mandatory Slægtsnavn== So many people ignored the 1828 mandatory slægtsnavn decree that in 1856, the constitutional monarchy government issued a law making it clear that patronymic surnames are now frozen once and for all and are inherited by future generations. Many peasant families continued to oppose the new practice, and the old style patronymics changing every generation continued to exist in many areas into the 1870s. ==1904 Law Permits Changing Slægtsnavn To Something Other Than Frozen Patronym== Because there were so few masculine given names in use, and thus only a few slægtsnavn based on freezing the limited number of existing patronyms, Denmark wound up with too many people having the same few last names mostly ending in sen. So in 1904, a new slægtsnavn law was passed. People were allowed to change their slægtsnavn name to a name of their choice based on a tilnavn or by-name of a parent or grandparent, or on a place name of property or lands owned by the family for at least two generations. Divorced women who had changed to their husband's slægtsnavn could apply to regain the use of their maiden slægtsnavn or family names. A list of typical Danish place names permitted for use as slægtsnavn was also compiled. To protect existing family names of prestigious families from being overrun by social climbers, a list of "protected" names was also compiled, and families could apply to have their name protected. ==1961 Efforts to Equalize Naming Between Sexes and In or Out of Wedlock== By 1961, the Danish government was ready to take another crack at revising the naming law. This time, the focus was on creating equality of treatment between men and women and between children born within and out of wedlock.Hans Viggo Godsk Pedersen; Ingrid Lund-Andersen, Family law in Denmark (København : DJØF Pub 2011), ch. 4, sec. 1 The 1961 law is the apparently the point at which the Danish government began regulating given names as well as slægtsnavn. A person must have at least one given name/given name/first name. Additional given names/first names are permitted, apparently with no limit on the total number. The government adopted a list of approved given names and a process for petitioning to have names not on the list approved. Given names must reflect the child's gender. No name can be on both the approved list for boys and the approved list for girls. They cannot be slægtsnavn names, trademarks, company names, place names or names commonly given to pets. They also cannot be names that would expose a child to ridicule or problems later in life.Richard Jenkins, "Being Danish : Paradoxes of Identity in Everyday Life," (Copenhagen : Museum Tusculanum, 2011), pp. 166-167Hans Viggo Godsk Pedersen; Ingrid Lund-Andersen, Family law in Denmark (København : DJØF Pub 2011), ch. 4, sec. 3 ==1981 Name Law== ==2005 Name Law== =Wikitree Naming Guidelines and What Other Projects Have Done= Wikitree's naming guidelines are collected at our [[Name_Fields]] wiki. Other projects have gone before us in creating naming conventions for fitting their culture's names into Wikitree's name data fields. Please look at them to get your brains going. At present, the Dutch Roots conventions appear to be the closest to what Project Denmark will have to cope with. However, their guidelines do not seem to address either a concept similar to tilnavn or the different periods of naming laws which the Danish Project must cope with. The Sweden Project has a lot in common with the Denmark Project except they also seem to lack the concept of tilnavn and the Swedish government didn't start tinkering with names until 1901 and did not require family names until 1963 which pretty much limits that change to living people. European Aristocrats have had to deal with variations that apply only to specific time periods and/or only specific subareas of their geographic area and or only specific languages. Czech Roots has both gender ending differences and the influence of a major second language, German, on names. Project Denmark will have to deal with both gender differences in patronymics and the German language effect in the Duchies of Slesvig and Holstein. Czech Roots also has the general lack of middle names. No other set of guidelines seems to address a concept quite like tilnavn. The French new world concept of dit names comes the closest, but tilnavn have no signal like the words "dit" and "dite" which signal which part of the name is a descriptive adopted end name. The Denmark Project will have to deal with all of these issues as well as the practical issues related to a large portion of the populace ignoring the name law for nearly a century. Links to naming conventions guides for Wikitree created by other projects are collected in the [[Space:Name_Field_Guidelines]] wiki. =References=

[[Category: Nordic Project]] [[Category: Denmark Project]] '''Category Structure for Danish Place Locations''' This is an example of the new location structure in English and Danish (prior to 1970 when herred/hundred is replaced by kommune/municipality); : English language structure: * [[Category: Denmark]] ** [[Category: Denmark, Counties]] *** [[Category: Hjørring County, Denmark]] **** [[Category: Børglum Sogn, Børglum Herred]] : Danish language structure: * [[Category: Danmark]] ** [[Category: Danmark, Amter]] *** [[Category: Hjørring Amt, Danmark]] **** [[Category: Børglum Sogn, Børglum Herred]] The landing point for profiles of both the English and Danish category structure is one and the same. According to CategorisationProject "It is not necessary for a particular location category to be created in every language” which is good, there are about 2000 parishes in Denmark. Therefore we suggest that the category names of said landing level will be in Danish, since anyone who researches Danish ancestors would most likely learn to be familiar with the term "sogn" and "herred". This is an example of such a page, using the Location Category Info Box; [[:Category:B%C3%B8rglum_Sogn%2C_B%C3%B8rglum_Herred ]] By including the herred (hundred) in the category name it is going to be easy to separate two parishes with the same name, example [[Category: Vejlby, Sønderhald Herred]] and [[Category: Vejlby, Djurs Sønder Herred]]. even if they would be located within the same amt/county. We also suggest that the spelling of the Danish category names should use the "old spelling" Aa, example Aalborg instead of Ålborg since the spelling with Å was introduced officially as late as 1953. Most profiles will probably belong to the time period before 1970 and is the most important period to start working on. In modern times, from 1970, the herred/hundred has been replaced by kommune/municpality. This is an example of the new location structure for the time period 1970-2006
: English language structure: * [[Category: Denmark]] ** [[Category: Denmark, Counties]] *** [[Category: Nordjylland County, Denmark]] **** [[Category: Børglum Sogn, Hjørring Kommune]] : Danish language structure: * [[Category: Danmark]] ** [[Category: Danmark, Amter]] *** [[Category: Nordjylland Amt, Danmark]] **** [[Category: Børglum Sogn, Hjørring Kommune]] From 2007, the amt/counties have been replaced by regioner/regions. If needed, additional structure can be created for modern times later on, based on the structure examples provided above. ---- Edited to add; * 2021-05-20: As for smaller locations than the parish (like a village), they can be placed under the sogn/herred category. Example: “Placename, Aaaa Sogn, Bbb Herred”. * 2021-06-03 [https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1238608/formal-proposal-for-denmark-geographic-category-structure?show=1239264#c1239264 Link to G2G proposal, posted May 15, 2021] * 2021-06-03 [https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1247415/heres-the-final-plan-for-denmark-location-categories Link to G2G Final plan voting, posted June 2, 2021] * 2021-06-08 Found typo, corrected. *19 Jun 2021 - Proposal became official. [https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1256145/heres-the-new-rule-for-denmark-location-categories Official Structure Rules for Danish Location Categories] * 2021-06-20 - [https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1256145/heres-the-new-rule-for-denmark-location-categories Proposal accepted. G2G posting of the New Rules for Denmark Location Categories]