born Aug. 31, 1866, Raadvad, Den. died Oct. 2, 1935, Copenhagen Danish silversmith and designer. At age 14 he was apprenticed to a goldsmith, and in 1904 he opened his own workshop in Copenhagen. Exhibiting his silverware and jewelry at major foreign exhibitions, he quickly built a reputation as an outstanding and original silversmith. He was the first to realize a profit from the manufacture of modern silverware and among the first to fashion steel into handsome, serviceable cutlery. By 1935 his firm had stores all over the world and carried more than 3,000 patterns. After his death the business was continued by his son, Søren Georg Jensen (b. 1917)
v. born Jan. 20, 1873, Farsø, Den. died Nov. 25, 1950, Copenhagen Danish novelist, poet, and essayist. He initially studied medicine but later turned to writing. He first made an impression as a writer of tales, including the more than 100 published under the recurring title Myths. His early writings also include a historical trilogy, The Fall of the King (1900-01), about Christian II of Denmark. His best-known work is The Long Journey (1908-22), a series of six novels that chronicles humanity's rise from primitive times to the time of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1944
v. born Jan. 20, 1873, Farsø, Den. died Nov. 25, 1950, Copenhagen Danish novelist, poet, and essayist. He initially studied medicine but later turned to writing. He first made an impression as a writer of tales, including the more than 100 published under the recurring title Myths. His early writings also include a historical trilogy, The Fall of the King (1900-01), about Christian II of Denmark. His best-known work is The Long Journey (1908-22), a series of six novels that chronicles humanity's rise from primitive times to the time of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1944