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Frederikke Dannemand

Copenhagen, 6 Aug 1792 – Copenhagen, 23 Dec 1862

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A life in time

  1. 6 Aug 1792

    Born in Copenhagen

  2. 1810–1819

    4 children are born

  3. 23 Dec 1862

    Dies in Copenhagen, aged 70

Family

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Parents

Children · 4

During her lifetime

She lived through 8 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Copenhagen.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1790s · Frederikke is born in Copenhagen

In the news1795

Major Copenhagen fire (1795)

In 1795, a major fire in Copenhagen destroyed 941 houses, leaving 6,000 people homeless.

What people wore

Fashionable wide hip pads

Wealthy women used hip pads made of whalebone under their dresses to create an fashionable wide silhouette, sometimes so wide they had to walk sideways through doors.

Getting around

Slow horse-drawn travel between Danish towns

Travel between towns primarily relied on horse-drawn carriages, and journeys were slow, taking several days for even moderate distances. For example, a carriage leaving Copenhagen on Wednesday afternoon was only expected to reach Aalborg by the following Monday morning in summer.

The French Revolution. Parisians stormed the Bastille in 1789; the monarchy fell, the king was executed, and “liberty, equality, fraternity” spread across Europe.In Europe · 1789–1799

The French Revolution. Parisians stormed the Bastille in 1789; the monarchy fell, the king was executed, and “liberty, equality, fraternity” spread across Europe.

Unidentified painter · public domain

In the news1794

Fire destroys Christiansborg Palace (1794)

In 1794, the royal palace Christiansborg burned down, causing the royal family to relocate to Amalienborg.

Music

The popular minuet dance

In the 1790s, the minuet was danced by both the royal family and ordinary people, sometimes at the same event, such as a ball at Christiansborg Palace. Peasant weddings also featured the minuet, which was frequently followed by the Polish dance.

Daily life

Introduction of chimneys in peasant homes

Many peasant homes were renovated to include chimneys, which replaced the previous method of using open fires on the floor with a smoke hole in the roof. This allowed for ceilings to be installed, preventing smoke from lingering under the beams.