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The memorial at the Frederick’s Church’s cemetery. It was placed there in 1959 for the 200th anniversary of the arrival of the Potato Germans at… Read More »“Potato Germans”

 Somali organizations and associations in the West often hold international conferences to discuss the reconstruction of Somalia. The picture shows two of the participants in… Read More »Somalis

Boys behind the fence in the refugee camp in Risskov Hostel in Aarhus in 1946. Photo: Hammerschmidt Photo / Aarhus billeder, www.aarhusbilleder.dk. GERMAN REFUGEES After the… Read More »German Refugees

An elderly Russian Jew stands on the corner of Vor Frue Plads in Copenhagen, around 1915. With their clothes and dark eyes and hair many… Read More »Russian Jews

The Nahr el-Bared refugee camp in Lebanon, 1952. Photo: UNRWA. PALESTINIAN REFUGEES Around 19,000 Palestinians live in Denmark today. Most of these came to Denmark during the… Read More »Palestinian Refugees

Some Swedish workers came to Bornholm as stonemasons. In 1901, 28 %  of all stonemasons were Swedes. Photo: Bornholms Museum. SWEDISH WORKERS More than 81,500 Swedes… Read More »Swedish Workers

Hungarian refugees arriving in Austria, where they are received by the Red Cross, 1956. Photo: Red Cross / the Danish Refugee Council. HUNGARIAN REFUGEES 1,400… Read More »Hungarian Refugees

Young women in their Sunday clothes with rosaries and prayer books. The majority of the roepolakker were Catholics and it was stated in their contracts… Read More »Poles

The Moravian church in Christiansfeld. HERRNHUT In 1773, the Moravian church founded the free town of Christiansfeld in South Jutland. The Herrnhuter were granted permission to… Read More »Herrnhut