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 Alheden. “POTATO GERMANS” AT ALHEDEN A total of 965 German… 

 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 a conference in Aalborg: Professor Mohamed Mukhtar and ethnographer Faduma… 

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 end of the Second World War there were around 260,000… 

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 of the Russian Jews were very different from other Copenhageners… 

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 civil war in Lebanon in the 1980’s. The older generation… 

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 emigrated to Denmark in the late 1800’s to find work… 

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 Hungarians were given a welcome marked with orchestra, Danish pastry… 

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 that they were allowed time off on Catholic holidays. Photo:… 

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 do missionary work in Denmark and the Danish king secured…