Jørgen Olrik

1875 - 1941  (65 years)

• Name	Jørgen Olrik
  Born	10 Aug 1875	Frederiksberg, København, Denmark
  	Danish Biographical Lexicon History Historians The 3rd edition of Dansk Biografisk Leksikons was published in 16 volumes in the period 1979-84 with Svend Cedergreen Bech as editor. Nearly 1,000 biographies were updated in 2014-16. The content has not been edited since. Newer articles can be found in Den Store Danske . Jørgen Olrik Jørgen Olrik, 10.8.1875-4.5.1941, historian. Born on Frbg, died in Charlottenlund, urn on Ordrup kgd. O. became a student in 1892 from the Metropolitan School and in 1898 a cand. mag. with history as a major and Greek and Latin as a minor. He was strongly influenced by Kr. Erslev and Johs. Steenstrup and from his spiritually and artistically interested family circle, not least his brother Axel. Already as a student he became an assistant at the Danish Folk Museum in 1894 and from 1897 also at the National Museum's 2nd department, where he worked for a dozen years without actual employment. In 1910 he became inspector at the Folk Museum and from 1920 at Bernhard Olsen'sdeparture chief inspector sst., where a significant task was the Folkemuseet's and Frilandsmuseet's association with and the former's transfer to the Nationalmuseet's new building after the folkemuseet had a shorter tenure housed in the Art Industry Museum's attic. - Like all museum men of the older generation, O. was self-taught, but gained through many years of registration of the museum's collections an in-depth knowledge of the material culture from the Renaissance onwards, engaged in a number of important works on Danish silver such as Drinking Horn and Silverware from the Middle Ages and Renaissance, 1909, Danske Sølvarbejder fra Renaissancen til vore Dage, 1915 and the much enlarged edition of Bernhard Olsen's mark book Danske Guldsmedes Mærker, 1919 as well as other branches of the Danish art industry such as iron ovens and tin published in Tidsskrift for Industri.To this is added the important Civil Home in Elsinore 300 years ago, 1903, an extract from the city's probate protocols. O. was also well versed in peasant culture and was from 1908 a member of Foreningen Danmarks folkeminder in whose series of writings he published Livet i Klokkergaarden, 1909 and the extensively commented translation of Erik Pontoppidan's Everriculum (Fejekosf), 1923. As a museum man, O. participated in a number of Nordic and international congresses in the 1920s and 30s with folkloristic topics.1909 and the extensively commented translation of Erik Pontoppidan's Everriculum (Fejekosf), 1923. As a museum man, O. participated in a number of Nordic and international congresses in the 1920s and 30s with folkloristic topics.1909 and the extensively commented translation of Erik Pontoppidan's Everriculum (Fejekosf), 1923. As a museum man, O. participated in a number of Nordic and international congresses in the 1920s and 30s with folkloristic topics. For the Committee for the Promotion of Public Enlightenment, O. Saxo translated (Saxe's Danesaga I ? IV, 1908-12) in which he successfully reproduced Saxo's style in an old-fashioned language tone. In 1913 he was a founding member of the Danish Language and Literature Society, for which he together with Hans Ræder provided a new edition of Saxo (1931) prepared through numerous dissertations in Historisk Tidsskrift. For the publication's controversial text corrections he has given an account in Aarbøger for nordisk Oldkyndighed, 1930. For Sprog- og litteraturselskabet, O. has also published the translation of Chr. Falster's Amoenitates (Lærdoms Lystgaard) in three volumes, 1919-20 and a collection of Danish folk books from the 16th and 17th centuries (1919ff.), And also for the Society for hist. translation of source sources several sources for the medieval history of Denmark which he has treated in the History of the Danish People, 1927 for the period 1241-1439,in the History of Southern Jutland, 1937 period 1241-1459 and the same period in Schultz Danmarkshistorie, 1941. -Member of the Royal Danish Society for the History of the Fatherland 1927, secretary in the same 1936, chairman of the Association of Danish Folk Memories 1935, chairman of the Society for Danish Cultural History 1938. Family Parents: painter and sculptor Henrik O. (1830-90) and Hermina Valentiner (1839-1917). Married 1.11.1898 in Skt. Jørgens sg., Svendborg with Hedevig Louise West, born 29.1.1868 at Egelund, Diernisse sg., Died 6.11.1943 in Charlottenlund, d. By forester Carl Emil W. (1833-1909) and Caroline Christiane Johanne Louise Krohn (1843- 1924). - Brother of Axel Olrik , Dagmar Olrik , Eyvind Olrik and Hans Olrik . Appointments R. 1928. DM. 1939. Iconography Sign. by H. Olrik, 1878, mal. of the same, 1882. Photo. Bibliography Chr. Axel Jensen in Kulturminder, 1942-43 9-12; bibliography pp. 166-74. - Life story in the order chapter. Article info Written by: Holger Rasmussen Jørgen Olrik (born 10 August 1875 in Frederiksberg , died 4 May 1941 in Charlottenlund ) was a Danish cultural historian . Olrik was the son of the artist Henrik Olrik and brother of Benedicte Olrik (married Brummer), Dagmar , Axel , Hans , Eyvind and Povl Olrik . Wikipedia Olrik became a philosophical candidate in 1898 , but had already in 1893 become an assistant at the Danish Folk Museum and from 1897 at the National Museum . In 1920 he became chief inspector at the Danish Folk Museum, which became part of the National Museum the same year. He had a significant authorship (see below). Olrik became a Knight of Dannebrog in 1928 and a Dannebrog man in 1939 . He is buried at Ordrup Cemetery . He is depicted in a drawing by his father Henrik Olrik approx. 1878 and painting of the same 1882 , both in family ownership. København, København (Staden), Rahbeks Alle, Rahbeks Allé 2, 55 o, p, q, 26, FT-1880, D4602 Ole Henrik Benedictus Olrik, 49, Gift, Husfader, Maler, Fødested, København Hermina Olrik 40, Gift, Husmoder, Fødested, Magleby Sogn, Præstø Amt Dagmar Olrik, 19, Ugift, Deres Barn, Fødested, København Hans Thorvald Olrik, 17, Ugift, Deres Barn, Fødested, København Axel Olrik, 15, Ugift, Deres Barn, Fødested, Frederiksberg Eyvind Gunnar Olrik, 13, Ugift, Deres Barn, Fødested, Frederiksberg Ingeborg Olrik, 12, Ugift, Deres Barn, Fødested, Frederiksberg Jørgen Olrik, 4, Ugift, Deres Barn, Fødested, Frederiksberg Poul Benedict Olrik, 1, Ugift, Deres Barn, Fødested, Frederiksberg Anna Margrethe Petrine Marie Benedicte Olrik 51 Ugift Husfaders Søster Birkerød Sogn, Frederiksborg Amt (Dansk Demografisk Database-Rigsarkivet- Folketællinger)
  Gender	Male
  Died	4 May 1941	Charlottenlund, København, Denmark
  Person ID	I17393	Hickey, List, Bundesen, Thomsen, Jensen, Jessen
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2021

  
  

  Father	Ole Henrik Benedictus Olrik,   b. 24 May 1830, København, København, Denmark ,   d. 2 Jan 1890, Frederiksberg, København, Denmark  (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Hermina Valentinar
  Family ID	F6220	Group Sheet

  
  

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  Jørgen Olrik ørgen Olrik Birth 10 Aug 1875 Frederiksberg, Frederiksberg Kommune, Hovedstaden, Denmark Death 4 May 1941 (aged 65) Charlottenlund, Gentofte Kommune, Hovedstaden, Denmark Burial Ordrup Cemetery Ordrup, Gentofte Kommune, Hovedstaden, Denmark Memorial ID 181270597 Created by: letemrip Added: 12 Jul 2017 Find a Grave Memorial 181270597 He was a Danish cultural historian. He was the son of the artist Henrik Olrik and brother of Benedicte Olrik (married Brummer), Dagmar, Axel, Hans, Eyvind and Povl Olrik.