Kraks Blå Bog
Kraks Blå Bog ( Danish : "Kraks Blue Book") is a Danish dictionary of persons published by Gads Förlag in Copenhagen . The first edition was published in 1910 on the model of Who's Who by Ove Krak (1862–1923) and comprised approximately 3,000 biographies. The 103rd edition of 2012/2013 includes 8,229 of the “most important” people from Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland In Greenland, the independent Grønlands Grønne Bog, which was inspired by Kraks Blå Bog , was also published between 1988 and 2001 . The anniversary edition for the centenary of 2009/2010 contained a register of all 19,874 people who have been shown in Kraks Blå Bog to date.
The encyclopedia was published in Kraks Forlag until 2007, and in Gads Forlag since the 2009/2010 anniversary edition . An editorial committee, supported by around 30 external consultants, whose names are not published, decides on the admission. Admission criterion is not only awareness and recognition of the achievements, but also a "positive influence" of the person discussed on Danish society.
literature
- Kraks Blå Bog 2012-2013. 103rd edition, Gads Forlag, Copenhagen 2012, ISBN 978-87-12-04708-7 .
- Ulrik Hvilshøj (Ed.): Festskrift for Kraks Blå Bog. Gads Forlag, Copenhagen 2009, ISBN 978-87-12-04495-6 . ( Online access )
Web links
Old digitized editions
- Edition from 1910 in Project Runeberg
- 1949 edition , digitized from LFL Bladsfond
- 1958 edition , digitized from LFL Bladsfond
- 1974 edition , digitized from LFL Bladsfond
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Betingelsen for optagelse er, when he is dygtig and acknowledged inden for sit område and desuden øver positive indflydelse på det danske samfund."
- ↑ Kraks Blå Bog: Editors ( Memento of the original from May 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved May 21, 2012.
