Kongelige_Kammersangere

Kongelige Kammersangere

Kongelige Kammersangere

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Kongelige Kammersangere or The Royal Chamber Singer is a prestigious title given to Danish Opera singers by the monarch. Only about 50 people have received the award since it was started in 1700. The first non-native Danish person who was appointed as a royal chamber singer was the Italian Giuseppe Siboni, who in 1819 received Danish citizenship and became director of the Royal Theatre.

List of Honorees

Presented by Frederik VI

Presented by Christian VIII

Presented by Frederik VII

  • 1854 – Jørgen Christian Hansen (1812–1880)[1]
  • 1858 – Leocadie Gerlach (1827–1919, née Bergnehr)

Presented by Christian IX

Presented by Frederik VIII

Presented by Christian X

Presented by Frederik IX

  • 1947 – Henry Skjær (1899–1991)
  • 1949 – Stefan Islandi (1907–1993)
  • 1949 – Dorothy Larsen (1911–1990)
  • 1950 – Erik Sjøberg (1909–1973)
  • 1950 – Lilian Weber Hansen (1911–1987)
  • 1957 – Ruth Guldbæk (1924–2006)
  • 1959 – Otte Svendsen (1918–2008)

Presented by Margrethe II

References

  1. [1]
    Frederiksborg Nationalhistoriske museum (1902). Det Nationalhistoriske museum paa Frederiksborg slot (in Danish). Nielsen & Lydiche. p. 142.
  2. [2]
    Ministerialtidende for kongeriget Danmark for aaret (in Danish). 1908. p. 63.
  3. [3]
    "Kongelig kammersanger Ib Hansen er død". Politiken (in Danish). 24 February 2013.
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