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Gunnar Seidenfaden

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Christensen StÄlskibsvÊrft A/S, Frederikshavn, it was launched in 1981, and before 1996 belonged to the Ministry of the Environment. On 1 January 1996, the ship was transferred to the Royal Danish Navy. The vessel, which is painted in orange-red and cream colors to indicate their civilian purpose, has been on many occasions been deployed to fight oil pollution in Danish waters and also abroad, such as in 2002, when it participated in the
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He was the son of district attorney and Copenhagen's chief constable Aage Valdemar Seidenfaden (1877–1966) and Anna Elise Reenberg Teilman Harck (1887–1928). He married Alix Emilie (Lulu) Arnstedt (1914-1993), daughter of ambassador Niels Peder Arnstedt (1882-1954) and Johanne Larsen (1889-1974) and
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vol. I- XIV. These works are strictly taxonomic and floristic, but decorated with Seidenfaden's own drawings of flower parts as seen under the dissection microscope. His collection of more than 10,000 specimens was donated to the University of Copenhagen, together with original drawings by Katja
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The Royal Danish Navy operates the 1.660 tons environmental vessel A561 Gunnar Seidenfaden, the second of the two such ships, which was named after him as a botanist. Organizationally, Gunnar Seidenfaden belongs to division 17 (2nd environmental division) in the 1st squadron. Built by Ørskov
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In June 2016, it was decided that the collection of orchid samples, which was held in the Danish capital botanical garden
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years, he returned to head the juridical office of the ministry until 1967. He continued to take assignments as
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Gunnar Seidenfaden and his heritage: developments in the diversity and organisation of Thai orchids studies
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contest for the best popular science book with “Modern Arctic Exploration”. During his time in
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Fire millioner frie ord - Det illegale nyhedsbureau »INFORMATION« august 1943 – maj 1945
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worked. In this way, censored domestic news from Denmark was brought on air by the
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Gunnar Seidenfaden studied botany in the faculty of biological sciences at the
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until 1950. After returning to Copenhagen for five years, he was stationed in
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After the war, he was dispatched as economic attaché at the Danish embassy in
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had five children. He was the brother of the journalist and editor
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envoy at international conferences on environmental matters, e.g.
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1926–1934. He was soon involved in botanical investigations in
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by Henrik Æ. Pedersen, Santi Watthana, Kanok-Orn Srimuang
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Udenrigsministeriets Pressebureaus Situationsmelding
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A Geological Expedition to East Greenland 1931-1932
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Seidenf.

Denmark
University of Copenhagen
Author abbrev. (botany)
Danish
diplomat
botanist
Danish
ambassador
Thailand
U.S.S.R.
Southeast Asia
Orchidaceae
orchids
Botanisk Have
Statens Naturhistoriske Museum
Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden
Chiang Mai
University of Copenhagen
Greenland
Greenland
Lauge Koch
Three-year Expedition to East Greenland
Royal Greenland Trading Department
homonymous officer and explorer
Godthaab
Fridtjof Nansen
Godthab Gulf
King Christian X Land

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