Hans Christian Ørsted
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Hans Christian Ørsted, sometimes transliterated as Oersted, was a Danish chemist and physicist who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields. This phenomenon is known as Oersted's law.
C.A. Jensen Portrait of the Physicist Hans Christian Ørsted KMS8176 Statens Museum for Kunst
Ørsted as a youth
Statue of Ørsted at Oxford
Portrait of Hans Christian Ørsted by Christian Albrecht Jensen (1842)
Danish Golden Age
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The Danish Golden Age covers a period of exceptional creative production in Denmark, especially during the first half of the 19th century. Although Copenhagen had suffered from fires, bombardment and
Hans Christian Ørsted
…electric currents create magnetic fields. This phenomenon is known as Oersted's law. He also discovered aluminium, a chemical element. A leader of the Danish Golden Age, Ørsted was a close friend of Hans Christian Andersen and the brother of politician and jurist Anders Sandøe Ørsted, who served as Prime Minister of…
Copenhagen on Fire by C.W. Eckersberg (1807)
A company of Danish artists in Rome, painted by Constantin Hansen, 1837. Lying on the floor is architect Bindesbøll. From left to right: Constantin Hansen, Martinus Rørbye, Wilhelm Marstrand, Albert Küchler, Ditlev Blunck and Jørgen Sonne.
Hankehøj by Johan Thomas Lundbye (1847)
Møns Klint by Louis Gurlitt (1842)