Peter Elfelt

A joyful Pas de Deux, performed by Clara Rasmussen and Margrethe Andersen. Clara Rasmussen/Wieth/Pontoppidan (1883-1975) was to become one of the...

Johan Carl Joensen, a Danish colonial manager in Greenland, drives his dog sled in Copenhagen’s Fælledparken. (stumfilm.dk)

At first this looks like another of those innumerable fire brigade movies of the era in which you saw the horses charging pellmell out of the...

Filmed while the Christian IX, King of Denmark, and his family was taking their picture.

Early wrestling footage.

A film by Peter Elfelt.

Nikolai II (1868-1918), the last Russian czar, son of Alexander III and Dagmar. He had been in Denmark on vacation with his parents several times....

A short film from Peter Elfelt showing Dagmar Hansen.

This Danish film shows us a young woman doing a dance, which translates to tarantula. According to the brief bio over at the Europa Film Treasures...

A child murderess is led to her execution.

The Kaiser was an unpopular guest in Denmark. Both for personal and political reasons, the Danish court did not want to have too close ties to the...

Danish filmmaker Peter Elfelt took his camera to the bottom of the slopes at the skiing competition in Norway. At the bottom of the slope the...

Ballet by August Bournonville 1871. With Hans Beck, Valborg Borchsenius (née Guldbrandsen) and Ellen Price. (Stumfilm.DK)

Dance from the Opera ‘Il Trovatore’ (1853) by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901). Choreography by August Bournonville, 1865. Performed by Valborg...

Long winded film runs just over six-minutes but we're pretty much shown Iceland's Parliament as they board a ship and are given a reception by the...

Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928), born Dagmar, daughter of King Christian IX was in 1866 married to Alexander III (1845-1894), Czar of Russia...

Documentation of a royal visit to Bellevue.

Solo from 'La sylphide' (1836), ballet by August Bournonville. Performed by Ellen Price (1878-1968), soloist from 1903. Ellen Price's dancing in Hans...

Princess Marie (1865-1909), born Princess of Orléans, great granddaughter of the French King Ludvig-Filip (1773-1850), who was king of France...

Dagmar arrives by train.

Fredensborg castle in North Zealand was the base of the so-called 'Fredensborg Days' in the period 1880-1898, where King Christian IX and Queen...

In September 1903 the ferry line between Gedser in Denmark and Warnemünde in Germany was opened. The images are from the opening of the route...

Images of a hunting party with the Swedish King Oscar II, Prince Christian, Prince Gustav, Prince Valdemar and Prince Georg. Hveen is an island in...

Alexandra (1844-1925), daughter of Christian IX, married in 1863 to Prince Edward (1841-1910), who after Queen Victoria's death in 1901 became King...

Dance from the opera from 1762 by Christoph Willibad Gluck (1714-1787), choreography by Hans Beck 1896. Performed by Valborg Borchsenius (née...

Prince Carl alongside his wife Princess Maud leaves Denmark to become King Haakon of Norway on 23 November 1905.

The funeral of composer Johan Peter Emilius Hartmanns in Vor Frue Kirke.

At the racetrack.

Bathing Danish beauties.

Danish street scene.

View of the Lerfossen near Trondhjem.

A Danish commercial for Aktieselskabet Linotol-Kompagniet and linotol floor covering.

King Haakon on the boat of Crown Prince Christian.

King Haakon and Queen Maud visit Denmark.

17th of May celebrations in Norway.

Scenes from Ribe Domkirkes.

The Prince and Princess of Wales visit Trondhjem, Norway.

Swans getting handled as people watch.

At the racetrack.

Fragments of military showing off.

The 1906 version of the Kongerevue parade in Denmark.

Trade Guilds' Parade at Christiansborg Ridebane in 1904.

Early commercial film for Daniel Dalsgaards Kaffeforretning.

Traveling by tracks through the streets of Aarhus.

Students collecting money for the children.

Prominent people at a funeral.

Horses riding at Kongerevuen.

King Haakon visits the battleship 'Herluf Trolle'

Fun at the beach.

Military in action.

Horse racing in Sweden.

The first Child Welfare Day took place 6 May 1904. The goal was to collect money for humanitarian work with children and youth. It was a festive...

King Frederik VIII of Denmark arrives in Berlin, Germany.

Kids jump in the water.

The proclamation was performed on 30 January 1906 by Prime Minister Jens Christian Christensen (1856-1930). At age 63, Frederik finally became king....

King Haakon travels to Trondhjem.

Two houses being demolished with dynamite in Ordrup Krat.

A group of military men uses explosives to de-root trees.

Various street scenes from Copenhagen in 1907.

King Haakon and Queen Maud in Trondhjem.

The engineer troops build a bridge for the infantry to run across.

Release of a ship.

Kids in activity, as organized by the F.D.F.

The engineer troops going to work in preparation for explosives.

The King and Queen travels to and from Trondhjems Domkirke.

Driving around and looking at cars in Fredensborg.

A footage of an orchestra at Frederiksberg Theater.

A parade...

Presentation of horses and cows.

Ellen Aggerholm performing.

People traveling by horse carriage to a party.

Demonstrations through the city on May 1st in Slagelse. The year is unknown.

Peter Elfelt filming fashion.

A two and a half minute clip of Ice skating in Fredericia.

Blowing explosives in the ocean.

Peter Elfelt filming at the pres office at Berlingske Tidende with Kaj Flor, with others, in presence.

Peter Elfelt filming on a boat sailing in to harbor.

'From Siberia to Moscow' (1876) was August Bournonville’s last long ballet. It was inspired by an 1874 trip to Russia, where Bournonville met...

Documentation of a royal visit to Bellevue.

The German Emperor Wilhelm II is a guest minor in Denmark. Both personal and political reasons, the crown does not want to maintain special ties with...

Two fine gentlemen battle brutishly for the favour of two fine ladies. However, one of the gentlemen forgets his suitcase at the station, and his...

Spirited Ukrainian trepak dance, performed by Russian soloist Wania Tartakoff. (Stumfilm.DK)

Erotic dance performed by an unknown female dancer.

The Children's Dance from 'Elverhøj', performed by Gudrun Christensen and Helga Smith. Elverhøj (1828; literal translation,...

Street views from the danish capital. Among the various retailers and businesses seen is Serpent Bicycle Shop, the newly built Hotel Cosmopolite,...

The short clip shows a spiritualist séance featuring a medium and two ‘spirits’, shot in Peter Elfelt’s studio. Dr Faustinus...

Johan Carl Joensen, a Danish colonial manager in Greenland, drives his dog sled in Copenhagen’s Fælledparken. (stumfilm.dk)

A child murderess is led to her execution.

A child murderess is led to her execution.