Terp, Holger: Danish Peace History - Det danske Fredsakademi

Viggo Hørup was the father of Ellen Hørup, herself a pacifist journalist. Most Danish
biographies about Viggo Hørup are written by politicians, and only a couple by
historians.
Fredrik Bajer (1837-1922) published his memories in 1909. This covers the period up
to 1908. As one of the few Danes in international organized peace work he was
awarded with a half Nobel peace prize in 1908 80 . Bajer was a founding member of the
Inter-Parliamentary Union 81 , The International Peace Bureau 82 and the Danish Peace
Society 83 , a Danish biography covering the period from 1908 to 1922 is much needed
and an English biography might highlight Danish peace work 84 .
His wife Mathilde (1840-1934) is nearly forgotten today, even though she worked in
international women peace groups in her own right 85 , she were vice-president in
Alliance universelle des femmes pour la paix. Also the couple established the first
80
Nobels Fredspris: Hundre år for fred : Prisvinnere 1901-2000 / Øivind Stenersen ; Ivar Libæk ; Asle
Sveen. Oslo, 2001.
81
Zarjevski, Yefime: The people have the floor : A History of the Inter-parliamentary Union.
Dartmouth. 1989. See also vol. 2 of Alfred H. Fried’s: Handbuch der Friedensbewegung. Berlin, 1913 ;
1972.
82
Allen, Devere: The Fight for Peace. New York, 1930 ; 1971 p. 473.
83
Risskov Sørensen, Kurt: Fredssagen i Danmark 1882-1914, 1981 See also the volume of Sune
Pedersen. In 1971 the Danish Peace Society became a part of the Danish United Nations Union, FNforbundet
84
§ 3.Le mouvement de la paix organisé. In: Augsut Schou: Histoire de l’ internationalisme III. Oslo:
MCMLXIII pp. 510-516
85
Rimmen Nielsen, Hanne: Bertha von Suttner i København 1906 : Et billede i Kvindehistorisk
Samling. In: Rotunden, no. 16, 2001 pp. [4]-23.