LYDEN AF LANGELAND

For over 400 years, Swedish troops ravaged most of Denmark. The Swedes crossed the ice to Langeland, as it was the safest route to Zealand to capture Copenhagen. Hear about the unconventional defence of the Langeland farmers when historian and museum curator at Langelands Museum Jeppe Jøhn Hørsholm talks about Langeland's defence against the Swedish soldiers.


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Strynø Mill is more than just a beautiful relic from the past. It holds wonderful stories from island life and its agricultural community. In the podcast SOUND OF STRYNØ MILL, John Sørensen talks about the establishment of the mill and shares amusing stories about the creative farmers of Strynø.

 

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Just outside Bagenkop, we find Langelandsfortet, one of the silent witnesses of the Cold War. But preparations for a possible war did not only take place within the fort's walls; they took place across the entire island. Hear museum director Peer Henrik Hansen talk about the secret work of the Eastern Front on Langeland during the Cold War.

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Anders Sandøe Ørsted was born in Rudkøbing and helped revolutionise Danish law, but very few people know this. Learn about the Ørsted brothers' Langeland origins and how A.S. Ørsted influenced the development of Danish law and contemporary society in this section, where communications officer Susanne Pedersen from Langelands Museum shares the most important stories about the young Ørsted brother.

 

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Listen to biologist and nature communicator Marianne Petersen talk about Ristinge Cliff – a geological hotspot – which has been designated a geosite because it tells the story of the formation of Denmark. The numerous and differently coloured layers in the cliff tell a fantastic story of 130,000 years of geological landscape formation.

This podcast is co-funded by the EU.