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    Ove Gjedde (27 December 1594 – 19 December 1660) was a Danish nobleman and Admiral of the Realm (Danish: Rigsadmiral). He established the Danish colony...
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    Ove Gjedde's Expedition (Danish: Ove Gieddes ekspedition) or the Danish Expedition to India of 1618–1622 (Danish: Ostindiske ekspedition af 1618–1622)...
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    was a naval engagement between Denmark-Norway, under the leadership of Ove Gjedde, and French privateers, which took place on 19 February 1619, during the...
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    first Danish trading post in India. King Christian IV had sent his envoy Ove Gjedde who established contact with Raghunatha Nayak of Tanjore. An annual tribute...
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  • tennis player Ove Fundin (born 1933), Swedish speedway rider Ove Gjedde (1594–1660), Danish admiral Ove Grahn (1943–2007), Swedish footballer Ove Guldberg...
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    by Thanjavur king Ragunatha Nayak in an agreement with Danish Admiral Ove Gjedde in 1620 and acted as the base for Danish settlement in the region during...
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    at Tranquebar (Trankebar) on India's southern coast in 1620. Admiral Ove Gjedde led the expedition that established the colony. After 1814, when Norway...
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    the Danish King. The first expedition set sail in 1618 under Admiral Ove Gjedde, taking two years to reach Ceylon and losing more than half their crew...
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    Denmark. Denmark sent five vessles and 300 soldiers, at the command of Ove Gjedde, to Ceylon on the purpose of establishing the promised terms in the treaty...
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    which they first took command.[citation needed] 1516 – Hans Mule 1629 – Ove Gjedde 1654 – Georg Reichwein 1662 – Hans Jacob Schort 1670 – Michael Opitz 1676...
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    Ulefoss in the municipality Nome, Norway. It was established in 1657 by Ove Gjedde and Preben von Ahnen. The company produced pig iron until 1877. Wood-burning...
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  • the rest of the Danish expedition to prepare for the arrival of admiral Ove Gjedde. Crappé arrived with Øresund on the shores of Ceylon as the first representatives...
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  • Danish East India Company sent an expedition under the leadership of Ove Gjedde to Ceylon, with the intention of securing the Danish Monarchy as a part...
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    scurvy killing most of the crew. In 1618, Christian appointed Admiral Ove Gjedde to lead an expedition and establish a Danish colony in Ceylon. The expedition...
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  • 19th century. Fort Dansborg, built by the 17th century Danish admiral Ove Gjedde, reminiscences of Danish India, Tharangambadi, Tamil Nadu Lotus Temple...
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    The Life of the Icelander Jón Ólafsson, Traveller to India. Ove Gjedde Admiral Ove Gjedde, commander of the Danish East India Company, had in 1620 set...
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  • Knud Ovessøn Gjedde (c. 1635–c. 1708) was a Danish-Norwegian government official, the son of Ove Gjedde. He served as the first County Governor of Nordland...
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    help of Danish king Christian IV in an agreement with Danish Admiral Ove Gjedde in 1717 and acted as the base for Danish settlement in the region during...
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    five vessels and 300 soldiers, led by Ove Gjedde, to Ceylon to fulfill the terms of the treaty. Along with Gjedde, Dutchman and experienced seafarer, Roland...
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    established at Tranquebar on India's southern coast in 1620. Admiral Ove Gjedde led the expedition that established the colony. After 1814, when Norway...
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    Fort Dansborg at Tranquebar, built by Ove Gjedde, c. 1658...
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    of Tranquebar was acquired for the Danish Crown, by the Danish Admiral Ove Gjedde, by signing an agreement with the Raghunatha Nayak of the Tanjore Nayak...
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    Among the owners were Governor-general Jens Hermansson Juel, Admiral Ove Gjedde and Governor-general Hannibal Sehested. The village of Darbu is the principal...
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  • 1620 to 1630 the Vestre Rod belonged to the feudal overlord, Admiral Ove Gjedde, and was later included as a speck in his son-in-law, Niels Langes's big...
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  • commanded a smaller squadron. After having joined forces in May with Admiral Ove Gjedde at Flækkerø (present-day island of Flekkerøy outside of Kristiansand)...
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    West Bengal Fort Dansborg, built by the 17th century Danish admiral Ove Gjedde, reminiscences of Danish India, Tharangambadi, Tamil Nadu Tomb of Susanna...
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  • Denmark. Monarch – Christian IV 10 May – an expedition led by Admiral Ove Gjedde arrives in Ceylon 19 November – a treaty is signed with the Nayak of Tanjore...
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  • later owned by his son and daughter-in-law. In 1650 it was acquired by Ove Gjedde, who had recently resigned from the post of Admiral of the Realm after...
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  • of Kringen (1612) 1611-1613 Denmark remains the dominant Nordic power Ove Gjedde expedition Action of 19 February 1619 Establishment of Tharangambadi (1620)...
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  • patronized and supported the Dutch to neutralize the belligerent Portuguese. Ove Gjedde of the Danish East India Company founded the settlement of Tranquebar...
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