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Hans Christian Davidsen

Hans Christian Davidsen
Photo: Jens Hoyer · CC BY-SA 4.0

About

Hans Christian Davidsen (born 1965 in Haderslev) is a journalist, author, photographer and culture editor at Flensborg Avis, the Danish-language newspaper in South Schleswig, where he has worked since 1996. He has published several books on the history and culture of the Danish-German border region and gives lectures on these topics across Denmark. Since 2019 he has been active as a touring speaker and hosts the web TV series »Kultur på grænsen« for Flensborg Avis.

1996
Employed as culture editor at Flensborg Avis since
5+
Published books about the Danish-German border region

What's new

  • 2025-10

    Davidsen tours with a lecture about his new book »Just on the Border - Here the Past is Never Quite Over« (Hovedland, 2025), including in Gråsten and Husumhus in Flensburg.

  • 2025-10

    The magazine Grænsen mentions in October 2025 the book »Just on the Border«, which stems from Davidsen's cycling tours along the Danish-German border.

  • 2025-06

    Davidsen gave a lecture at the Network for Nazi and Holocaust Studies (NNHS) at SDU Odense on June 17, 2025.

  • 2023-11

    Davidsen received the Language Association's Language and Culture Prize in November 2023.

  • 2025

    Davidsen's lecture series »Hidden and Forgotten at the Border« - about a walking and cycling journey from border stone 1 to 280 - is from 2025 available as a new lecture.

Tracks

Lige på grænsen - Her er fortiden aldrig helt forbiLatest book (Hovedland, 2025) - bicycle journey along the Danish-German border with stories from all 280 border stones
Nazisternes sidste tilflugtCritically acclaimed book (Hovedland, 2022) about Flensburg as the Nazis' last refuge in spring 1945
Nolde - Maleren, der trådte ved siden afBook about Emil Nolde (Politikens Forlag, 2021)
Forelsket i FlensborgInsider tips from the border town (Hovedland, 2021)
Danmark syd for grænsenCultural guide to South Schleswig (Hovedland, 2019)

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