The ‘Danish’ Tachin Railway
A special railway line from Banghkok to Samut Songkram has an unknown Danish background. On the 10th of June 1906, a fishing boat under sails approached a fishing village called …
The ‘Danish’ Tachin Railway Read MoreA special railway line from Banghkok to Samut Songkram has an unknown Danish background. On the 10th of June 1906, a fishing boat under sails approached a fishing village called …
The ‘Danish’ Tachin Railway Read MoreIn ‘The Danish Geographical Journal, Vol. 1 1877’, there is an article about Siam, modern written and without all the usual prejudices of that time. It starts: “When I landed …
Captain and Consul Frederik Carl Christian Købke, 1837 – 1881 Read MoreWhen checking in at this little neat guesthouse north of Kanchanaburi, I was warmly greeted by Tok the cashier. She is a 51-year-old lady with lots of humor in her …
The Old Farangs Read MoreIn books and articles, Richelieu has largely been portrayed as either white or black, as an untouchable icon or as an unscrupulous capitalist. We tend to judge the past with …
Andreas du Plessis de Richelieu: The Admiral Who Went Ashore Read MoreWhen the Admiral left Siam in 1902 it was onboard the Royal Yacht ‘Maha Chakri’ bound for Singapore, from where he would sail to Europe with one of the regular …
Admiral Andreas du Plessis de Richelieu as Entrepreneur Read MoreCaptain Hans Marqvard Jensen was born in Denmark in 1878. In 1900 around Christmas he arrived Bangkok as a Premier Lieutenant at the age of 22. Two years later he …
The Dane Who Saved the North Read More