DANES CERTAIN.
BRITISH VICTORY. NEW COUNCIL IN ENGLAND. To make known to Danes in Denmark that free Danes the world over are sure of a British victory is one of the principal aims of the newly-formed Danish Council in England. The council includes representatives of all the leading Danish organisations there, and it is making contacts with the large and influential colony of Danes in America. Leading spirit behind the couucil in England is Mr. Kroyer-Kielberg, who has lived for many years in this country and was president of the Anglo-Danish Society. That society, through maintaining its membership, is giving all subscriptions temporarily to the Red Cross, its social work having ceased. Ferdinand Kroyer-Kielberg ie an industrial magnate and has a son in the British Army. His wife is an Englishwomen and he has, as well, a peculiarly English passion; it is cricket. The Danes in England have also contributed liberally to the Spitfire fund. Their club at Knightsbridge has been decorated by Danish artists ir porcelain end 111 colour, and their ideae of hospitality are to be found there as warm as ever.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 310, 31 December 1940, Page 11
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