Aage Friis

Aage Friis (16 August 1870 – 5 October 1949) was a Danish historian and professor at the University of Copenhagen.

Biography Aage Friis was born in Korsør in Slagelse, Denmark. He was the son of Johan Frederik Friis (1833-1910) and Juliane Marie Landkilde (1832-1911). His father was a parish priest who also taught his children together with other children from the village.

Friis was concerned with Danish history primarily in its relations with Germany. The German-Danish noble family Bernstorff presented one of its main themes in the history of the early modern period; his two-volume work Die Bernstorffs und Dänemark were written in Danish and also translated into German. He appeared as a Danish biographer of the career of German chancellor Otto von Bismarck prior to his political rise. He also maintained a professional working relationship with German professor and historian Friedrich Meinecke (1862–1954).

Aage Friis was a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters from 1920. He died at Hellerup and was buried at Solbjerg Park Cemetery in Frederiksberg. Selected works Bismarck. Ungdomstiden 1815 - 1848. En Historisk Skildring (Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1909) Blixen Finecke og Bismarck: en brevveksling (Copenhagen: Graebes Bogtrykkeri, 1916. printed in Danske Magazin 1916, p. 365-387) Die Bernstorffs und Dänemark: ein Beitrag zur politischen und kulturellen Entwicklungsgeschichte des dänischen Staates; 1750-1835, 2 Volumes, (Leipzig: Weicher-Verlag, 1905)