About Hans Dragehjelm
Lived 1875 – 1948 (aged 72–73). Hans Dragehjelm was a Danish educator.
Hans Dragehjelm (Nykøbing, 17 February 1875 - Copenhagen, 2 April 1948) was a Danish teacher and child educator.
Dragehjelm is known for introducing the sandpit to Denmark in 1908, specifically on a plot of land in Christianshavn in Copenhagen. He also wrote several books and treatises on children's play in sandboxes, and was an advisor to the Ministry of the Interior on the design of playgrounds.
Dragehjelm worked together with landscape architect Carl Theodor Sørensen, and in 1943 they created the first construction playground, Emdrup Junk Playground.
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Danish educator (1875–1948)
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Hans Dragehjelm was born on 17 February 1875 in Nykøbing Falster.
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Hans Dragehjelm died in 1948 in Copenhagen.
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Hans Dragehjelm was an educator.
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Hans Dragehjelm was Danish.
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