Johanne Pedersen-Dan

Johanne Agnete Theresia Pedersen-Dan née Betzonich (1860–1934) was a Danish actress, singer and sculptor. After performing in plays and operettas in Copenhagen until 1888, she devoted the rest of her life to sculpture, frequently exhibiting her work at Charlottenborg. Johanne Pedersen-Dan and her husband Hans Peder Pedersen-Dan lived and worked in Hvidovre Rytterskole in Hvidovre from 1912 to 1936.

Early life Born in Copenhagen on 13 May 1860, Johanne Agnete Theresia Betzonich was the daughter of the writer Georg Betzonich (1829–1901) and Christiansine Nicoline Møller (1833–1923). In 1882,

Acting career Pedersen-Dan embarked on her career as an actress, encouraged by her cousin, the successful actress Elga Sinding. She débuted in 1876 at Folketeatret, as the baroness in P. Rawsky's Familien Danielsen. She went on to perform in plays and operettas, including Offenbach's La Vie parisienne. She also performed at the Casino Theatre and at the Dagmar Theatre. A plaque on one of the gables of Hvidovre Rytterskole commemorates that Johanne Pedersen-Dan and her husband lived and worked in the building from 1912 to 1936.

List of works Snake charmer (plaster, 1890) By the Stream (plaster, 1891) A Forest Nymph (plaster, 1892) After the Storm (plaster, 1894) Woman Sleepwalker (1902) Little Mother (1903) Santa (plaster, 1905) Forest Idyll (bronze, 1898) On the Slave Market (1006)