Valdemar Michael Amdrup

Valdemar Michael Amdrup (1 October 1860 - 11 May 1937) was a Danish lawyer and the second president of the Danish Society for Nature Conservation from 1915 to 21.

Early life and education Amdrup was born on 1 October 1860, the son of banker Valdemar Amdrup and Line Michaelia Holm. He graduated from Værnedamsvejens Latin- og Realskole in 1878 and completed his law studies (cand. jur.) at the University of Copenhagen in 1884.

Career Amdryp was a paralegal at Villhelm Lund's law firm from 4 April 1894. He was licensed as an attorney (højesteretssagfører) on 2 June 1888. In 1905–18, he was a judge at the Tiendekommissionen. In 1909 he assumed a position as chief legal officer of Den sjællandske Bondestands Sparekasse. He was a member of the Tax Council for Copenhagen from 1906 and a board member of A/S Sagførernes Auktioner and chairman of A/S American Tobacco Co., A/S, Slangerupbanen, A/S Dunlop Rubber Co. and A/S Højgaard og Schultz.

Honours Amdrup was made a Knight in the Order of the Dannebrog in 1906 and he was awarded the Cross of Honour in 1937.

Personal life Amdrup married public school teacher Mathilde Caroline Koefoed (9 October 1859 - 16 December 1915), a daughter of Sandemand Absalon Hansen Koefoed and Karen Marie Munck, on 18 July 1890. He owned a summer home in Rågeleje from the early 1910s.