Aspects of industrial financing in Denmark 1840–1914

Abstract

The period of time studied in the present dissertation, viz. from 1840 to 1914, can be characterised as a period of considerable economic growth in Denmark. Moreover it was a period during which a series of innovations of a technical and economic nature occurred, including for example an accelerated expansion of the communication and transport systems and,the establishement and enlargement of the institutional capital market. These factors, in conjunction with the notable industrial growth and advances occurring during the period, have been responsible for the attention hitherto focused upon this era by students of industrial history as being one when some kind of industrial revolution took place in Denmark. Although there are divergent opinions concerning the scope and detailed timing of this revolution, scholars participating in the debate have up to now been united in the view that the period was indeed marked by a considerable degree of industrial growth.

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Peter BØegh Nielsen

Peter Bøegh Nielsen, b. 1953, cand.phil. in history, Copenhagen 1982. Research fellow at the Institute of Economic History, Copenhagen. The present article is based on an unpublished prize paper of 1981.