(Redirected from Dansk biografisk Lexikon)'''Dansk biografisk leksikon''' (usually abbreviated 'DBL'; title of first edition written '''Dansk biografisk Lexikon''') is a
Danish biographical dictionary that has been published in three editions. The first edition, ''Dansk biografisk Lexikon, tillige omfattende Norge for tidsrummet 1537-1814'' (''"...including Norway for the period 1537-1814"'') was published in nineteen volumes 1887-1905 under the editorship of the historian
Carl Frederik Bricka. The first edition, which is in the
public domain is available online at
Projekt Runeberg.
Later editions were published 1933-1934 (27 volumes) and 1979-1984 (16 volumes). While some of the biographies from the previous editions have been updated in the third edition, many other – considered of less contemporary relevance – were left out and need to be consulted in its predecessors.
Editions
★ ''Dansk biografisk Lexikon, tillige omfattende Norge for tidsrummet 1537-1814'', editor:
C. F. Bricka, 19 volumes, Copenhagen:Gyldendal, 1887-1905
★ ''Dansk biografisk Leksikon'', 2nd edition, 27 volumes, editors:
Povl Engelstoft and
Svend Dahl, Copenhagen, 1933-44.
★ ''Dansk biografisk leksikon'', 3rd edition, 16 volumes, editor:
Svend Cedergreen Bech, Copenhagen, 1979-84.
External links
★
Digital facsimile of the first edition, at
Projekt Runeberg.