The Danish Mathematical Society is a society of Danish mathematicians founded in 1873 at the University of Copenhagen, a year after French Mathematical Society. According to the society website, it has "the purpose of acting for the benefit of mathematics in research and education."

Contents 1 History 1.1 Presidents 2 See also 3 External links

[edit] History

The society was founded after the idea of Thorvald N. Thiele. The first committee was composed of Thiele, Hieronymus Georg Zeuthen and Julius Petersen.

[edit] Presidents

• Johan Jensen (1892–1903)
• Vilhelm Herman Oluf Madsen (1903–1910)
• Niels Nielsen (1910–1917)
• Johannes Mollerup (1917–1926)
• Harald Bohr (1926–1929, 1937–1951)
• Børge Jessen (1954–1958)

[edit] See also

• List of Mathematical Societies

[edit] External links

• K. Ramskov, The Danish Mathematical Society through 125 Years, Historia Mathematica, 2000.
• The Danish Mathematical Society, English webpage
• O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Danish Mathematical Society", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive