Holger Marius Nielsen

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Holger Marius Nielsen (1905 - 1993) was an official of the Danish Ministry of Education.

He was the son of Peder Adolf Nielsen (1872-1962) and Caroline Marie Nielsen (1873-1937). He grew up with his two brothers, Axel Nielsen (1902–1970) and Povl Erik Nielsen (1909-1995) in Glostrup, 10 kilometres west of Copenhagen. He married Ellen Ingeborg Marie Andersen (1904-1983) and had two children, Jørgen Erik Nielsen (1933-2007) and Inge Lise Nielsen (born 1935).

Nielsen was one of the editors of the Dictionary of the Danish Language (Ordbog over det Danske Sprog), which was edited and published from 1919 till 1956.


Sources and links:

Ordbog over det danske sprog, http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordbog_over_det_danske_sprog