Peter Elfelt Filmes

Johan Carl Joensen, a Danish colonial manager in Greenland, drives his dog sled in Copenhagen’s Fælledparken. (stumfilm.dk)

The Kaiser was an unpopular guest in Denmark. Both for personal and political reasons, the Danish court did not want to have too close ties to the...

Fredensborg castle in North Zealand was the base of the so-called 'Fredensborg Days' in the period 1880-1898, where King Christian IX and Queen...

A short film from Peter Elfelt showing Dagmar Hansen.

A child murderess is led to her execution.

A group of military men uses explosives to de-root trees.

Swans getting handled as people watch.

Traveling by tracks through the streets of Aarhus.

Dagmar arrives by train.

This Danish film shows us a young woman doing a dance, which translates to tarantula. According to the brief bio over at the Europa Film Treasures...

King Frederik VIII of Denmark arrives in Berlin, Germany.

Blowing explosives in the ocean.

Images of a hunting party with the Swedish King Oscar II, Prince Christian, Prince Gustav, Prince Valdemar and Prince Georg. Hveen is an island in...

Erotic dance performed by an unknown female dancer.

Various street scenes from Copenhagen in 1907.

A joyful Pas de Deux, performed by Clara Rasmussen and Margrethe Andersen. Clara Rasmussen/Wieth/Pontoppidan (1883-1975) was to become one of the...

Early wrestling footage.

Spirited Ukrainian trepak dance, performed by Russian soloist Wania Tartakoff. (Stumfilm.DK)

Fun at the beach.

Danish filmmaker Peter Elfelt took his camera to the bottom of the slopes at the skiing competition in Norway. At the bottom of the slope the...