Edvard Galle
1844–1900 (age 56)
Biography
Edvard Galle was a businessperson whose steady acumen helped sustain local industry in the turn-of-the-century Danish economy. He was admired for balancing entrepreneurial daring with a conscientious concern for employees, encouraging practices that respected both profit and people.
Galle was equally committed to civic life, supporting local education initiatives and helping to meet communal needs in a quickly changing world.