Thyge de Thygeson
1806–1905 (age 99)
Biography
Thyge de Thygeson spent his long career navigating the political currents of nineteenth-century Denmark, carrying the concerns of citizens from urban assemblies to the nation’s parliament and reinforcing the institutions that guided a modernizing realm.
He earned respect as a steward of public trust, never wavering in his attention to fairness, and his memory rests at Sct. Michaelis Kirkegård among the quiet stones of Copenhagen.