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Gabriele Rohde

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[[File:Gabriele Rohde-crop.png|thumb|Gabriele Rohde, speaking in London (1943)]]
'''Gabriele Rohde''' (1904–1946) was a Danish [[League of Nations]] official in the 1930s and, during the [[Second World War]], a member of the Danish Council (''Det danske Råd'') in [[London]]. She provided strong support in particular for Danish seafarers, creating a seamen's club in [[Newcastle]]. In 1943, Rohde travelled to Canada and the United States where she became an advisor to [[Henrik Kauffmann]], the Danish ambassador in [[Washington D.C.|Washington]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> She assisted him in particular with his participation in the [[United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration]] (UNRRA) conference which was held in [[Atlantic City]] that November.<ref name=kvinfo></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

==Biography==
Born in [[Copenhagen]] on 7 September 1904, Gabriele Rohde was the daughter of the painter [[Johan Gudmann Rohde]] (1856–1935) and Asa Zøylner (1874–1960).<ref name=kvinfo/> In May 1945, she married the estate owner Gunnar Flemming Juncker (1904–2002).<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

Brought up in a cultural milieu in Copenhagen, she had two younger brothers, Henning, who became a theatre director, and Hermann, a cultural historian. As a child, she spent long periods with her seafaring family on the island of [[Fanø]]. After matriculating from [[N. Zahle's School]] in 1923, she studied languages and statistics. She completed her education in [[Paris]] where she studied the art and fashion industry.<ref name=kvinfo/>

==References==






[[Category:1904 births]]
[[Category:1946 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Copenhagen]]
[[Category:League of Nations people]]
[[Category:Danish female resistance members]]
[[Category:Danish statisticians]]
[[Category:People in international development]]


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