Hans Ernst Krøyer (21 January 1798 – 24 March 1879) was a Danish

Denmark

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 composer

Composer

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Krøyer was born in Copenhagen

Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

 and the son of Bernt Anker Krøyer and Johanne Margrethe (nee Schrøder), as well as the brother of Henrik Nikolai Krøyer.

He is best remembered as the composer of today's Danish national anthem Der er et yndigt land

Der er et yndigt land

Der er et yndigt land is the national anthem of Denmark. On royal occasions, the royal anthem Kong Christian stod ved højen mast is performed together with Der er et yndigt land....

(There is a Lovely Country) in 1835, after lyrics by Adam Oehlenschläger.

He became cantor

Cantor (church)

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at the Royal Singers of the Chapel of Christiansborg castle in Copenhagen in 1844.

Krøyer died in Copenhagen.