1. Kurt Westergaard grew up in a conservative Christian family environment, going to Sunday school.
10 Facts About Kurt Westergaard
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Kurt Westergaard subsequently worked as a teacher for handicapped children and was a principal of a school in the Djursland area for the handicapped.
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Kurt Westergaard was placed under police surveillance when traveling to and from work and his house was fitted with steel doors, a panic room, reinforced glass in the windows, and surveillance cameras.
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Kurt Westergaard was unharmed due to security precautions in his house.
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Kurt Westergaard escaped to a panic room when he saw the intruder standing in the hallway wielding an axe.
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Kurt Westergaard took his five-year-old granddaughter into the "panic room" when he realized what was happening.
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Kurt Westergaard was sentenced to 10 years in prison followed by permanent deportation from Denmark.
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Kurt Westergaard died in his sleep in Copenhagen on 14 July 2021, a day after his 86th birthday, after suffering from a long illness.
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Kurt Westergaard was awarded the Sappho Award in May 2008, an award given by the Danish Free Press Society to a 'journalist who combines excellence in his work with courage and a refusal to compromise'.
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In 2011, Kurt Westergaard, helped by John Lykkegaard, published his memoir Manden bag stregen.