15 Facts About Morten Korch

Morten Luther Gudmund Korch was a Danish writer who wrote populist stories and romances about rural Denmark.

In 1937, Morten Korch was awarded a Danish knighthood in the Order of Dannebrog.

Morten Korch is listed in the book of The 20th century's 100 most important people in Denmark.

Morten Korch was born on 17 January 1876 in the small village of Over Holluf south east of Odense on the island of Fyn, Denmark.

Morten Korch was the son of a teacher and had seven siblings.

At the age of 14, Morten Korch left home and began an apprenticeship in business with his uncle in Nyborg.

In 1916, at the age of 40, Morten Korch decided to become a full-time author.

Morten Korch was a writer of populist stories, which centered on the old-fashioned traditions of farms, small shops and rural merchants.

Morten Korch's tales were built around the traditional adventure model of idyll-crisis-idyll.

Beneath Morten Korch's stories, there is a focus on the conservative patriarchal society and the belief in conservative Christian morals.

Morten Korch wrote 123 separate titles and sold more than 7 million books in Denmark alone.

In 1937, Morten Korch received a knighthood in the royal Danish society of Order of Dannebrog.

In 1999, Morten Korch was listed in the book of The 20th century's 100 most important people in Denmark.

Sophie died in 1953, and one year later, on 8 October 1954, Morten Korch died at the age of 78 in Hellerup near Copenhagen.

Morten Korch is buried in Fraugde, Fyn, the parish of his birth.