Geodætisk Institut [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Geodætisk Institut
Geodætisk Institut (1928-1987) was a Danish state-run cartographic institute.
It was created by law number 82, of 31 March 1928, combining Generalstabens Topografiske Afdeling and Den danske Gradmaaling, two institutions that did somewhat overlapping cartographic and topographic mapping of Denmark. It was initially part of Ministry of War (Krigsministeret), later Ministry of Defence (Forsvarsministeret).
In the years 1940-1953 "Geodætisk Institut" made the second nationwide precision landscape levelling of Denmark. The first was done
Øyvind Burrau
Øyvind Burrau (or Øjvind Burrau), born 24 March 1896 in Copenhagen, died 31 March 1979, was a Danish scientist who is best known for his early quantum mechanical description of the dihydrogen cation which he made while at the Niels Bohr Institute.
Burrau worked as a geodesist at the Geodætisk Institut from 1928 to 1963.