Hans Bjerrum

Hans Adolf Bjerrum (8 September 1899 in Hellerup, Denmark – 10 May 1979 in London, England) was a Danish field hockey player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

He was a member of the Danish field hockey team, which won the silver medal. He later formed the Danish civil engineering company Bierrum, known for building cooling towers for power stations.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/18350 |title=Hans Bjerrum |work=Olympedia |access-date=20 August 2021}}

Personal life

He married on 21 October 1924. He played hockey for Middlesex in the 1920s.Times Thursday December 3 1925, page 6

On 13 May 1928 they had a daughter, Johanne, who married Gerald Murray in 1955.Times Thursday September 29 1955, page 10

They lived at Peterborough House, on Grove Hill in Harrow in the 1920s.West Middlesex Gazette Saturday 19 May 1928, page 9Times Tuesday May 15 1928, page 1 They lived at The Orchard in Sudbury Hill, from the 1930s.Harrow Observer Friday 5 October 1979, page 25 In the 1930s he worked with the Anglo-Danish SocietyTimes Wednesday September 27 1933 and the Danish Club (formed in 1863).Times Friday December 18 1953, page 10

Due to his work, as chairman of the Danish Club, King Frederik IX of Denmark made him a Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog in December 1963.Times Wednesday December 11 1963, page 14Structural engineer Sir Ove Arup also attended the Danish Club at this time.

His wife Karen Gertrud Caroline Nielsen, born on 15 June 1900, died on 29 August 1979.Harrow Observer Friday 26 October 1979, page 26

His son (Nils) Roger was born on 16 March 1931,Times Tuesday March 17 1931, page 1 who gained a first class degree in Engineering from Merton College, Oxford in 1957.Times Wednesday July 3 1957, page 6 Roger married Emily Doris Williamson in early 61, with children Stephen, Mary, Libby, Hugh and Hans. They would live in Pirton, Hertfordshire, west of Hitchin.Times Friday July 4 2003, page 23 Emily died on 12 October 1984, in Chesham. Times Tuesday October 16 1984, page 34 Roger remarried Violet Oliver in late 1986. Roger died on 16 January 2021, aged 89, having lived in Northchurch in Hertfordshire.

Another son Alexander (Sandy) Milne was born 9 March 1944, who married Alison Mackenzie-Wood of Hertfordshire in early 1973.Times Wednesday March 7 1973, page 18 They had children Rona in November 1979, and Serena in early 1981. Sandy died on 1 October 2022.[https://www.bedfordshirefreemasons.org/w-bro-alexander-sandy-milne-bierrum/ Freemasons]