Nick B Svendsen

Nick Bernhard Svendsen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1948. He graduated from Copenhagen University in 1975 as a geologist, and joined the oil industry the same year. He has since worked as an exploration geologist. His work has taken him to many regions outside Europe, including North Africa, the Middle East, America and the Far East. He has always had a keen interest in all aspects of history, and this book is a continuation of that. His interest in the Schleswig-Holstein wars results...See more

Nick Bernhard Svendsen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1948. He graduated from Copenhagen University in 1975 as a geologist, and joined the oil industry the same year. He has since worked as an exploration geologist. His work has taken him to many regions outside Europe, including North Africa, the Middle East, America and the Far East. He has always had a keen interest in all aspects of history, and this book is a continuation of that. His interest in the Schleswig-Holstein wars results from many visits to the Royal Danish Arsenal Museum in Copenhagen, situated close to where he lived as a child. He has published a number of papers on geological subjects. This is his second book about the Schleswig-Holstein wars, his first, published by Helion in 2008, was The First Schleswig-Holstein War 1840-50. He is married and lives in Denmark. See less