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Book talk and reading by author Lis Mikkelsen about her new book on Ingeborg Refslund Thomsen. Open to everyone, 19 October 2026 at 16:30 in Biblioteket Vester Sottrup, Skolevej 8, Sønderborg. Drop in, no registration needed. Free entry.

About the author

Lis Mikkelsen is an author and communicator with a focus on South Jutland history. She received the Language Association's Language and Culture Prize 2026.

Background

Author Lis Mikkelsen talks about her new book Ingeborg in Smoke and Struggle, which is about the passionate pioneer Ingeborg Refslund Thomsen (1891–1972). Ingeborg fought for women's rights and for the Danish minority. As a member of the Danish Social Liberal Party, she also became the first woman elected to the Foreign Policy Committee.

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