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'''Preben Dewald Hansen''' ({{circa|1944}} − 19 October 2000)<ref name="Folkeskolen"/> was a Danish teacher who was the product manager at [[LEGO Publishing]]. | '''Preben Dewald Hansen''' ({{circa|1944}} − 19 October 2000)<ref name="Folkeskolen"/> was a Danish teacher who was the product manager at [[LEGO Publishing]]. | ||
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In 1968 Preben Dewald was hired at the Klostergades School in [[Wikipedia:Vejle|Vejle]]. After Klostergades closed in 1978,<ref name="arkiv A9052"/> Dewald started working at the [[Wikipedia:Skibet|Skibet]] {{ill|School|da|Skibet Skole}}. | |||
Dewald taught language, mathematics, visual arts, and music at Skibet. | |||
He started lecturing at Vejle's binding centre and wrote a book about the city's history, ''Vejle Bys Historie i korte træk''.<ref name="Folkeskolen"/> | |||
Preben Dewald is listed in the acknowledgements for ''[[The Ultimate LEGO Book]]'' as one of two [[LEGO Group]] employees at [[LEGO Futura]] who helped produce the book, along with [[Jan Harder Blæsild]].<ref name="Ultimate"/> | Preben Dewald is listed in the acknowledgements for ''[[The Ultimate LEGO Book]]'' as one of two [[LEGO Group]] employees at [[LEGO Futura]] who helped produce the book, along with [[Jan Harder Blæsild]].<ref name="Ultimate"/> | ||
Following a restructuring at the LEGO Group in 1999, Dewald left the company and returned to Skibet School, where he taught a grade 1 class containing children of some of his former students. Following a summer vacation in Norway in 2000, Dewald fell ill. He was hospitalised shortly after the start of the school year, and died on 19 October 2000, aged 56.<ref name="Folkeskolen"/> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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<ref name="arkiv A9052">{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://arkiv.dk/vis/2239340 |title=Arkiv - Klostergades Skole, Vejle |encyclopedia=arkiv.dk |id=A9052 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250917040729/https://arkiv.dk/vis/2239340 |archive-date=17 September 2025 |url-status=live |access-date=17 September 2025}}</ref> | |||
<ref name="Folkeskolen">{{cite magazine |title=Preben Dewald |first=Eric Udesen |last=Andersen |date=9 November 2000 |magazine=[[Wikipedia:da:Folkeskolen (fagblad)|Folkeskolen]] |number=45 |language=da |url=https://www.folkeskolen.dk/preben-dewald/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250917004543/https://www.folkeskolen.dk/preben-dewald/ |archive-date=17 September 2025 |url-status=live |access-date=17 September 2025}}</ref> | <ref name="Folkeskolen">{{cite magazine |title=Preben Dewald |first=Eric Udesen |last=Andersen |date=9 November 2000 |magazine=[[Wikipedia:da:Folkeskolen (fagblad)|Folkeskolen]] |number=45 |language=da |url=https://www.folkeskolen.dk/preben-dewald/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250917004543/https://www.folkeskolen.dk/preben-dewald/ |archive-date=17 September 2025 |url-status=live |access-date=17 September 2025}}</ref> | ||
Revision as of 06:55, 17 September 2025
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| Born | Preben Dewald Hansen 1944 |
| Died | 19 October 2000 (aged 56) |
| Years active | 1968−2000 |
Preben Dewald Hansen (c. 1944 − 19 October 2000)[1] was a Danish teacher who was the product manager at LEGO Publishing.
Biography
In 1968 Preben Dewald was hired at the Klostergades School in Vejle. After Klostergades closed in 1978,[2] Dewald started working at the Skibet School.
Dewald taught language, mathematics, visual arts, and music at Skibet.
He started lecturing at Vejle's binding centre and wrote a book about the city's history, Vejle Bys Historie i korte træk.[1]
Preben Dewald is listed in the acknowledgements for The Ultimate LEGO Book as one of two LEGO Group employees at LEGO Futura who helped produce the book, along with Jan Harder Blæsild.[3]
Following a restructuring at the LEGO Group in 1999, Dewald left the company and returned to Skibet School, where he taught a grade 1 class containing children of some of his former students. Following a summer vacation in Norway in 2000, Dewald fell ill. He was hospitalised shortly after the start of the school year, and died on 19 October 2000, aged 56.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Andersen, Eric Udesen (9 November 2000). "Preben Dewald". Folkeskolen (in Danish). No. 45. Archived from the original on 17 September 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ↑ "Arkiv - Klostergades Skole, Vejle". arkiv.dk. A9052. Archived from the original on 17 September 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ↑ Pickering, David; Turpin, Nick; Jenner, Caryn, eds. (1999). "Acknowledgements". The Ultimate LEGO Book. London: Dorling Kindersley. p. 128. ISBN 0-7513-5948-3.
