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Commemorating the Second Schleswig War 1864	05-12-2013 af Dorte Meiling Nielsen
In 2014 it is 150 years ago since Denmark lost severely in the battle at Dybbøl in the Second Schleswig War between Denmark and Germany/Prussia. PaperDreams has made a paperdoll commemorating this. It har been given the title "Faith, hope and love". You find it in the category Paperdolls - fictive historical persons.

Kierkegaard - congratulations!	03-05-2013 af Dorte Meiling Nielsen
The famous Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard has 200 years birthday here in 2013. For this occasion PaperDreams has made Kierkegaard as a paperdoll in collage style with costumes representing some of the characters he describe.

Queen Margrethe I	03-05-2013 af Dorte Meiling Nielsen
The danish queen Margrethe 1 is now available as a paperdoll n A-4 format or as a postcard. You find her in the category "Paperdolls" - "Real historical persons" og "Cards" - "Paperdoll cards".

Circus Arena	30-01-2013 af Dorte Meiling Nielsen
PaperDreams goes to circus and has created two paperdolls of the Danish circus family Berdino who owns Circus Arena. The director, Benny Berdino, and his wife, Hanne have costumes illustrating the circus dynasty. See them in the category "PaperDolls" - "Various". The paperdolls have been shown in the magazine "PaperDoll Studio" as front- and backcover.

Niels Ebbesen	24-05-2012 af Dorte Meiling Nielsen
The Danish hero Niels Ebbesen as a paperdoll with several medieval costumes. See him in the category Products - Paperdolls - Real historical persons.

News from the Round Robin	18-04-2012 af Dorte Meiling Nielsen
Latest news from the Round Robin Marijado is Asta from the 1930's. She has costumes for all seasons and for holiday and workday and sport. See her (2 sheets in A-3 format) in the category "Paperdolls" - "Marijado".

10 years birthday!	30-01-2012 af Dorte Meiling Nielsen
The firm PaperDreams was established 10 years ago. To celebrate this, all customers will receive a little present which will be enclosed the order. So find out which products you would like, order - and await your surprise present!

100 years ago ...	16-11-2011 af Dorte Meiling Nielsen
PaperDreams has more news with relation to the period for 100 years ago - around 1910 - one with haute couture fashion and one with famous women from the period as paperdolls. Se both (in A-3 format)in the category PaperDolls, fictive historical persons.

Princess Mary	24-10-2011 af Dorte Meiling Nielsen
The round robin, Marijado, has now made the Danish princess Mary as a paperdoll consisting of 3 sheets in A-3 format with many of the dresses Mary has been seen wearing. See the product in the category Paperdolls - Marijado.

Poiret	23-10-2011 af Dorte Meiling Nielsen
New paperdoll from PaperDreams showing costumes by the famous French haute couture designer, Paul Poiret, around 1910. Available in A-4 or A-3 format. See the product in the category Paperdolls - Fictive historical persons.

Titanic	6/9/2011 af Dorte Meiling Nielsen
Next year it will be 100 years ago that "Titanic" sank. PaperDreams has made a paperdoll who shows how the passangers on first, second and third class and the staff looked. Available in A-3 or A-4 format. See her in the category Paperdolls - Fictive historical persons.

Vikings	12/15/2010 af Dorte Meiling Nielsen
PaperDreams already has the viking Thor and the viking woman Freja. Now the family has increased with the two children Bjørn and Gudrun (A-4 format) and their older sister Sigrid (also A-4 format). You find them all in the category Paperdolls - fictive historic paperdolls.

Beware of Pirates!	11/27/2010 af Dorte Meiling Nielsen
The Danish Naval History Museum has an exhibition of pirates. PaperDreams has produced to A-3 sheets - one with famous male pirates and one with famous female pirates from history, literature and movies. You find the products in the category "Paperdolls" - "Fictive historical persons".

Woman from the Middle Ages	8/4/2010 af Dorte Meiling Nielsen
A woman from the Middle Ages with costumes representing the different classes in medieval society, from the peasant woman to the queen. See in the category "Paperdolls" - "Fictive historic persons". Available both in A-4 and A-3 format.

Tordenskjold	8/4/2010 af Dorte Meiling Nielsen
The Danish fleet has 500 years anniversary this year, and PaperDreams celebrates this with a paperdoll of the famous Danish naval hero, Peder Wessel, known as Tordenskjold. You finde him in the category "Paperdolls" - "Real historic persons". Available in A-3 and A-4 format and as a postcard.

Næstved 875 anniversary	7/16/2010 af Dorte Meiling Nielsen
Næstved has 875 years anniversary this year. PaperDreams celebrates this with two different paperdolls: a sheet with famous women from the history of Næstved, and the other is Næssi, a dragon who is the symbol for childrens culture in Næstved. Both can be seen in the category Paperdolls, various paperdolls.

More "Gøngehøvding"	7/16/2010 af Dorte Meiling Nielsen
Svend Poulsen, Danish guerilla fighter from the wars against Sweden in the 17th century, has 400 years birthday this year. PaperDreams created Svend as a paperdoll already last year, but now more figures from the history are available in a booklet in A-3 format. See it in the category Paperdolls, Real historic persons.

B.S. Ingemann and Lucie	11/1/2009 af Dorte Meiling Nielsen
The Danish poet B.S. Ingemann and his wife, Lucie (born Mandix) known as a painter of altar pieces are now available as paperdolls on a sheet in A-3 format or as a postcard. You can also buy them separately in A-4 format. You find the sheets in the category Products - Paperdolls - Real historic persons, and the postcard in the category Products - Cards - Paperdoll Cards.

Svend Poulsen 400 years	8/15/2009 af Dorte Meiling Nielsen
In 2010 the 400th years birthday of Svend Poulsen, famous Danish partisan from the war between Denmark and Sweden in the 17th century, will be celebrated. PaperDreams has created him as a paperdoll, available in A-4 and A-3 format (see and order from the category Paperdolls - Real historical persons) and as a postcard (the category Cards - PD Cards).

Denmark in the 18th century	7/18/2009 af Dorte Meiling Nielsen
The four estates in Denmark - nobility, citizens, clergy and peasants - in the 18th century are all represented in the two new paperdolls from PaperDreams - Ludvig and Leonore. They are available as A-4 sheets and as postcards. Se the categories "Fictive historic persons" and "Paperdoll cards".

carl Nielsen and Anne Marie	7/18/2009 af Dorte Meiling Nielsen
The famous Danish composer Carl Nielsen and his wife the sculptor Anne Marie Carl Nielsen has been created by PaperDreams as paper dolls. See the two A-4 sheets in the category "Real historic persons". Both are also available as postcards - see under "Paperdoll cards".

Wild West paperdolls	2/4/2009 af Dorte Meiling Nielsen
This autumn PaperDreams had the pleasure to have a paperdoll sheet published in the beautiful American magazine "Contemporary Doll Collector". The A-3 sheet shows three families from "The Wild West" - a white, a black and an indian. You find them in the category Paperdolls - Fictive historical paperdolls. More costumes are available in three different A-3 sheets - one for each family.

Darwin - 200 years	2/4/2009 af Dorte Meiling Nielsen
This year museums all over the world celebrate the 200th years anniversary of Charles Darwin. PaperDreams has created Darwin as a paperdoll with three costumes and different animals: ape, tortoise and finch. You find him as A-4 sheet in the category Paperdolls - Real historical paperdolls and as a postcard in the category Cards - Paperdoll postcards.

Who is Paula Fischer?

8/22/2008 af Dorte Meiling Nielsen

Paula Fischer is an ordinary girl from Copenhagen in the 1920's. The figure is inspired by the paintings by Paul Fischer from Copenhagen in the twenties. She also goes to Broadway and gets a job as a chorus girl. Therefore she also exists in a version where she appears in the beautiful costumes from the Ziegfeld Follies from that period. Both sheets are in A-3 format. You find them in the category Paperdolls, Fictive historic persons. The version from Copenhagen is also available as a postcard.

Empire Style from the Round Robin	7/21/2008 af Dorte Meiling Nielsen
Latest news from the Round Robin is Miss Adelaide Throkmorley, a gentleman's daughter from the early 19th century. She has 3 A-4 sheets with dresses in Empire Style, drawn by the five members of the Round Robin. You find her in the category Paperdolls - Paperdoll Ring.

Chinese influence	3/23/2008 af Dorte Meiling Nielsen
China has always fascinated the Europeans, and Chinese influence can also be seen in European costume. PaperDreams has mad a paperdoll showing this influence on fashion through a couple of centuries. The paperdoll is created to a special exhibition on the Museum for National History on Frederiksborg Castle. It is in A-3 format, and can be seen under Paperdolls - fictive historical persons.

Beautiful Japanese	3/23/2008 af Dorte Meiling Nielsen
The round robin Marijado har created one of its most beautiful products till now with the Japanese Jade. She is from the period in Japanese history where women wore kimonos in many lovely fabrics. Consists of 3 A-4 sheets and can be seen under Paperdolls - Paperdoll ring Marijado.

The Vikings are coming .....	2/21/2008 af Dorte Meiling Nielsen
Now the vikings are also available as paperdolls by PaperDreams. To A-4 sheets, one with a man and one with a woman. They both have three different costumes, and they are also available as postcards.

Frescos as paperdolls	1/11/2008 af Dorte Meiling Nielsen
See Adam and Eve as paperdolls drawn in the style known from the frescos in the Danish churches. Three A-4 sheets with three different costumes inspired by some of the famous frescos. See them under Products, paperdolls, fictive historic persons.

Glimpses of the History of Northern Jutland	12/9/2007 af Dorte Meiling Nielsen
PaperDreams has made a booklet with glimpses from the history of Northern Jutland from the stone age till the high technology of today. The booklet consists of 4 pages, folded to A-5 format - 16 pages altogether. On one site you find the costumes, and on the backsite text and photos relating to these. See it under Products - Paperdolls - Fictive historical persons.

New look	12/9/2007 af Dorte Meiling Nielsen
PaperDreams is just in time for celebrating the 60 years anniversary for Dior's New look in 1947. Two A-4 sheets with a model on the catwalk, presenting haute couture fashíon from the period 1947-57. See her under Products - Paperdolls - Fictive historical persons.

Two girls from everyday life	9/5/2007 af Dorte Meiling Nielsen
The products from PaperDreams are often inspired from history, but sometimes you have to make room for the present too - and this is what the two everyday life girls do. Benedicte, a young girl using large size smart clothes and Mrs. Marie Juliussen, an elderly lady also nicely dressed. See them both in the category Products, Paperdolls, Various paperdolls.

News from the round robin, Marijado	8/29/2007 af Dorte Meiling Nielsen
The round robin Marijado introduces a new figure - Edwina, a lady from the Edwardian Period around 1910. All five members of the round robin have created lovely Art Nouveau dresses for Edwina. See her in the category Paperdolls, Paperdoll ring Marijado.

Danish National Costumes	8/27/2007 af Dorte Meiling Nielsen
PaperDreams presents a nice, large (A-3 format) sheet with a selection of Danish national costumes. A man and a woman with costumes from six regions in Denmark and a baby with special robes for christening. See the product in the category Paperdolls - Fictive historical persons.

Frederik II and Sofie

6/27/2007 af Dorte Meiling Nielsen

Kronborg Castle had last year an exhibition of a reconstruction of the dress worn by the young queen of the Danish renaissance king, Frederik II, Sofie. Kronborg wished to be able to sell the couple as paperdolls, so PaperDreams created them, including the dress. They have a connention to Kronborg, as the castle was built by Frederik II. Both are now available as an A-4 sheet and a postcard. You find them under the category Paperdolls, real historic paperdolls and under the category Cards, Paperdoll cards.

Nefertari	6/17/2007 af Dorte Meiling Nielsen
News from the Round robin Marijado: a beautiful Nefertari with several dresses from ancient Egypt - and a few from Crete! You find her in the category Paperdolls, Marijado

Year of Industrial Culture

2/24/2007 af Dorte Meiling Nielsen

The year 2007 has been announced as Year of the Industrial Culture. This means that many museums will arrange exhibitions with focus on the industrial development, and of course this must also be celebrated with paperdolls. PaperDreams has made a family, consisting of father, mother, son and daugther. They all have costumes representing a worker's family and a manufacturer's family in four different periods from app. 1885 - app. 1965. You can see them in the category Paperdolls, Fictive historic paperdolls. The same figures are also available as postcards. See these in the category Cards, cards with paperdolls. Another paperdoll representing women's work in the industrial period is also available both as A-4 sheet and postcard. See her in the same categories as mentioned above.