Historical Guide to Rønne » Lille Søstræde 8 http://www.bornholmsmuseum.dk/roenneguide_eng A Historical Guide to the Town Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:16:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= 33. Lille Søstræde 8 http://www.bornholmsmuseum.dk/roenneguide_eng/lille-s%c3%b8str%c3%a6de-8/ http://www.bornholmsmuseum.dk/roenneguide_eng/lille-s%c3%b8str%c3%a6de-8/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:09:30 +0000 admin http://www.bornholmsmuseum.dk/roenneguide_eng/?p=141 At Lille Søstræde 8, directly across from Store Søstræde, is a two-panelled neo-classical door.
Dr Dampe is believed to have lived in this house from 1841–48.
Dampe is an important figure in Danish history as he was sentenced to life imprisonment by the absolute monarchy for his “rebellious” writings about democracy.
From 1826, he was kept in solitary confinement in a gaol on the island of Christiansø (north-east of Bornholm), after which he was “pardoned” in 1841,
in return for spending the rest of his life on Bornholm.
The year before Denmark’s first democratic constitution was adopted in 1849; he was declared a free man and moved back to Copenhagen.

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