Carl Gustav Valdemar Ræder (16 July 1837 – 21 December 1887) was a Danish farmer and writer.

He was born in Copenhagen

Copenhagen

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 as a son of Colonel Jacob Thode Ræder (1798–1853). He was a brother of Johan Georg Frederik Ræder

Johan Georg Frederik Ræder

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 and Oscar Alexander Ræder

Oscar Alexander Ræder

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, grandson of Johan Georg Ræder

Johan Georg Ræder (1751–1808)

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, a nephew of Johan Christopher Ræder

Johan Christopher Ræder (1782–1853)

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, Nicolai Ditlev Amund Ræder and Johan Philip Thomas Ræder, a first cousin of Jacques Ræder

Jacques Ræder

Hans Jacob "Jacques" Theodor Wilhelm Ræder was a Norwegian military officer.He was born in Trondhjem as a son of Johan Christopher Ræder and Kaja Munch. He was a grandson of Johan Georg Ræder, brother of Nicolai Ditlev Ammon Ræder, Johan Georg Ræder, and Ole Munch Ræder, and an uncle of Anton...

, Ole Munch Ræder

Ole Munch Ræder

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, Nicolai Ditlev Ammon Ræder

Nicolai Ditlev Ammon Ræder

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 and Johan Georg Ræder

Georg Ræder

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 and an uncle of Hans Henning Ræder. In May 1866 he married Bertha Othilie Aarestrup.

He grew up in Altona

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, where his mother's family hailed from, returned to Copenhagen in 1848 before taking his agricultural training and education in Mecklenburg

Mecklenburg

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, Lauenburg/Elbe

Lauenburg/Elbe

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, Jena

Jena

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 and Tirsbæk. He bought a farm in Kolding

Kolding

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in 1862, and in addition to farming he made his mark as a writer. He issued Landøkonomiske Breve (1878-1879), Socialøkonomiske Betragtninger med særligt Hensyn til Agerbruget (1880), Udvandringsspørgsmaalet (1882) and Landbrugets nationale Betydning (1883).