Denmark, Bang never engaged in the women's movement but considered the situation of women a part of the regular political struggle, and criticised the right-wing women's movement for obscuring differences between the classes of society. Bang stirred up quite a commotion when at the 50th anniversary of the new building for the Royal Danish Theatre in 1924, she forbade the playing of the overture to Elves' Hill and thus the royal anthem Kong Kristian. When a group of students sang the anthem anyway, addressing it directly to King Christian X of Denmark, she refused to stand up as tradition dictated and as the entire audience did. Some of the other ministers had trouble deciding whether to sit or stand, but only Bang remained fully seated. As a politician, she was uncompromising and aggressive, characteristics that earned her the nicknames "Our Lady of Denmark" and "the only real man in the government". When Stauning's government resigned in 1926, Bang continued as a member of the Landsting, but due to illness her activity was limited. She died in 1928. Posthumous honours Nina Bang Bjerg, a mountain in Greenland, was named after her. Nina Bang award, awarded annually to a young, promising female politician. Notes References External links 1866 births 1928 deaths Education ministers of Denmark Politicians from Copenhagen University of Copenhagen alumni Members of the Landsting (Denmark) Social Democrats (Denmark) politicians People from Copenhagen Government ministers of Denmark Women government ministers of Denmark Women members of the Landsting (Denmark) 20th-century Danish women politicians