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Christian Franzen Nissen (1864–1923) was a Danish photographer and diplomat largely active in Spain. Specialised in portrait photography and often employed by the Spanish royal family, he reportedly self-styled as "Photographer of Kings and King of Photographers".[1]
He was born in 1864. Once settled in Spain, he opened a photographic studio at the Madrid's .[2] Very appreciated by Queen Mother Maria Christina, he was able to take many full-body portraits of the Spanish royal family and the aristocracy. He became consul of Denmark in 1910.[3] He was, along with Kaulak, one of the best known portrait photographers in Spain by the turn of the 20th century.[4] He died in 1923.