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Actors

* Ellen Aggerholm (1882–1963), stage and screen actress * Ane Grethe Antonsen (1855–1930), actress *

Anna Bård Anna Bård is a Danish actress and model. She has appeared in numerous commercials on Danish TV, but she has also starred in a couple of Danish films. She also guest appeared in an episode of the Danish sitcom Klovn, in episode 19: "Franks fed ...

(1980–), model, actress *

Gry Bay Gry or GRY may refer to: People * Gry (given name), a female given name used primarily in Scandinavia, equivalent to the English Dawn * Gry Bagøien, female singer in the band Gry and now Æter * Gry Johansen (born 1964), Danish pop singer * Jørg ...

(1974–), actress * Rasmus Bjerg (1976–), actor * Anna Bloch (1868–1953), actress *

Lars Bom Lars Bom (Olesen) (born 8 April 1961) is a Denmark, Danish actor, educated at Danish National School of Theatre and Contemporary Dance, The Danish National School of Theatre in 1985. Lars Bom has worked in various roles in Theatre, Film and Telev ...

(1961–), actor * Charlotte Bournonville (1832–1911), actress and opera singer *

Johanne Brun Johanne Marie Emilie Brun née Prieme (1874–1954) was a Danish operatic soprano. She made her début at the Royal Danish Theatre in 1896 as the Queen of the Night in ''The Magic Flute''. In 1916, after being honoured with the title of Royal Ch ...

(1874–1954), opera singer *

Hans Egede Budtz Hans Egede Budtz (8 August 1889 – 29 June 1968) was a Danish stage and film actor. Early life and education Born in Slagelse, Zealand, he was the son of Carl Budtz and Alvida Marie Budtz (''née'' Svendsen). He studied at the Sorø Acade ...

(1889–1968), actor *

Poul Bundgaard Poul Arne Bundgaard (27 October 1922 – 3 June 1998) was a Danish actor and singer. He is probably best known for his role as the henpecked Kjeld in the '' Olsen-banden'' films. He also appeared in the 1966 spy film '' Strike First Freddy'' as ...

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Jesper Christensen Jesper Christensen (; born 16 May 1948) is a Danish actor. A veteran of European cinema, he has made the transition to English language projects, including '' The Interpreter'' and '' Revelations''. He has also appeared as the mysterious vill ...

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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Nikolaj William Coster-Waldau (; born 27 July 1970) is a Danish actor. He graduated from the Danish National School of Performing Arts in Copenhagen in 1993, and had his breakthrough role in Denmark with the film ''Nightwatch (1994 film), Night ...

, actor *

Karl Dane Karl Dane (born Rasmus Karl Therkelsen Gottlieb, 12 October 1886 – 14 April 1934) was a Danish-American comedian and actor known for his work in American films, mainly of the silent film era. He became a star after portraying “Slim” ...

(1886–1934), silent film actor, comedian *

Mille Dinesen Mille Dinesen (born 17 March 1974) is a Danish actress best known for starring in the film '' Nynne'' (2005), as well as the title role in the television series '' Rita'' (2012–2020). Mille Dinesen completed her acting education at the Dan ...

(1974–), actress *

Uffe Ellemann-Jensen Uffe Ellemann-Jensen (; 1 November 1941 – 18 June 2022) was a Danish politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs of Denmark in the Det Konservative Folkeparti, Conservative-led Poul Schlüter Administration from 1982 to 1993. He was ...

(1941-2022), Minister of Foreign Affairs and President of the European Liberals (ALDE) *

Olaf Fønss Olaf Holger Axel Fønss (17 October 1882 – 11 March 1949) was a Denmark, Danish actor, Film director, director, Film producer, producer, film Censorship, censor and one of Denmark and Germany, Germany's biggest stars of the silent film era. ...

(1882–1949), silent film actor *

Morten Grunwald Walter Morten Grunwald (9 December 1934 – 14 November 2018) was a Danish actor, stage director and theatre manager. Early life and education He was born in Odense, Denmark, attended Odense Theatrical School in 1958, and graduated from the Roy ...

(1934-2018), actor * Ruth Guldbæk (1919–2006), opera singer *

John Hahn-Petersen John Hahn-Petersen (4 November 1930 in Frederiksberg – 4 January 2006) was a Denmark, Danish theatre, TV and movie actor. He made his debut in 1955 and starred in a number of productions, including ''Matador (Danish TV series), Matador'', ''Lan ...

(1930-2006), actor *

Caroline Halle-Müller Caroline may refer to: People * Caroline (singer) (born 1981), Japanese glitch pop musician * Caroline (given name), a feminine given name * J. C. Caroline (1933–2017), American football player * Jamie Caroline (born 1999), British racing drive ...

(1755–1826), actor, singer and dancer * Holger Juul Hansen, (1924-2013), actor * Betty Hennings (1850–1939), actress, famous for her roles in Ibsen's plays *

Jean Hersholt Jean Pierre Carl Buron (12 July 1886 – 2 June 1956), known professionally as Jean Hersholt, was a Danish-American actor. He is most famous for starring on the CBS radio series '' Dr. Christian'' from 1937–1954, which later inspired a TV se ...

(1886–1956), film actor (

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Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award is awarded periodically by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) at the Governors Awards ceremonies for an individual's "outstanding contributions to humanitarian causes". Prior to 2009 and ...

) *

Iben Hjejle Iben Hjejle (born 22 March 1971) is a Danish actress, notable for starring in the Stephen Frears film ''High Fidelity'' (2000). In Denmark, she is perhaps best known for appearing in the Danish television sitcom '' Langt fra Las Vegas'' (''Far f ...

(1971–), actress * Astrid Holm (1893–1961), actress * Gudrun Houlberg (1889–1940), actress *

Inge Hvid-Møller Inge Hvid-Møller (1912–1970) was a Danish actress and theatre director, stage director. She is remembered for performing roles in Jean Anouilh's plays, in particular the title role in ''Antigone (Anouilh play), Antigone'' in 1946. From the 1950s ...

(1912–1970), actress and theatre director * Allan Hyde (1989–), actor *

Bodil Ipsen Bodil Ipsen (; 30 August 1889 – 26 November 1964) was a Danish actress and film director, and is considered one of the great stars of Danish cinematic history. Her acting career, which began in theater and silent films, was marked by leading ...

(1889–1964), actress * Katja K (1968–), ex-adult performer, actor * Tina Kiberg (1958–), opera singer * Lone Koppel (1938–), opera singer * Nikita Klæstrup (1994–), political commentator, model, reality TV star *

Nikolaj Lie Kaas Nikolaj Lie Kaas (; born 22 May 1973) is a Danish actor whose career rose in the 1990s. Kaas graduated from the National Theater School in Denmark in 1998. He first appeared on screen in Søren Kragh-Jacobsen's film ''The Boys from St. Petri'' i ...

, actor * Bodil Kjer (1917–2003), actress * Makka Kleist (born 1951), Greenlandic actress * Brigitte Kolerus (1941–2001), actress and theatre director * Tenna Kraft (1885–1954), opera singer * Johanne Krarup-Hansen (1870–1958), opera singer * Lilly Lamprecht (1887–1976), opera singer * Dorothy Larsen (1911–1990), opera singer * Lau Lauritzen Jr. (1910–1977), director, actor, producer *

Thure Lindhardt Thure Frank Lindhardt (; born 24 December 1974) is a Denmark, Danish actor, educated at the drama school at Odense Teater, Odense Theatre in 1998. Life and career Lindhardt grew up in Roskilde. At the age of 12, he got a part in Bille August's ...

(1974–), actor * Julie Lund (1979–), actress * Augusta Lütken (1855–1910), opera singer *

Mia Lyhne Mia Lyhne (born 6 July 1971) is a Danish film and television actress. She came to the attention of a wider public after her participation in the 2005 first season of the Danish version of ''Dancing with the Stars'', but she is probably best kno ...

(1971–), film and television actress * Anders Matthesen, actor, comedian *

Svend Melsing Svend Melsing (27 December 1888 – 8 June 1946) was a Danish stage and film actor, theatre director and playwright whose career spanned nearly forty years. Early life Born Svend Nielsen in Fredericia, Denmark, he was the son of Peder Niels ...

, actor, playwright *

Svend Methling Svend Methling (1 October 1891 – 4 June 1977) was a Danish actor and film director. He was a director for Dansk Skolescene 1924–1929, for Folkescenen 1925 and for Komediehuset 1929–1930. He also worked as a director at the Det Ny ...

, actor *

Mads Mikkelsen Mads Dittmann Mikkelsen (; born 22 November 1965) is a Danish actor. He rose to fame in Denmark as an actor for his roles such as Tonny in the first two films of the Pusher (film series), ''Pusher'' film trilogy (1996, 2004), Detective Sergea ...

(1965–), actor *

Lars Mikkelsen Lars Dittmann Mikkelsen (; born 6 May 1964) is a Danish actor. He is known for his roles as Copenhagen mayoral election candidate Troels Hartmann in the Danish police procedural '' The Killing'', the character Charles Augustus Magnussen in the t ...

(1964–), actor *

Viggo Mortensen Viggo Peter Mortensen Jr. (; born October 20, 1958) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received nominations for three Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards. Mortensen made his film debut with a small role in ...

(1958–), actor (half Danish) * Sigrid Neiiendam (1873–1955), actress *

Birthe Neumann Birthe Neumann (born 30 April 1947 in Vanløse, Copenhagen) is a Danish actress. In 1972 she graduated from the Danish National School of Theatre, and was shortly afterwards employed as an actress at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen. At t ...

(1947–), actress at the Royal Danish Theatre *

Asta Nielsen Asta Sofie Amalie Nielsen (11 September 1881 – 24 May 1972) was a Danish silent film actress who was one of the most popular leading ladies of the 1910s and one of the first international movie stars. Seventy of Nielsen's 74 films were ...

(1883–1972), silent film star, actress *

Brigitte Nielsen Brigitte Nielsen (; born Gitte Nielsen; 15 July 1963) is a Danish actress, model, and singer. She began her career modelling for Greg Gorman and Helmut Newton. She subsequently acted in the 1985 films ''Red Sonja'' and ''Rocky IV'', later retu ...

(1963–), actress, former wife of

Sylvester Stallone Sylvester Gardenzio "Sly" Stallone (; born July 6, 1946) is an American actor and filmmaker. In a Sylvester Stallone filmography, film career spanning more than fifty years, Stallone has received List of awards and nominations received by Syl ...

Connie Nielsen Connie Inge-Lise Nielsen (born 3 July 1965) is a Danish actress. She has starred as Lucilla in the films ''Gladiator'' (2000) and ''Gladiator II'' (2024) and as Queen Hippolyta in the DC Extended Universe. She has also starred in films such as ...

(1965–), film actress *

Oda Nielsen Oda Laurenze Helmine Nielsen née Larsen (1851–1936) was a highly acclaimed Danish actress who performed both in private theatres in Copenhagen and at the Royal Danish Theatre. Inspired by French actresses, she played the roles of attractive you ...

(1851–1936), actress in Copenhagen theatres *

Ghita Nørby Ghita Nørby (born 11 January 1935) is a Danish actress with 117 film credits to her name from 1956 to 2005, making her one of the most active Danish actresses ever. Early life Nørby was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, the daughter of opera singer ...

(1935–), film actress *

Jens Okking Jens Dyhr Okking, (18 December 1939 – 21 January 2018) was a Danish actor, singer and politician. Jens Okking was mostly known outside of Denmark from Lars von Triers TV-series '' The Kingdom''. In Denmark, Okking was a notable actor for man ...

, actor * Kirsten Olesen (1949–), actress * Dagmar Orlamundt (1863–1939), comic actress * Elna Panduro (1882–1983), actress, operetta singer *

Dirch Passer Dirch Hartvig Passer (18 May 1926 – 3 September 1980) was a Danish actor and comedian. He was renowned for his improvisational skills and, with a filmography comprising 90 films, one of Denmark's most prolific actors. His life is depicted in ...

, actor * Johanne Pedersen-Dan (1860–1934), actress and operetta singer *

Ulf Pilgaard Ulf Pilgaard (15 November 1940 – 28 October 2024) was a Danish actor. Life and career Pilgaard was born in Skive, Denmark on 15 November 1940. The son of a priest, he initially studied theology before transitioning to a career in acting. ...

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Søren Pilmark Søren Louis Pilmark (born 16 October 1955) is a Danish actor. Pilmark has worked as a film and theatrical actor, a director, and as an author. Søren Pilmark er sammen med hans kone Susanne ambassadør foSOS Børnebyerne Career Theater ...

, actor * Clara Pontoppidan (1883–1975), actress *

Valdemar Psilander Valdemar Einar Psilander (9 May 1884 – 6 March 1917) was a Danish silent film actor, who was the highest-paid performer of his period and received critical acclaim as the greatest male lead during the golden era of Cinema of Denmark, Danish ci ...

(1884–1917), silent film star *

Poul Reichhardt Poul David Reichhardt (2 February 1913 – 31 October 1985) was a Danish actor, well known for his roles in Danish 1940s/1950s comedies. Later on, he also played more serious and varied roles; he has also starred in '' Huset på Christians ...

, actor * Asbjørn Riis, actor, professional wrestler * Kirsten Rolffes, actress *

Lisbeth Cathrine Amalie Rose Lisbeth Cathrine Amalie Rose née Böttger (25 September 1738 – 23 February 1793) was a Denmark, Danish actress, one of the first professional native actresses in Denmark, and also referred to as the greatest actress in 18th century Denmark. Sh ...

(1738–1793), actress * Louise Sahlgreen (1818–1891), opera singer * Emilie Sannom (1886–1931), actress and stunt woman *

Johanne Louise Schmidt Johanne Louise Schmidt (born 16 October 1983) is a Danish actress who has performed on both stage and in film. In September 2014, she received the Stardust Award, one of the Kronprinsparrets Priser presented by the Danish crown prince and his wi ...

(1983–), actress * Jonas Schmidt, actor *

Ib Schønberg Ib Christian Albert von Cotta Schønberg (23 October 1902 – 24 September 1955) was a Danish film actor, and is considered one of the leading actors of Danish film in the 20th century. Early life The son of a chemist, Ib Schønberg was int ...

, actor *

Clara Schønfeld Clara Schønfeld (born Clara Julie Christensen; 26 August 1856 – 5 May 1938) was a Danish stage and film actress whose career spanned from the late 19th century through the 1920s. Career Born Clara Julie Christensen in Roskilde, Zealand, she w ...

(1856–1938), actress * Else Schøtt (1895–1989), opera singer * Ingeborg Skov (1893–1990), actress *

Lis Smed Elly Elisa Sørensen Smed (27 November 1914 – 24 November 1944) was a Danish film and stage actress. At 19, she made her debut in ''Den lille Butik'' at Det Ny Teater in Copenhagen. Among her most successful films were ''Thummelumsen'' (1941) ...

(1914–1944), actress * Ingeborg Spangsfeldt (1895–1968), early film actress *

Ove Sprogøe Ove Wendelboe Sprogøe Petersen (21 December 1919 – 14 September 2004) was a Danish actor. Life Born in Odense, his parents were Arthur and Inger Sprogøe Petersen. He married Eva Rasmussen in 1945, with whom he had three children. One of ...

, actor *

Paprika Steen Kirstine "Paprika" Steen (born 3 November 1964) is a Danish actress and director best known for her performances in Dogme 95 films '' Festen'', '' The Idiots'', Mifune, and '' Open Hearts''. Steen was the first Danish actress since Karin Nell ...

(1964–), film actress and director *

Karl Stegger Karl Stegger (11 January 1913, in Aarhus – 13 April 1980, in Frederiksberg) was a Danish actor, who appeared in 157 films which makes him the second-most used Danish film actor after Ove Sprogøe. He mostly appeared in comedy, but also had som ...

, actor * Ingeborg Steffensen (1888–1964), opera singer *

Inger Stender Inger Stender (1912–1989) was a Denmark, Danish actress of stage, film and television whose sophisticated elegance and classic beauty earned her the description of Denmark's version of Marlene Dietrich. Early life Inger Margueritha Stender w ...

(1912–1989), stage, film and television actress *

Yutte Stensgaard Yutte Stensgaard (born 14 May 1946) is a Danish actress born in Thisted, Jutland, Denmark, best known for her starring role in Hammer's '' Lust for a Vampire'' (1971). Career Born Jytte Stensgaard, she moved to the United Kingdom to improve her ...

(1946–), film and television actress *

Ebba Thomsen Ebba Thomsen (3 May 1887 – 18 December 1973) was a Danish actress during the golden era of silent films in Denmark. Thomsen was best known for her roles as the elegant leading lady opposite the Danish matinee idol Valdemar Psilander. Life a ...

(1887–1973), silent movie actor * Emma Thomsen (1863–1910), actress *

Ulrich Thomsen Ulrich Thomsen (born 6 December 1963) is a Danish actor and filmmaker, known for his role of Christian in the 1998 film '' The Celebration'' and for the role of Kai Proctor in the Cinemax original series ''Banshee'' (2013–2016). Early and per ...

, actor * Sven-Ole Thorsen, actor *

Emilie Ullerup Emilie Ullerup (born 27 October 1984) is a Danish actress. She is best known for playing Ashley Magnus on the television series ''Sanctuary'' and Bree O'Brien on the Hallmark Channel drama series ''Chesapeake Shores''. Early life and education ...

, actress * Nicolai Vemming (born 1961), theatre producer and director * Soffy Walleen (1861–1940), actress * Lilian Weber Hansen (1911–1987), opera singer *

Charlotte Wiehe-Berény Marie Charlotte Wiehe-Berény (28 August 1865 – 4 September 1947) was a Danish actress, ballet dancer and singer. In 1940, she received the Ingenio et arti medal. Personal life and family She was born on 28 August 1865 to Emma Cathinka Hansen ...

(1865–1947), ballet dancer and actress * Viggo Wiehe, actor * Carlo Wieth, actor * Ebba Wilton (1896–1951), opera singer * Lulu Ziegler (1903–1973), actress, singer and theatre director * Marie Zinck (1789–1823), actress and opera singer

Archaeologists

Frans Blom Frans Blom (9 August 1893 – 23 June 1963) was a Danish explorer and archaeologist. He was most associated with his research of the Maya civilization of Mexico and Central America. Biography Frans Ferdinand Blom was born in Copenhagen, ...

(1893–1963) * Peter Oluf Brøndsted (1780–1842), classic archaeologist * Peter Glob (1911–1985) *

Erik Holtved Dr. Erik Holtved ( Greenlandic nickname: ''Erissuaq''; translation: "Big Eric") (21 June 1899 in Fredericia, Denmark – 1981 in Copenhagen, Denmark) was a Danish artist, archaeologist, linguist, and ethnologist. He was the first university- ...

(1899–1981), Greenland * Sanne Houby-Nielsen (1960–), Danish-Swedish archaeologist and museum director *

Lis Jacobsen Elisabeth (Lis) Jacobsen, née Rubin, (29 January 1882 - 18 June 1961) was a Danish philologist, archaeologist and writer. She is remembered first and foremost for her research and publications on the history of the Danish language. Among other b ...

(1882–1961), philologist, runologist *

Eigil Knuth Count Eigil Knuth (8 August 1903 – 12 March 1996) was a Danish people, Danish explorer, archaeologist, sculptor and writer. He is referred to as the Nestor (mythology)#Advice, Nestor ("elder statesman") of Danish polar explorers. His archa ...

(1903–1996), Greenland *

Therkel Mathiassen Therkel Mathiassen (5 September 1892, in Favrbo, Denmark – 14 March 1967) was a Danish archaeologist, anthropologist, cartographer, and ethnographer notable for his scientific study of the Arctic. Career Mathiassen and Peter Freuchen took par ...

(1892–1967), Arctic *

Christian Jürgensen Thomsen Christian Jürgensen Thomsen (29 December 1788 – 21 May 1865) was a Danish antiquarian who developed early archaeological techniques and methods. In 1816 he was appointed head of 'antiquarian' collections which later developed into the Na ...

(1788–1865), archaeologist *

Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae (14 March 1821 – 15 August 1885) was a Danish archaeologist, historian and politician, who was the second director of the National Museum of Denmark (1865–1874). He played a key role in the foundation of scientifi ...

(1821–1885), archaeologist, historian and politician

Architects and designers

* Rigmor Andersen (1903–1995), furniture designer * Axel Berg (1856–1929), architect * Antoine de Bosc de la Calmette (1752–1803), landscape architect * Ellen Braae (1965–), landscape architect * Karen Clemmensen (1917–2001), architect * Sophy A. Christensen (1867–1893), furniture designer *

Vilhelm Dahlerup Jens Vilhelm Dahlerup (4 August 1836 – 24 January 1907) was a Danish architect who specialized in the Historicist style. One of the most productive and noted Danish architects of the 19th century, he is behind many of the most known buildings ...

(1826–1907), architect * Knud V. Engelhardt (1882–1931), designer * Inger Exner (1926–), architect * Johannes Exner (1926–2015), architect * Jørgen Gammelgaard (1938–1991), furniture designer *

Jan Gehl Jan Gehl Hon. FAIA (born 17 September 1936, Copenhagen) is a Danish architect and urban design consultant based in Copenhagen whose career has focused on improving the quality of urban life by re-orienting city design towards the pedestrian an ...

(1947–), architect, urban planner *

Kaj Gottlob Niels August Theodor Kaj Gottlob, usually known as Kaj Gottlob, (9 November 1887 – 12 May 1976) was a Danish architect who contributed much to Neoclassicism and Functionalism both as professor of the School of Architects at the Royal Danish Aca ...

(1887–1976), architect and furniture designer *

Ragna Grubb Ragna Grubb (20 March 1903, Copenhagen – 9 June 1961, Frederiksberg Frederiksberg () is a part of the Capital Region of Denmark. It is an independent municipality, Frederiksberg Municipality, separate from Copenhagen Municipality, but bot ...

(1903–1961), architect *

Andreas Hallander Andreas Hallander (13 November 1755 – 3 April 1828) was a Danish master carpenter and architect who made a significant contribution to the city of Copenhagen. Together with the buildings of Johan Martin Quist, his classically styled apartment h ...

(1755–1828), Golden Age architect *

Christina Liljenberg Halstrøm Christina may refer to: People * Christina (given name), shared by several people * Christina (surname), shared by several people Places * Christina, Montana, unincorporated community, United States * Christina, British Columbia, Canada * Chris ...

(1977–), furniture designer *

Christian Frederik Hansen Christian Frederik Hansen (29 February 1756 – 10 July 1845), known as C. F. Hansen, was the leading Danish architect between the late 18th century and the mid 19th century, and on account of his position at the Royal Danish Academy of Art ('' ...

(1756–1845), architect * Christian Hansen (1803–1883), architect active mainly in

Athens Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southe ...

and

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...

* Erik Hansen (1927–2016), architect * Theophilus Hansen (1813–1891), architect active in Athens and

Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...

Caspar Frederik Harsdorff Caspar Frederik (Friedrich) Harsdorff (26 May 1735 – 24 May 1799), also known as C.F. Harsdorff, was a Danish neoclassical architect considered to have been the leading Danish architect in the late 18th century. Early life and training ...

(1735–1799), Golden Age architect * Malene Hauxner (1942–), architect * Piet Hein (1905–1996) *

Poul Henningsen Poul Henningsen (9 September 1894 – 31 January 1967) was a Danish author, critic, architect, and designer. In Denmark, where he often is referred to simply as PH, he was one of the leading figures of the cultural life of Denmark between the Wor ...

(1894–1967), author, architect, designer * Peter Hvidt (1916–1986), architect and furniture designer * Anna Maria Indrio (1943–), architect *

Bjarke Ingels Bjarke Bundgaard Ingels (; born 2 October 1974) is a Danish architect, founder and creative partner of Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG). In Denmark, Ingels became well known after designing two housing complexes in Ørestad: VM Houses and Mountain Dwe ...

(1974–), architect * Andreas Jeppe Iversen (1888–1979), furniture designer *

Arne Jacobsen Arne Emil Jacobsen, Honorary Fellowship of the American Institute of Architects, Hon. FAIA (; 11 February 1902 – 24 March 1971) was a Danish architect and furniture designer. He is remembered for his contribution to functionalism (architec ...

(1902–1971), architect *

Grete Jalk Grete Juel Jalk (18 June 1920 – 14 January 2006) was a Danish furniture designer. From the 1960s, she did much to enhance Denmark's reputation for Danish modern, modern furniture design with her clear, comfortable lines. She also edited the Da ...

(1920–2006), furniture designer *

Georg Jensen Georg Arthur Jensen (31 August 1866 in Rådvad – 2 October 1935 in Copenhagen) was a Danish silversmith and founder of Georg Jensen A/S (also known as Georg Jensen Sølvsmedie). Early life Born in 1866, Jensen was the son of a knife gri ...

(1866–1935), silversmith, designer *

Jacob Jensen Jacob Jensen (29 April 1926 – 15 May 2015) was a Danish industrial designer best known for his work with Bang & Olufsen. Jensen designed numerous popular high-end consumer products, developing a functional minimalism style that formed a prom ...

(1926–2015), designer * Jens Jensen (1860–1951), landscape architect *

Timothy Jacob Jensen Timothy Jacob Jensen (born 27 April 1962) is a Danish industrial designer. He was best known as CEO and Chief Designer of Jacob Jensen Design (Scandinavia’s oldest design studio) from 1990 to 2018. Jensen was also the founder of the Scandina ...

(1962–), designer *

Finn Juhl Finn Juhl (30 January 1912 – 17 May 1989) was a Denmark, Danish architect, interior design, interior and industrial designer, most known for his furniture design. He was one of the leading figures in the creation of Danish design in the 1940s an ...

(1912–1989) * Jørgen Kastholm (1938–2007), furniture designer * Bodil Kjær (1932–), architect and furniture designer * Jacob Kjær (1896–1957), furniture designer * Hanne Kjærholm (1930–2009), architect * Jens Christian Kofoed (1864–1941), architect * Eva Koppel (1916–2006), architect * Mette Lange (graduated 1990), architect, mobile schools for India * Henning Larsen, architect *

Mogens Lassen Mogens Lassen (20 February 1901 – 14 December 1987) was a Modernist Danish architect and designer, working within the idiom of the International Style. He mainly designed residential buildings, both in the form of single-family houses and apartm ...

(1901–1987), architect *

Vilhelm Lauritzen Vilhelm Lauritzen (9 September 1894 – 22 December 1984) was a leading Danish modern architect, founder of the still active architectural firm Vilhelm Lauritzen Arkitekter. Biography Vilhelm Lauritzen was born in Slagelse, Denmark. He studi ...

(1894–1984), architect and furniture designer * Marie Gudme Leth (1895–1997), textile designer * Aksel Bender Madsen (1916–2000), furniture designer * Anne Sofie Madsen (1979–), fashion designer * Dorte Mandrup-Poulsen (1961–), architect *

Ferdinand Meldahl Ferdinand Meldahl (16 March 1827 – 3 February 1908) was a Danish architect best known for the reconstruction of Frederiksborg Castle after the fire in 1859. Meldahl was one of the leading proponents of historicism in Denmark. Biography He was t ...

(1827–1908), architect *

Børge Mogensen Børge Mogensen (13 April 1914 – 5 October 1972), was a Danish furniture designer. He was one of the most important among a generation of furniture designers who made the concept of “Danish Modern” known throughout the world. Together wit ...

(1914–1972), designer *

Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen (12 September 1907 – 21 October 1993) was a Danish architect and furniture designer. He was born in Aalborg, Denmark. After training at the Aalborg Technical School (1924) and at the Art and Crafts School of the Design M ...

(1907–1993), architect and furniture designer *

Elna Møller Elna Møller Moltke (12 December 1913 – 22 May 1994) was a Danish architect and author. Biography Moltke was born at Tange Skovgård in Højbjerg parish, Denmark. She was the daughter of Niels Rasmussen Møller (1880-1950) and Johanne Due ...

(1913–1994), principal editor of ''Danmarks Kirker'' * Ibi Trier Mørch (1910–1980), designer, especially as a silversmith and glazier * Hans Olsen (1919–1992), furniture designer * Johan Martin Quist (1755–1818), Golden Age architect * Søren Rasmussen (1954–), architect, designer *

Steen Eiler Rasmussen Steen Eiler Rasmussen, Hon. FAIA (9 January 1898 – 19 June 1990) was a Danish architect and urban planner who was a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, and a prolific writer of books and poetry. He was made a Royal Designer ...

(1898–1990), architect * Lise Roel (1928–), architect * Rudolph Rothe (1802–1877), landscape architect *

Kasper Salto Kasper Salto (born 14 February 1967) is a Danish industrial designer, most known for his furniture designs. He is the grandson of painter, ceramist and writer Axel Salto. Biography Kasper Salto was born on 14 February 1967 in Copenhagen ...

(1957–), designer * Jens Martin Skibsted (1970–), designer * Lene Tranberg (1956–), architect, co-founder of

Lundgaard & Tranberg Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitekter is a Danish architectural firm, based in Copenhagen, Denmark. History Lundgaard & Tranberg was founded in 1985 by Boje Lundgaard and Lene Tranberg. In the 1990s, the firm gained a reputation as designers of heat ...

Susanne Ussing Susanne Ussing (November 29, 1940 – March 8, 1998) was a Danish artist, architect and ceramicist. The feminine world fascinated her. A large portion of her works were created with organic materials. With her husband, Carsten Hoff, they create ...

(1940–1998), architect *

Jan Utzon Jan Utzon (born 1944) is a Danish architect. The son of Jørn Utzon, with whom he worked closely on several prestigious projects, he has completed a number of fine works of his own including the Performing Arts Centre in Esbjerg.

(1944–), architect *

Jørn Utzon Jørn Oberg Utzon (; 9 April 191829 November 2008) was a Danish architect. In 1957, he won an international design competition for his design of the Sydney Opera House in Australia. Utzon's revised design, which he completed in 1961, was the b ...

(1918–2008), architect,

Sydney Opera House The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue Performing arts center, performing arts centre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Located on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour, it is widely regarded as one of the world's most famous and distinctive b ...

* Kim Utzon (1957–), architect *

Henrik Valeur Henrik Bjørn Valeur (; born 13 October 1966) is a Danish architect-urbanist, founder and creative director of UiD (Denmark) and UiD Shanghai Co., Ltd (China), curator of ''CO-EVOLUTION: Danish/Chinese Collaboration on Sustainable Urban Developmen ...

(1966–), architect * Gertrud Vasegaard (1913–2007), ceramist *

Arne Vodder Arne Vodder (16 February 1926 – 27 December 2009) was a Danish furniture designer, a close friend and partner of Finn Juhl who had been his teacher. Biography Arne Vodder was trained by Finn Juhl, who became his friend and business partner. Bef ...

(1926–2009), furniture designer and architect * Vilhelm Theodor Walther (1819–1892), architect * Hans J. Wegner (1914–2007), designer * Lone Wiggers (1963–), architect * Vilhelm Wohlert (1920–2007), architect,

Louisiana Museum of Modern Art The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, also known as the Louisiana, is an art museum located north of Copenhagen, Denmark. Attracting over 700,000 guests annually, the Louisiana is Scandinavia's most visited museum for Modern art, modern and contempor ...

* Kurt Østervig (1912–1986), furniture designer

Artists

Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard (11 September 1743 – 4 June 1809) was a Danish neoclassicism, neoclassical and royal history painting, history painter, sculptor, architect, and professor of painting, mythology, and anatomy at the New Royal Dan ...

(1744–1809), painter * Else Alfelt (1910–1974), painter * Merete Barker (1944–), painter * Wilhelm Bendz (1804–1832), painter *

Albert Bertelsen Albert Bertelsen (17 November 1921 – 10 December 2019) was a Danish autodidact painter and graphic artist. Biography Bertelsen was born in Vejle. Bertelsen is primarily known for his landscape paintings and graphic works in green colours. His wo ...

(1921–2019), painter *

Ejler Bille Ejler Bille (6 March 1910 – 1 May 2004) was a Danish artist. Biography Ejler Bille was born in Odder, Denmark. He was the son of Torben Holger Bille and Anna Kirstine Lysabild Jensen. Bille graduated from Birkerød State School in 1930, and then ...

(1910–2004), painter * Johanne Bindesbøll (1851–1934), textile artist *

Herman Wilhelm Bissen Herman Wilhelm Bissen (13 October 1798 – 10 March 1868) was a Danish sculptor. Bissen created a number of public works, working in plaster, marble and bronze. The National Gallery of Denmark owns a collection of over two hundred of his ...

(1798–1868), sculptor *

Lars Bo Lars Bo (29 May 1924 in Kolding – 21 October 1999 in Paris) was a Danish artist and writer. He is known for his graphic works with surrealistically inspired fantastic motifs. He was nicknamed "Wizard". Early life and education Lars Bo worked ...

(1924–1999), etcher *

Jørgen Boberg Jørgen Boberg (24 October 1940 – 24 August 2009) was a self-taught Surrealist Danish painter and illustrator. Biography Born in Roskilde, Boberg was a self-taught artist. After first exhibiting at the Artists Autumn Exhibition (''Kunstneres Eft ...

(1940–2009), painter * Kay Bojesen (1886–1958), silversmith, designer *

Peter Brandes Peter Brandes (5 March 1944 – 4 January 2025) was a Danish painter, sculptor, ceramic artist, and photographer. Biography Brandes' art is abstract and often in brown colours. He had his breakthrough as artist in the beginning of the 1980s. H ...

(1944–), painter, sculptor and ceramic artist * Thorald Brendstrup (1812–1883), painter * Anders Bundgaard (1864–1937), sculptor * Emil Bærentzen (1799–1868), painter and lithographer *

Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen (born Anne Marie Brodersen; 21 June 1863 – 21 February 1945) was a Danish Sculpture, sculptor. Her preferred themes were domestic animals and people, with an intense, naturalistic portrayal of movements and sentime ...

(1863–1945), sculptor * Johannes Carstensen (1924–2010), painter, stained glass artist * Poul Simon Christiansen (1855–1933), painter * Ingvar Cronhammar (1947–), Swedish-born sculptor * Carl Dahl (1812–1865), painter * Kirsten Dehlholm (1945–), scenic artist * Heinrich Dohm (1875–1940), painter *

Anton Dorph Anton Laurids Johannes Dorph (15 February 1831, in Horsens – 12 January 1914, in Copenhagen) was a Danish painter who is remembered for his altarpieces and his paintings of fishermen. Biography Dorph entered the Royal Danish Academy of Fine A ...

(1831–1914), painter *

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (2 January 1783 – 22 July 1853) was a Danish painter. He was born in Blåkrog in the Duchy of Schleswig (now in Aabenraa Municipality, in the southern part of Jutland in Denmark). He went on to lay the foun ...

, painter * Heinrich Eddelien (1802–1852), painter * Gottfred Eickhoff (1902–1982) *

Olafur Eliasson Olafur Eliasson (; born 5 February 1967) is an Icelandic–Danish artist known for sculptured and large-scaled installation art employing elemental materials such as light, water, and air temperature to enhance the viewer's experience. In 1995, ...

, sculptor, installation, photography; is Icelandic– Danish, considered one of the most famous Icelandic artists, in Iceland written Ólafur Elíasson * Michael Elmgreen (1961–), installations * Lisa Engqvist (1914–1989), ceramist *

Gutte Eriksen Gudrum "Gutte" Agnete Tryde Eriksen (20 November 1918 – 8 July 2008) was a Danish ceramist whose works were influenced by the years she spent in Japan studying Asian techniques. It is above all the specially produced glaze which is the distingui ...

(1918–2008), ceramist *

Adam Fischer Adam Fischer may refer to: * Adam Fischer (sculptor) (1888–1968), Danish sculptor * Ádám Fischer (born 1949), Hungarian conductor See also * Ádám Somlai-Fischer Ádám (Szabolcs) Somlai-Fischer, born 1976 in Budapest, is an architect a ...

(1888–1968), sculptor * Wilhelm Freddie (1909–1995), painter * Ingeborg Frederiksen (1886–1976), painter and botanical illustrator * Hermann Ernst Freund (1786–1840), sculptor * Paul Gadegaard (1920–1996), painter and sculptor * Ib Geertsen (1919–2009), painter and sculptor * Albert Gottschalk (1866–1906), painter * Hans Jørgen Hammer (1815–1882), painter *

Svend Hammershøi Svend Hammershøi (10 August 1873 – 27 February 1948) was a Danish painter and ceramist.Sigurd Schultz: He is remembered principally for the classical pottery designs he contributed to the Royal Copenhagen (''Kongelige Porcelainsfabrik'') and to ...

(1873–1948), painter and ceramist *

Vilhelm Hammershøi Vilhelm Hammershøi (), often anglicised as Vilhelm Hammershoi (15 May 186413 February 1916), was a Danish painter. He is known for his poetic, subdued portraits and interiors. In 1905, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote of the artist, "Hammershøi is no ...

(1864–1916), painter * Karen Hannover (1872–1943), ceramist *

Aksel Hansen Aksel Christian Henrik Hansen (2 September 1853 – 3 May 1933) was a Danish sculptor, one of the most productive of his times. Biography The son of a stonemason, Hansen was born in Odense, Denmark. After an apprenticeship with his father, he stu ...

, sculptor *

Constantin Hansen Carl Christian Constantin Hansen (Constantin Hansen) (3 November 1804 – 29 March 1880) was one of the painters associated with the Golden Age of Danish Painting. He was deeply interested in literature and mythology, and inspired by art his ...

(1804–1880), painter * Heinrich Hansen (1821–1890), painter * Johannes Hansen (1903–1995), sculptor * Peter Hansen (1868–1928), painter * Karl Hansen Reistrup (1863–1929), sculptor, ceramist, illustrator * Arne Haugen Sørensen (1932–), painter, illustrator and church decorator * Jørgen Haugen Sørensen (1934–), sculptor * Sven Havsteen-Mikkelsen (1912–1999), painter, illustrator and church decorator * Henry Heerup (1907–1993), painter * Einar Hein (1875–1931), painter *

Jeppe Hein Jeppe Hein (born 1 August 1974, Copenhagen, Denmark) is an artist based in Berlin and Copenhagen.

(1974–), installations * Gerhard Henning (1880–1967), sculptor * Frants Henningsen (1850–1908), artist * Jacob Holdt (1947–), photographer, writer * Hans Holst (born before 1619, died after 1640), woodcarver * Johannes Holt-Iversen (1989–), painter * Paul Høm (1905–1994), artist and church decorator * Horder (12th century), stonemason and sculptor * Knud Hvidberg (1927–1986), painter and sculptor *

Peter Ilsted Peter Ilsted (14 February 1861 – 16 April 1933) was a Danish printmaker and painter. He was most associated with domestic interior scenes. Biography Peter Vilhelm Ilsted was born at Sakskøbing in Guldborgsund, Denmark. He was the son of m ...

(1861–1933), painter/etcher *

Valdemar Irminger Valdemar Heinrich Nicolas Irminger (29 December 1850 – 10 February 1938) was a Danish painter. Biography Born in Copenhagen, Irminger attended the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1867 and 1873. He went to Italy on a scholarship from 188 ...

(1850–1938), painter * Robert Jacobsen (1912–1993), sculptor and painter * Ville Jais-Nielsen (1886–1949), painter * Axel P. Jensen (1885–1972), painter * Johan Laurentz Jensen (1800–1856), painter * Jens Adolf Jerichau (1818–1883), sculptor * Svend Johansen (1890–1970), painter, scenographer *

Viggo Johansen Viggo Johansen (3 January 1851 – 18 December 1935) was a Danish painter and active member of the group of Skagen Painters who met every summer in the north of Jutland Jutland (; , ''Jyske Halvø'' or ''Cimbriske Halvø''; , ''Kimbrische H ...

(1851–1935), painter *

Lorentz Jørgensen Lorentz Jørgensen (before 1644 – after 1681) was a Danish woodcarver. He was possibly trained by Hans Gudewerdt in Eckernförde. The two may well have worked together in 1643 on the altar screen for the north chapel in Halsted Priory, Hals ...

(1644–1681), woodcarver *

Asger Jorn Asger Oluf Jorn (3 March 1914 – 1 May 1973) was a Danish painter, sculptor, ceramic artist, and author. He was a founding member of the avant-garde movement COBRA and the Situationist International. The largest collection of Jorn's works� ...

(1914–1973), painter * Jens Juel (1745–1802), painter mainly known for portraits * Bodil Kaalund (1930–2016), painter, textile artist, church decorator * Herman A. Kähler (1846–1917), ceramist *

Per Kirkeby Per Kirkeby (1 September 1938 – 9 May 2018) was a Danish Painting, painter, poet, film maker and sculptor. His works have been exhibited worldwide and are represented in many important public collections, including the Tate, Metropolitan Museum ...

(1938–), painter * Anna Klindt Sørensen (1899–1985), painter * Jesper Knudsen (1964–), painter * Eva Koch (1953–), sculptor * Kristiane Konstantin-Hansen (1848–1925), textile artist * John Kørner (1967–), painter * Theodora Krarup (1862–1941), portrait painter * Nathalie Krebs (1895–1978), potter * Pietro Krohn (1840–1905), painter, illustrator *

Peder Severin Krøyer Peder Severin Krøyer (; 23 July 1851 – 21 November 1909), also known as P. S. Krøyer, was a Danish painter. Life Growing up and early training Krøyer was born in Stavanger, Norway, on 23 July 1851 to a single mother, Ellen Cecilie Gjes ...

(1851–1909), painter *

Christen Købke Christen Schiellerup Købke (26 May 1810 – 7 February 1848) was a Danish painter, and one of the best-known artists from the Golden Age of Danish Painting. Childhood and early training He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was one of 11 ...

(1810–1848), painter * Michael Kvium (1955–), painter * La Norma Fox (born 1926), trapeze artist * Poul Lange graphic designer, artist, photographer * Alhed Larsen (1872–1927), painter * Emanuel Larsen (1823–1859), painter *

Johannes Larsen Johannes Larsen (27 December 1867 – 20 December 1961) was a Danish nature painter. Biography Larsen was born in Kerteminde on Funen, Denmark. He was the son of Jeppe Andreas L. and Vilhelmine Christine Bless. His father was a merchant. Lar ...

(1867–1961), painter *

Harald Leth Harald Leth (5 January 1899 in Copenhagen – 14 March 1986 in Ålsgårde) was a Danish painter whose Naturalistic work was inspired by Johannes Larsen of the Funen Painters and Oluf Høst of the Bornholm School.Hans-Edvard Nørregård-Nielsen, ...

(1899–1986), painter * Kirsten Lockenwitz (1932–), painter and sculptor *

Christian August Lorentzen Christian August Lorentzen (10 August 1749 – 8 May 1828) was a Danish painter. Early life and education Christian August Lorentzen was born in Sønderborg, Denmark. He was the son of Hans Peter Lorentzen and Maria Christina Hansdatter. His ...

(1749–1828), painter * Frederik Christian Lund (1826–1901), painter * Vilhelm Lundstrøm (1893–1950), painter * Julie Lütken (1788–1816), painter * Christine Løvmand (1803–1872), painter * Jais Nielsen (1885–1961), painter and ceramist *

Karl Madsen Carl Johan Wilhelm Madsen, commonly known as Karl Madsen, (22 March 1855 – 16 April 1938) was a Danish painter and art historian with close connections to the Skagen Painters. Early life and education Born in Copenhagen on 22 March 1855, Mad ...

(1855–1938), painter and art historian *

Wilhelm Marstrand Nicolai Wilhelm Marstrand (24 December 1810 – 25 March 1873), painter and illustrator, was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, to Nicolai Jacob Marstrand, instrument maker and inventor, and Petra Othilia Smith. Marstrand is one of the most renowned a ...

(1810–1873), painter * Brix Michgell (early 17th century), sculptor, woodworker * Mogens Møller (1934–), painter and sculptor * Moritz Georg Moshack (1730–before 1772), clavichord builder * Richard Mortensen (1910–1993), painter * Adam August Müller (1811–1844), painter * Christian Mølsted (1862–1930), painter * Rasmus Nellemann (1923–2004), painter and illustrator * Knud Nellemose (1908–1997), sculptor * Anders Nielsen Hatt (early 17th century), sculptor, woodworker * Elsa Nielsen (1923–2011), graphic artist * Kai Nielsen (1882–1924), sculptor * Palle Nielsen (1923–2000), graphic artist * Thorvald Niss (1842–1905), painter * Astrid Noack (1888–1954), sculptor * Emil Normann (1798–1881) * Dagmar Olrik (1860–1932), painter and tapestry artist *

John Olsen John Wayne Olsen AO (born 7 June 1945) is an Australian politician, diplomat and football commissioner. He was Premier of South Australia between 28 November 1996 and 22 October 2001. He is now President of the Federal Liberal Party, Chairma ...

(1938–), painter, sculptor *

Willy Ørskov Willy Ørskov (21 December 1920 in Aarhus – 12 June 1990 in Helsingør) was a Danish sculptor who is remembered for works created from plastics and inflatable materials. Biography Ørskov's studies at the Valand School of Fine Arts in Gothenbu ...

(1920–1990), sculptor *

Erik Ortvad Erik Ortvad (18 June 1917 in Copenhagen – 29 February 2008 in Kvänjarp) was a painter and a creator of many drawings. He debuted as a painter in 1935. He is mostly known for colorful surrealistic paintings He also created several hundred sa ...

(1917–2008), painter *

Carl-Henning Pedersen Carl-Henning Pedersen (23 September 1913 – 20 February 2007) was a Danish painter and a key member of the COBRA movement. He was known as the "Scandinavian Chagall", and was one of the leading Danish artists of the second half of the 20 ...

, painter * Axel Poulsen (1887–1972), sculptor * Tal R (1967–), painter * Anu Ramdas (1980–), interdisciplinary artist * Svend Rathsack (1885–1941), sculptor * Jytte Rex (1942–), painter, writer, filmmaker * Jørgen Ringnis (?–1652), woodcarver *

Elof Risebye Elof Christian Risebye (3 April 1892 – 11 July 1961) was a Danish painter. He became known as the "painter of grief" (''sorgens maler'') for his paintings of coffins and corpses in the 1930s. Biography Born in the Frederiksberg district of Co ...

(1892–1961), painter, church decorator *

Martinus Rørbye Martinus Christian Wesseltoft Rørbye (; 17 May 1803 – 29 August 1848) was a Danish painter, known both for genre works and landscapes. He was a central figure of the Golden Age of Danish painting during the first half of the 19th century. T ...

(1803–1848), painter * Arild Rosenkrantz (1870–1964), painter, stained glass artist, sculptor and illustrator * William Scharff (1886–1959), painter * Abel Schrøder the Younger (1602–1676), woodcarver * Hans Smidth (1839–1917), painter * Povl Søndergaard (1905–1986), sculptor * Karen Strand (1924–2000), goldsmith *

Jakob Martin Strid Jakob Martin Strid is a List of Danes#Artists, Danish cartoonist, who is known throughout Denmark for his successful series ''Strid'' in the Danish newspaper ''Politiken''. Before his mainstream success he drew for the socialist paper ''Socialiste ...

(1972–), cartoonist * Kamma Svensson (1908–1998), illustrator * Christine Swane (1876–1960), painter * Sigurd Swane (1879–1973), painter * Anna Syberg (1870–1914), painter * Fritz Syberg (1862–1939), painter and illustrator *

Carl Frederik Sørensen Carl Frederik Sørensen (8 February 1818, Besser, Samsø – 24 January 1879, Copenhagen) was a Denmark, Danish artist who specialized in marine painting. His paintings not only attracted customers in Denmark but also in the courts of Saint Peters ...

(1818–1879) * Carl Thomsen (1847–1912), painter and illustrator *

Bertel Thorvaldsen Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen (; sometimes given as Thorwaldsen; 19 November 1770 – 24 March 1844) was a Danes, Danish-Icelanders, Icelandic Sculpture, sculptor and medallist, medalist of international fame, who spent most of his life (1797–183 ...

(1770–1844), sculptor * Jette Thyssen (born 1933), textile artist *

Elisabeth Toubro Elisabeth Toubro (born 8 December 1956) is a Danish artist who has been a major contributor to the renewal of sculpture in Denmark. Biography Born in Nuuk, Greenland, Toubro was the daughter of educators Niels Toubro and Kaja Gylding. She moved to ...

(1956–), sculptor * Kurt Trampedach, painter * Paula Trock (1889–1979), weaver, textile artist * Lise Warburg (born 1932), textile artist and writer * Gunnar Westman (1915–1985), sculptor *

Svend Wiig Hansen Svend Wiig Hansen (20 December 1922 – 15 March 1997) was a Danish sculptor and painter. Biography Wiig Hansen was born in Møgeltønder. He was initially undecided about his career, working as a circus clown and a singer until a job requiring h ...

(1922–1997), sculptor and painter *

Johannes Wiedewelt Johannes Wiedewelt (1 July 1731 – 17 December 1802), Danish neoclassical sculptor. He became a court sculptor, introducing neoclassical ideals to Denmark in the form of palace decorations, garden sculptures and artifacts and, especially, m ...

(1731–1802), sculptor * Thomas Winkler (1953–), clothing designer, writer and visual multi-artist; house artist for the

Tivoli Gardens Tivoli Gardens, also known simply as Tivoli (), is an amusement park and pleasure garden in Copenhagen, Denmark. The park opened on 15 August 1843 and is the third-oldest operating amusement park in the world, after Dyrehavsbakken in nearby Kla ...

* Christian Zacho (1843–1913), painter

Business people

* Birgit Aagard-Svendsen (1956–), CFO of J. Lauritzen * Laura Aller (1849–1917), editor and pioneering magazine publisher at Aller * Hans Niels Andersen (1852–1937), founder of the

East Asiatic Company The EAC Invest A/S, formerly known as the Santa Fe Group and East Asiatic Company ( or ''ØK'') is a multinational holding and investment company, based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Originally founded by Hans Niels Andersen in 1887. It owned 5 subsid ...

* Dagmar Andreasen (1920–2006), ran the Rynkeby juice factory deom 1953 to 1986 * Irene Benneweis (1891–1970), circus director *

Lilly Brændgaard Lilly Brændgaard Hansen née Jacobsen (1918–2009) was a Danish fashion designer and businesswoman. In 1947, she opened a studio in Vejle where she designed various clothes for women but soon specialized in the more profitable business of wedding ...

(1918–2009), fashion designer specializing in wedding dresses * Bianca Bruhn (born 1975), technology-focused business executive, from 2022 director of Google Denmark *

Constantin Brun Johan Christian Constantin Brun (27 November 1746 – 19 February 1836) was a German- Danish merchant. Born in Germany, came to Denmark as Royal administrator of the trade on the Danish West Indies and in the same time built a successful private t ...

(1746–1836), merchant, royal administrator of trade on the

Danish West Indies The Danish West Indies () or Danish Virgin Islands () or Danish Antilles were a Danish colony in the Caribbean, consisting of the islands of Saint Thomas with , Saint John () with , Saint Croix with , and Water Island. The islands of St ...

* Elsebeth Budolfsen (1947–), pharmacist and business executive *

Ole Kirk Christiansen Ole Kirk Christiansen (born Ole Kirk Kristiansen; 7 April 1891 – 11 March 1958) was a Danish carpenter. In 1932, he founded the construction toy company Lego, later known as The Lego Group. Christiansen transformed his small woodworking shop, ...

(1891–1958), inventor of

Lego Lego (, ; ; stylised as LEGO) is a line of plastic construction toys manufactured by the Lego Group, a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark. Lego consists of variously coloured interlocking plastic bricks made of acrylonitri ...

Johan Frederik Classen Johan Frederik Classen, frequently also J. F. Classen, (11 February 1725 – 24 March 1792) was a Danish people, Danish-Norwegian people, Norwegian business magnate, industrialist, major general, landowner and founder of Det Classenske Fideic ...

(1725–1792), statesman and industrialist, founder of

Frederiksværk Frederiksværk is a town with a population of 12,837 (1 January 2025) in Halsnæs Municipality on Zealand in Region Hovedstaden in Denmark. History A French cannon founder, Peyrembert, received permission to build a cannon factory here. Having ...

Peter Hersleb Classen Peter Hersleb Classen, frequently also P. H. Classen, (10 March 1738 – 19 May 1825) was a Norwegian- Danish statesman and director of Det Classenske Fideicommis. Career Classen was born in Christiania, Norway. After completing schooling in Ch ...

(1738–1825), statesman and financial administrator *

Mads Clausen Mads Clausen (21 October 1905 – 27 August 1966) born in Elsmark, parish of Havnbjerg, municipality of Nordborg in Denmark, was a Danish industrialist and founder of Danfoss in 1933. He died in transit from Elsmark to Sønderborg. He married ...

, founder of Danfoss Industries * Henriette Danneskiold-Samsøe (1776–1843), founder of the Holmegaard Glass Factory *

Janus Friis Janus Friis (; born 26 June 1976) is a Danish entrepreneur best known for co-founding the file-sharing application Kazaa, and the peer-to-peer telephony application Skype. In September 2005, he and his business partner Niklas Zennström sold Sk ...

Skype Skype () was a proprietary telecommunications application operated by Skype Technologies, a division of Microsoft, best known for IP-based videotelephony, videoconferencing and voice calls. It also had instant messaging, file transfer, ...

Kazaa Kazaa Media Desktop ( ) (once stylized as "KaZaA", but later usually written "Kazaa") was a peer-to-peer file sharing application using the FastTrack protocol licensed by Joltid Ltd. and operated as Kazaa by Sharman Networks. Kazaa was subsequ ...

Joost Joost () was an Internet TV service, created by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis (founders of Skype and Kazaa). During 2007–2008 Joost used peer-to-peer TV ( P2PTV) technology to distribute content to their Mozilla-based desktop player; ...

and minor companies *

Ole Henriksen Ole Henriksen (born May 4, 1951 in Nibe, Denmark) is a Danish skin cosmetician and manufacturer of skin care products. He currently lives in the United States. (Not to be confused with Ole Henriksen, co-founder of Borland). Early years Ole Hen ...

(1951–), cosmetologist for Hollywood stars * Søren Hjorth (1801–1870), inventor * Henning Holck-Larsen and Søren Kristian Toubro, founders of

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

n engineering firm

Larsen & Toubro Larsen & Toubro Limited, abbreviated as L&T, is an Indian multinational conglomerate, with interests in industrial technology, heavy industry, engineering, construction, manufacturing, power, information technology, defence and financial se ...

* J. C. Jacobsen (1811–1887), founder of Carlsberg Brewing * Hanni Toosbuy Kasprzak (1957–), owner of the ECCO shoe company *

William S. Knudsen William Signius Knudsen (born Signius Wilhelm Poul Knudsen; March 25, 1879 – April 27, 1948) was a Danish-born American automotive industry executive and an United States, American general officer, general during World War II. His experience ...

, industrialist; president,

General Motors General Motors Company (GM) is an American Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States. The company is most known for owning and manufacturing f ...

in the US * Camilla Ley Valentin (1973–), entrepreneur and co-founder of Queue-it *

Martin Lindstrom Martin Lindstrom (Lindstrøm) is a Danish author and ''Time'' magazine Influential 100 Honoree. He has written eight books including '' Small Data: The Tiny Clues that Uncover Huge Trends'', '' Buyology – Truth and Lies About Why We Buy'', ''B ...

(1970–), marketing advisor *

Arnold Peter Møller Arnold Peter Møller (2 October 1876 – 12 June 1965), better known as A. P. Møller, was a Danish shipping magnate, businessman who was the founder of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group in 1904. Biography A. P. Møller was the son of captain Pe ...

(1876–1965), founder of A.P. Møller-Mærsk Group, the largest Danish company *

Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Arnold Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller (; 13 July 1913 – 16 April 2012) was a Danish shipping magnate. He was a longtime figure at A.P. Moller–Maersk Group, which was founded by his father. Personal life Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller was born in He ...

(1913–2012), shipping magnate * Nikoline Nielsen (1874–1951), brewer * Inger Marie Plum (1889–1965), early businesswoman in butter and canned meat production *

Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen (30 July 1878 – 12 August 1964) was a Denmark, Danish engineer and industrialist. Life The son of a shipmaster who died when Rasmussen was still a young child, he attended middle school in Nakskov and in 1894 began ...

(1878–1964) * Kevin Bendix (1968–) temporary urban culture developer * Tine Susanne Miksch Roed (1964–), deputy director-general, Confederation of Danish Industry * Frida Schou (1891–1980), early businesswoman and brick manufacturer * Rasmus Sigvardt (1886–), engine manufacturer * Nina Smith (born 1955), economist and university professor *

Carl Frederik Tietgen Carl Frederik Tietgen (19 March 1829 – 19 October 1901) was a Danish financier and industrialist. He played an important role in the industrialisation of Denmark as the founder of numerous prominent Danish companies, many of which are stil ...

(1829–1901), financier and industrialist; co-founder of many large Danish companies * Ane Mærsk Mc-Kinney Uggla (1948–), business executive, chair of the A.P. Møller Foundation * Lillian von Kauffmann (1920–2016), businesswoman and property owner

Chefs and restaurateurs

* Sven and Lene Grønlykke * Rasmus Kofoed (1974–) *

Claus Meyer Claus Meyer (born 27 December 1963) is a Danish entrepreneur, cook and television host. He is often accredited as the founder of the New Nordic Cuisine philosophy. Projects Claus Meyer has been engaged in a plethora of projects and has been ...

(1963–) * Michel Michaud (1946–), brought French cuisine to Denmark in 1971 * René Redzepi (1977–), chef, co-founder of

Noma Noma, NoMa, or NOMA may refer to: Places * NoMa, the area North of Massachusetts Avenue in Washington, D.C., US ** NoMa–Gallaudet U station, on Washington Metro * Noma, Florida, US * NOMA, Manchester, a redevelopment in England * Noma District, ...

restaurant * Lertchai Treetawatchaiwong * Karen Volf (1864–1946), pioneering female baker and pastry cook

Comedians

Anders Bircow Anders Bircow (born 15 December 1951 in Helsinge) is a Danish actor and comedian. He is best known as a member of the comedy act Linie 3. Anders Bircow was born in the town of Helsinge, and attended schools in Nærum, Ramløse and Helsinge. He ...

, comedian, musician * Rasmus Bjerg, comedian *

Victor Borge Børge Rosenbaum (; 3 January 1909 – 23 December 2000), known professionally as Victor Borge ( ), was a Danish and American actor, comedian, and pianist who achieved great popularity in radio and television in both North America and Europe. Hi ...

(1909–2000), comedian, musician *

Casper Christensen Casper Lindholm Christensen (born 22 August 1968) is a Danish comedian. He has hosted many shows including '' Casper & Mandrilaftalen'', the Danish airing of '' Shooting Stars'' and '' Don't Forget Your Toothbrush'' ('' Husk lige tandbørsten ...

(1968–), comedian *

Drengene fra Angora ''Drengene fra Angora'' (') is a Danish television satirical comedy series. First airing in 2004, it has acquired cult status in its native Denmark. Among its more popular sketches are Team Easy On, Landmandssønnerne og far, and Spændend ...

, comedy trio * Thomas Eje, comedian, musician, touring in U.S. as Tom Dane * Jan Gintberg (1963–), comedian *

Lars Hjortshøj Lars Hjortshøj (born 3 June 1967 in Hinnerup) is a Denmark, Danish stand-up comedy, stand-up comedian and television and radio host. He has taken part in many Danish shows, including ''Casper & Mandrilaftalen'' and in the sit-com ''Langt fra Las ...

(1967–), comedian * Ane Høgsberg (born 1988), stand-up comedian * Frank Hvam (1970–), comedian * Rune Klan, comedian *

Simon Kvamm Simon Kvamm (born 18 February 1975 in Silkeborg) is a Danish actor and singer. He is best known as one of the founding members of the Danish rock band Nephew, where he is the lead vocalist and keyboard player. He is also well known for his act ...

(1975–), comedian, musician * Morten Lindberg, comedian also known as "Master Fatman" * Anders Matthesen (1975–), comedian * De Nattergale, comedy music trio * Lasse Rimmer (1972–), comedian * Sanne Søndergaard (born 1980), stand-up comedian and writer *

Sandi Toksvig Sandra Birgitte Toksvig (; ; born 3 May 1958) is a Danish-British broadcaster, comedian, presenter and writer on British radio, stage and television. She is also a political activist, having co-founded the Women's Equality Party in 2015. She ha ...

, comedian in the UK *

Mads Vangsø Mads Vangsø is a Danish comedian. Mads Vangsø gained popularity with ''"Tæskeholdet"'' alongside Jan Gintberg, Søren Søndergaard and Casper Christensen. ''"Tæskeholdet"'' was a huge success on P3 (largest radio station in Denmark), and e ...

, comedian

Criminals

Peter Adler Alberti Peter Adler Alberti (10 June 1851 – 14 June 1932) was a Danish politician and swindler, known for the Alberti scandal of 1908. Career Alberti was a solicitor, the son of a liberal politician who had been a pioneer of the Danish savings bank ...

abuse of power Abuse of power or abuse of authority, in the form of "malfeasance in office" or "official abuse of power", is the commission of an Crime, unlawful act, done in an official capacity, which affects the performance of official duties. Malfeasan ...

Minister of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...

impeachment Impeachment is a process by which a legislative body or other legally constituted tribunal initiates charges against a public official for misconduct. It may be understood as a unique process involving both political and legal elements. In Eur ...

and

embezzlement Embezzlement (from Anglo-Norman, from Old French ''besillier'' ("to torment, etc."), of unknown origin) is a type of financial crime, usually involving theft of money from a business or employer. It often involves a trusted individual taking ...

Stein Bagger Stein Bagger (born January 20, 1967) is a Danish convicted criminal, former entrepreneur, former CEO of IT Factory. Before bankruptcy of IT Factory and a subsequent fraud scandal, he was named "Danish Entrepreneur of the Year" by Ernst & Young, ...

, the IT Factory Fraud Case * The Blekinge Street Gang, robbery, financial aid to PFLP *

Peter Brixtofte Peter Brixtofte (11 December 1949 – 2016) was a Danish politician who was member of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget) representing Venstre (Denmark), Venstre from 1973 to 1977, from 1979 to 1981, during 1983 and from 1990 to 8 February 2005. B ...

as Mayor of

Farum Farum is a town on the northeast of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark, 20 km northwest of Copenhagen. The town has a population of 20,369 (1 January 2025).

* Niels Holck, involved in illegal weapons supply in India * Peter Lundin, four cases of murder * Peter Langkjær Madsen, murder of journalist * Erik Ninn-Hansen, abuse of power as

* Palle Sørensen, murder of four police officers

Dancers

* Frank Andersen (1953–),

Royal Danish Ballet The Royal Danish Ballet ( Danish: ''Den Kongelige Ballet'') is an internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Royal Danish Theatre in Kongens Nytorv, Copenhagen, Denmark. It is one of the oldest ballet companies in the world a ...

: ballet dancer and ballet master * Mads Blangstrup (1974–), principal dancer, Royal Danish Ballet *

August Bournonville August Bournonville (21 August 1805 – 30 November 1879) was a Danish ballet master and choreographer. He was the son of Antoine Bournonville, a dancer and choreographer trained under the French choreographer, Jean Georges Noverre, and the ne ...

(1805–1879),

ballet dancer A ballet dancer is a person who practices the Art (skill), art of classical ballet. Both females and males can practice ballet. They rely on years of extensive training and proper technique to become a part of a professional ballet company. B ...

and choreographer * Gudrun Bojesen (1976–), principal dancer, Royal Danish Ballet *

Dinna Bjørn Dinna Bjørn (born 14 February 1947) is a Danish ballet dancer and Choreography (dance), choreographer. She has specialized dancing and directing the ballets of August Bournonville. Bjørn has also created five Hans Christian Andersen ballets for ...

(1947–), principal dancer, ballet mistress, Royal Danish Ballet * Marie Christine Bjørn (1763–1837), outstanding ballerina,

Royal Danish Theatre The Royal Danish Theatre (RDT, Danish: ') is both the national Danish performing arts institution and a name used to refer to its old purpose-built venue from 1874 located on Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen. The theatre was founded in 1748, first s ...

* Ida Brun (1792–1857), dancer, mime artist, singer *

Erik Bruhn Erik Belton Evers Bruhn (3 October 1928 – 1 April 1986) was a Danish ballet dancer, choreographer, artistic director, actor, and author. Early life Erik Bruhn was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, the fourth child and first son of Ellen (née Eve ...

(1929–1986), ballet dancer * Lise la Cour (1944–2016), ballet dancer and choreographer *

Camilla Dallerup Camilla Sacre-Dallerup (born 6 April 1974) is a Danish author, life coach, hypnotherapist and former ballroom dancer. Dance career Dallerup was born in Aalborg, where she started dancing at the age of two and a half when her mother took her t ...

(1974–), British-based Danish ballroom dancer * Vivi Flindt (1943–), choreographer, Royal Danish Ballet * Anine Frölich (1762–1784), ballet dancer *

Adeline Genée Dame Adeline Genée Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, DBE (born Anina Kirstina Margarete Petra Jensen; 6 January 1878 – 23 April 1970) was a Danish-British ballet dancer. Early years Anina Kirstina Margarete Petra Jens ...

(1878–1970), ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet; later music hall roles in London, New York and Sydney *

Lucile Grahn Lucile Alexia Grahn-Young (30 June 1819 – 4 April 1907) was the first internationally renowned Danish people, Danish ballerina and one of the popular dancers of the Romantic ballet era. Grahn studied from a young age at the Royal Danish The ...

(1819–1907), ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet, performed widely across Europe * Susanne Grinder (1981–), principal dancer, Royal Danish Ballet *

Eline Heger Ellen Marie Heger née ''Schmidt'' (13 December 1774 in Copenhagen – 6 June 1842 in Tårbæk), known as Eline Heger, was a Danish stage actress. During her career from 1793 to 1832, she performed no fewer than eighty unique roles. Heger ofte ...

(1774–1842), ballet dancer, Royal Danish Ballet * Else Højgaard (1906–1979), ballerina, stage and film actress, Royal Danish Theatre * Mette Hønningen (1944–), ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet * Nikolaj Hubbe (1967–), Royal Danish Ballet balletmaster and former

New York City Ballet New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company. Léon Barzin was the company's fir ...

principal dancer * Palle Jacobsen (1940–2009), ballet dancer and ballet master * Caroline Kellermann (1821–1881), solo dancer in the Royal Danish Ballet * Andrea Krætzmer (1811–1889), soloist in August Bournonville's early ballets *

Henning Kronstam Henning Kronstam (June 29, 1934 – May 28, 1995) was a famous Danish ballet dancer, ballet master and company director. Life and career Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, he began training with the Royal Danish Ballet at the age of nine. He later ...

(1934–1995), dancer,

balletmaster A ballet master (also balletmaster, ballet mistress, ''premier maître de ballet'' or ''premier maître de ballet en chef'') is an employee of a ballet company who is responsible for the level of competence of the dancers in their company. In mo ...

, theatre director,

Margot Lander Margot Ella Florentz Lander (23 August 1910 – 18 July 1961), a prima ballerina with the Royal Danish Ballet, was the most important Danish ballerina of the first half of the twentieth century. Born in Oslo to Ella Florentz (1891-?), an opera sin ...

(1910–1961), Denmark's first prima ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet *

Toni Lander Toni Lander née Pihl Petersen (1931–1985) was a Danish ballerina who specialized in the ballets of August Bournonville. After becoming a solo dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet in 1950, she was a guest dancer with the Original Ballet Russe in ...

(1931–1985), ballerina in Copenhagen, Paris, London and Salt Lake City * Elna Lassen (1901–1930), ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet * Gitte Lindstrøm (1975–), principal dancer, Royal Danish Ballet * Nilas Martins,

principal dancer *

Peter Martins Peter Martins (born 27 October 1946) is a Danish former ballet dancer and choreographer. Martins was a principal dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet and with the New York City Ballet, where he joined George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and J ...

(1946–), New York City Ballet balletmaster in chief, choreographer and former ballet dancer * Asta Mollerup (1881–1945), modern dance teacher and school director * Augusta Nielsen (1822–1902), ballerina, soloist in Bournonville's ballets * Elna Ørnberg (1880–1969), ballerina, soloist in Bournonville's ballets * Ulla Poulsen (1905–2001), ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet * Ellen Price (1878–1968), prima ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet *

Juliette Price Elise Juliette Christiane Price, usually known as Juliette Price, (1831–1906) was a Danish ballet dancer. She studied under August Bournonville, becoming his favourite dancer. Early years Born in Copenhagen, Price was the daughter of the mim ...

(1831–1906), prima ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet, worked with Bournonville *

Kirsten Ralov Kirsten Ralov (26 March 1922 – 30 May 1999) was a Danish ballerina. She was born to Kai and Kaja Gnatt, née Olsen, a family of dancers living in Baden, Austria. Kirsten's mother encouraged her, and her brother Poul Gnatt, Poul, to train as danc ...

(1922–1999), ballerina, ballet mistress, associate director, Royal Danish Ballet *

Louise Rasmussen Louise Christine Rasmussen, also known as ''Countess Danner'' (21 April 1815 – 6 March 1874), was a Danish ballet dancer and stage actor. She was the mistress and later the morganatic spouse of King Frederick VII of Denmark. She was not a queen ...

(1815–1874), ballet dancer and stage actor, Royal Danish Ballet *

Margrethe Schall Anna Margrethe Schall, (17 September 1775 – 24 November 1852), was a Danish ballerina. She was one of the most notable ballet dancers in Denmark. Early life and education Margrethe Schall was the daughter of the sailor Rasmus Schleuther and An ...

(1775–1852), ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet * Silja Schandorff (1969–), ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet * Kirsten Simone (1934–), first soloist Royal Danish Ballet *

Nini Theilade Nini Arlette Theilade (15 June 1915 – 13 February 2018) was a Danish ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher. Early life Theilade was born in Purwokerto on the island of Java, then in the Dutch East Indies, now in Indonesia. She was an only ...

(1915–), ballet dancer, choreographer, film star * Anna Tychsen (1863–1896), ballet dancer *

Valda Valkyrien Valda Valkyrien (born Adele Eleonore Frede; September 30, 1895 – October 22, 1956) was a Danish silent film actress. Early life and career Born in Reykjavík, Iceland, Valkyrien was born Adele Frede; although she may have been a student at ...

(1895–1956), prima ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet, silent film actress in the United

Economists

Tim Bollerslev Tim Peter Bollerslev (born May 11, 1958) is a Danish economist, currently the ''Juanita and Clifton Kreps Professor of Economics'' at Duke University. A fellow of the Econometric Society, Bollerslev is known for his ideas for measuring and foreca ...

(1958–), economist and professor at American institutions *

Ernst Immanuel Cohen Brandes Ernst Immanuel Cohen Brandes (1 February 1844 – 6 August 1892) was a Danish economist, writer, and newspaper editor. He is best known for editing the ''Kjøbenhavns Børs-Tidende'', which published articles written by leading Danish men of let ...

(1844–1892), economist and editor *

Johan Christian Fabricius Johann Christian Fabricius (7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others. He was a student of Carl Linnaeus, and is co ...

(1745–1808), economist and entomologist * Bodil Nyboe Andersen (1940–), governor of the Danish National Bank from 1995 to 2005 * Bo Honoré (1960–), economist and professor at

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ...

Lasse Heje Pedersen Lasse Heje Pedersen (born October 3, 1972) is a Danish financial economist known for his research on liquidity risk and asset pricing. He is Professor of Finance at the Copenhagen Business School. Before that, he held the position of a Profes ...

(1972–), financial economist and professor at

Copenhagen Business School Copenhagen Business School (Danish'': Handelshøjskolen i København'') often abbreviated and referred to as CBS (also in Danish), is a public university situated in Copenhagen, Denmark and is considered one of the most prestigious business scho ...

Explorers

Vitus Bering Vitus Jonassen Bering ( , , ; baptised 5 August 1681 – 19 December 1741),All dates are here given in the Julian calendar, which was in use throughout Russia at the time. also known as Ivan Ivanovich Bering (), was a Danish-born Russia ...

(1680–1741) *

Hans Egede Hans Poulsen Egede (31 January 1686 – 5 November 1758) was a Denmark–Norway, Danish-Norwegian Lutheran missionary priest who launched mission efforts to Greenland, which led him to be styled the Apostle of Greenland. He established a succes ...

* Carl Gunnar Feilberg (1894–1972), Iran * Peter Freuchen (1886–1957), Greenland *

Thomas Vilhelm Garde Thomas Vilhelm Garde (22 October 1859 – 24 June 1926) was a Danish naval officer, distinguished for his explorations in Greenland. Garde became a sub-lieutenant of the Danish Navy in 1880, rising to the rank of First lieutenant in 1881, ca ...

(1859–1926), Greenland *

Wilhelm August Graah Wilhelm August Graah (1793–1863) was a Danish naval officer and Arctic explorer. Graah had mapped areas of West Greenland when he, in 1828–30, was sent by King Frederick VI of Denmark on an expedition to the unmapped eastern coast with ...

(1793–1863), Greenland * Henning Haslund-Christensen (1896–1948), Mongolia *

Gustav Frederik Holm Gustav Frederik Holm (6 August 1849 – 13 March 1940) was a Danish naval officer and Arctic explorer born in Copenhagen. Career He was made commander in the Royal Danish Navy, navy in 1899, was chief of the hydrographic bureau from 1899 to ...

(1849–1940), Greenland *

* Carl Krebs (1889–1971), Central Asia *

Jochem Pietersen Kuyter Jochem Pietersen Kuyter (died 1654) was an early colonist to New Netherland, and one of the first settlers of what would become Harlem on the island of Manhattan. He became an influential member of the community and served on the citizen boards kno ...

(?–1654), seaman and early settler of

New Netherland New Netherland () was a colony of the Dutch Republic located on the East Coast of what is now the United States. The claimed territories extended from the Delmarva Peninsula to Cape Cod. Settlements were established in what became the states ...

* Godske Lindenov (?–1612), Greenland *

Conrad Malte-Brun Conrad Malte-Brun (; born Malthe Conrad Bruun; 12 August 177514 December 1826), sometimes referred to simply as Malte-Brun, was a Dano- French geographer and journalist. His second son, Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun, was also a geographer. Today he ...

(1755–1826), Danish-born French

geographer A geographer is a physical scientist, social scientist or humanist whose area of study is geography, the study of Earth's natural environment and human society, including how society and nature interacts. The Greek prefix "geo" means "earth" a ...

Ejnar Mikkelsen Ejnar Mikkelsen (23 December 1880 – 1 May 1971) was a Danish polar explorer and writer. He is most known for his expeditions to Greenland. Biography Mikkelsen was born on 23 December 1880, in Brønderslev, Vester Brønderslev, Jutland, th ...

(1880–1971), Greenland *

Harald Moltke Harald Viggo Moltke (14 December 1871 – 24 June 1960) was a Danish painter, author and explorer. As an explorer he acted as draftsman in four Arctic expeditions. Early life and education Harald Moltke was born in Helsingør, the son of Oskar P ...

(1871–1960), Greenland *

Jens Munk Jens Eriksen Munk (3 June 1579 – 24 June 1628) was a Danish-Norwegian navigator and explorer. He entered into the service of King Christian IV of Denmark-Norway and is most noted for his attempts to find the Northwest Passage. Early lif ...

Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen (15 January 1872 – 25 November 1907) was a Danish author, ethnologist, and explorer, from Ringkøbing. He was most notably an explorer of Greenland. Literary expedition With Count Harald Moltke and Knud Rasmussen Mylius- ...

(1872–1907), Greenland *

Ole Olufsen Ole Olufsen (24 January 1865 – 13 December 1929) was a Danish military officer and explorer. He made several notable expeditions in the 1890s to the Emirate of Bukhara, including the Pamir Mountains. He also served as Secretary of the Royal ...

(1865–1929), Central Asia *

Didrik Pining Didrik Pining ( 1430 – 1491) was a German privateer, nobleman, and governor of Iceland and Vardøhus. In 1925, researcher Sofus Larson proposed that Pining may have landed in North America in the 1470s, almost twenty years before Columbus' v ...

(c. 1428–1491), Greenland * Hans Pothorst (c. 1440–c. 1490), Greenland *

Knud Rasmussen Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen (; 7 June 1879 – 21 December 1933) was a Greenlandic-Danish polar explorer and anthropologist. He has been called the "father of Eskimology" (now often known as Inuit Studies or Greenlandic and Arctic Studies) ...

(1879–1933), the Arctic * Barclay Raunkiær (1889–1915), Arabia * Carl Ryder (1858–1923), Greenland * Peder Olsen Walløe (1716–1793), Greenland

Fictional Danes

Dan I of Denmark Dan I was the progenitor of the Danish royal house according to Saxo Grammaticus's ''Gesta Danorum''. He supposedly held the lordship of Denmark along with his brother Angul, the father of the Angles in Angeln, which later formed the Anglo-Saxons ...

, mythological first king of Denmark * Frotho I, mythological king of Denmark (King Frodo I, see

Fróði Fróði (; ; Middle High German: ''Vruote'') is the name of a number of legendary Danish kings in various texts including ''Beowulf'', Snorri Sturluson's ''Prose Edda'' and his ''Ynglinga saga'', Saxo Grammaticus' ''Gesta Danorum'', and the ''Gro ...

) * Frotho II, mythological king of Denmark (King Frodo II, see

) * Dani Beck *

Beowulf ''Beowulf'' (; ) is an Old English poetry, Old English poem, an Epic poetry, epic in the tradition of Germanic heroic legend consisting of 3,182 Alliterative verse, alliterative lines. It is one of the most important and List of translat ...

King Claudius King Claudius is a fictional character and the main antagonist of William Shakespeare's tragedy ''Hamlet''. He is the brother to King Hamlet, second husband to Gertrude and uncle and later stepfather to Prince Hamlet. He obtained the throne of ...

Holger Danske Holger may refer to: People * Holger (given name), includes name origin, plus people with the name * Hilde Holger, stage name of dancer, choreographer and dance teacher Hilde Boman-Behram (née Hilde Sofer, 1905–2001) Fictional characters * H ...

* Gertrude *

King Hamlet The ghost of Hamlet's father is a character from William Shakespeare's play ''Hamlet''. In the stage directions, he is referred to as "Ghost". His name is also Hamlet, and he is referred to as ''King'' Hamlet to distinguish him from the Prince, h ...

Prince Hamlet Prince Hamlet is the title character and protagonist of William Shakespeare's tragedy ''Hamlet'' (1599–1601). He is the Prince of Denmark, nephew of the usurping King Claudius, Claudius, and son of King Hamlet, the previous King of Denmark. At ...

* Hans (Disney) *

The Little Mermaid "The Little Mermaid" (), sometimes translated in English as "The Little Sea Maid", is a fairy tale written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. Originally published in 1837 as part of a collection of fairy tales for children, the story foll ...

* Skærmtrolden Hugo *

Thumbelina Thumbelina (; ) is a literary fairy tale written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. It was first published by C. A. Reitzel on 16 December 1835 in Copenhagen, Denmark, with "The Naughty Boy" and "The Travelling Companion" in the se ...

* Ragnar Lothbrok

Film directors

Bille August Bille August (; born 9 November 1948) is a Danish director, screenwriter, and cinematographer of film and television. August's 1987 film ''Pelle the Conqueror'' won the , Academy Awards, Academy Award and Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe Awar ...

(1948–), director *

Erik Balling Erik Balling (29 November 1924 – 19 November 2005) was a Danish TV and film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guid ...

(1924–2005), director *

Susanne Bier Susanne Bier (; born 15 April 1960) is a Danish filmmaker. Bier is the first female director to collectively receive an Academy Award (Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Foreign Film), a Golden Globe Award, a European Film Award ...

(1960–), director, writer *

August Blom August Blom (26 December 1869 – 10 January 1947) was a Danish film director, producer, and pioneer of silent films during the "golden age" of Danish filmmaking from 1910 to 1914. Career Blom began his acting career in 1893 in Kolding, and was ...

(1869–1947), director, producer *

Ole Bornedal Ole Bornedal (born 26 May 1959) is a Denmark, Danish film director, actor and Film producer, producer. Bornedal was born in Nørresundby, Denmark. He wrote and directed ''Nattevagten'' (''Nightwatch'', 1994), a thriller about a law student who ...

, director *

Carl Theodor Dreyer Carl Theodor Dreyer (; 3 February 1889 – 20 March 1968), commonly known as Carl Th. Dreyer, was a Danish film director and screenwriter. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers in history, his movies are noted for emotional austerity ...

(1889–1968), film director (''

The Passion of Joan of Arc ''The Passion of Joan of Arc'' () is a 1928 French silent historical film based on the actual record of the trial of Joan of Arc. The film was directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer and stars Renée Jeanne Falconetti as Joan. It is widely regarde ...

'', ''

Ordet ''Ordet'' (, meaning " The Word" and originally released as ''The Word'' in English) is a 1955 Danish drama film, written and directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer. It is based on a play by Kaj Munk, a Danish Lutheran priest, first performed in 1932. ...

'') *

Peter Elfelt Peter Elfelt (1 January 1866 – 18 February 1931) was a Danish photographer and film director known as the first movie pioneer in Denmark when he began making documentary films in 1897. Biography Peter Elfelt was born Peter Lars Petersen in ...

(1866–1931), photographer, silent film director *

Per Fly Per Fly Plejdrup (born 14 January 1960) is a Danish film director, generally credited simply as Per Fly. He has made many films and television shows broadcast on Danish television. Per Fly's awards includes the Crown Prince Couple's Culture Prize ...

(1889–1964), director, actress *

Anders Thomas Jensen Anders Thomas Jensen (born 6 April 1972) is a Danish screenwriter and film director. His film ''Election Night (1998 film), Election Night'' won the 1998 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. Life and career Jensen was born in Frederi ...

* Lau Lauritzen Jr. (1910–1977), director, actor, producer * Jørgen Leth, filmmaker and poet *

Nils Malmros Nils Malmros (born 1944), a Danish film director and screenwriter, is considered a leading auteur of realism in Danish cinema.Nissen, Dan, ''Malmros, Nils'', International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Gale Group, (2001) retrieved 2 Augus ...

, filmmaker *

Nicolas Winding Refn Nicolas Winding Refn (; born 29 September 1970) is a Danish film director, screenwriter, and producer. He directed the ''Pusher'' trilogy (1996–2005), the crime drama '' Bronson'' (2008), and the adventure film '' Valhalla Rising'' (2009). I ...

, director *

Mikael Salomon Mikael Salomon (born 24 February 1945) is a Danish cinematographer, director and producer of film and television. After a long cinematography career in Danish cinema, he transitioned to the Hollywood film industry in the late 1980s, earning tw ...

, director, writer *

Lone Scherfig Lone Scherfig () (born 2 May 1959) is a Danish film director and screenwriter. She is especially known for her films '' Italian for Beginners'' (2000) and '' An Education'' (2009), and is also known for her romantic comedies, such as '' One Day ...

(1959–), director *

Lars von Trier Lars von Trier (né Trier; born 30 April 1956) is a Danish film director and screenwriter. Beginning in the late-1960s as a child actor working on Danish television series ''Secret Summer'', von Trier's career has spanned more than five decad ...

(1956–), director *

Thomas Vinterberg Thomas Vinterberg (; born 19 May 1969) is a Danish film director who, along with Lars von Trier, co-founded the Dogme 95 movement in filmmaking, which established rules for simplifying movie production. He is best known for the films '' The Cele ...

(1969–), director

Gamers

* Søren Bjerg (1996–), ''League of Legends'' gamer for

Team SoloMid TSM (initialism derived from the previous name Team SoloMid) is a professional esports organization based in the United States. It was founded in September 2009 by Andy Dinh, Andy "Reginald" Dinh. TSM currently fields players in ''Apex Legends' ...

* Henrik Hansen, ''League of Legends'' gamer * Nicolaj Jensen, ''League of Legends'' gamer for

Cloud9 Cloud9 Esports, Inc., or simply Cloud9 (C9), is an American professional esports company based in Santa Monica, California. The company was originally founded as a professional ''League of Legends'' team by Jack and Paullie Etienne in May 2013 ...

* Dennis Johnsen, ''League of Legends'' gamer for Cloud9 * Lucas Tao Kilmer Larsen, ''League of Legends'' gamer * Chres Laursen, ''League of Legends'' gamer for

Misfits Gaming Misfits Gaming is a professional esports organization based in Boca Raton, Florida, with players competing in ''League of Legends'', ''Overwatch'', ''Call of Duty'', ''Fortnite'', and ''Roblox''. It was founded on 18 May 2016 by Ben Spoont, i ...

* Jesper Svenningsen (1997–), ''League of Legends'' gamer for Team SoloMid * Nicolai Hvilshøj Reedtz, Counter Strike: Global Offensive gamer for Astralis * Lukas Egholm Rossander, Counter Strike: Global Offensive gamer for Astralis * Peter Rothmann Rasmussen, Counter Strike: Global Offensive gamer for Astralis * Andreas Højsleth, Counter Strike: Global Offensive gamer for Astralis * Emil Hoffmann Reif, Counter Strike: Global Offensive gamer for Astralis * Johan Sundstein, ''Dota 2'' gamer for OG, highest earning Esports player by pricepool

Historians

Sven Aggesen Sven Aggesen (also known as ''Svend Aagesen,'' ''Aggessøn'', or ''Aggesøn'', in Latin ''Sveno Aggonis''; born around 1140 to 1150, death unknown) was the author of '' Brevis historia regum Dacie'', one of the first attempts to write a coherent ...

(fl. 12th century), historian * Ellen Andersen (1898–1989), museum curator, specializing in the history of textiles *

Kirsti Andersen Kirsti Andersen (born December 9, 1941, Copenhagen), published under the name Kirsti Pedersen, is a Danish historian of mathematics. She is an Associate Professor of the History of Science at Aarhus University, where she had her Candidate exam ...

(1941–), historian of mathematics * Erik Arup (1876–1951), historian *

Tom Buk-Swienty Tom Buk-Swienty (born 19 July 1966 in Eutin) is a Danish historian, journalist and author, known for his work on the Second Schleswig War. Buk-Swienty was raised in Sønderborg, Denmark. He holds degrees in history and American Studies from the ...

(1966–), historian with a focus on the Second Schleswig War * Tove Clemmensen (1915–2006) art historian and curator * Kristian Erslev (1852–1930), historian and Historiographer *

Saxo Grammaticus Saxo Grammaticus (), also known as Saxo cognomine Longus, was a Danish historian, theologian and author. He is thought to have been a clerk or secretary to Absalon, Archbishop of Lund, the main advisor to Valdemar I of Denmark. He is the author ...

(c. 1160–c. 1220), historian * Ingeborg Hammer-Jensen (1880–1955), classical philologist and historian of alchemy *

Karin Hindsbo Karin Hindsbo (born 1974) is a Danish art history, art historian and museum director. She has been the director of the Tate Modern in London since September 2023. She was previously the director of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Des ...

(1974–), art historian * Anna Hude (1858–1934), first Danish woman to graduate as a historian *

Arild Huitfeldt Arild Huitfeldt (Arvid) (11 September 1546 – 16 December 1609) was a Danish historian and state official, known for his vernacular Chronicle of Denmark. Life Huitfeldt was born on 11 September 1546, into an aristocratic family from Scania, pa ...

(1546–1609), historian * Adolf Ditlev Jørgensen (1840–1897), historian * Maria Nielsen (1882–1931), historian and headmistress * Louise Nyholm Kallestrup (1975–), historian with a focus on early modern history *

Bo Lidegaard Bo Lidegaard (born 23 January 1958 in Godthåb) is a Danish historian, public intellectual, and former responsible editor-in-chief for ''Politiken''. Bo Lidegaard worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1984-2005), was Ministerial Counselor an ...

(1958–), historian *

Troels Frederik Lund Troels Frederik Troels-Lund (5 September 1840 – 12 February 1921) was a Danish historian. Biography Troels-Lund was born in Copenhagen, the youngest son of Henrik Ferdinand and Anna Cathrine Lund. Henrik Ferdinand's first marriage was to Sø ...

(1840–1921), historian * Astrid Friis (1893–1966), historian focusing on 17th-century trade and commerce * Elisabeth Munksgaard (1924–1997), historian and expert on art from the late Iron Age and Viking Age *

Niels Neergaard Niels Thomasius Neergaard (27 June 1854 – 2 September 1936) was a Danish historian and political figure, a member of the Liberal Moderate Venstre and since 1910 of Venstre. He served as Council President of Denmark between 1908 and 1909 ...

(1854–1936), historian *

Elise Otté Elise Charlotte Otté (30 September 1818 – 20 December 1903) was an Anglo-Danish linguist, scholar and historian. She completed a number of translations into English from different languages. She assisted her step-father in translating the Nor ...

(1818–1903), historian and linguist * Else Roesdahl (1942–), historian and Viking specialist * Bente Scavenius (1944–), art historian *

Else Kai Sass Else Kai Sass née Brasen Bjernede (1912–1987) was a Danish art historian. After a period as a custodian at Thorvaldsens Museum, with her appointment as history of art professor at Aarhus University in 1954, she became the third woman in Denmark ...

(1912–1987), art historian *

Peter Frederik Suhm Peter Frederik Suhm (18 October 1728 – 7 September 1798), was a Danish historian. Biography Suhm studied at the University of Copenhagen from 1746 to 1751, and one of his teachers was Ludvig Holberg. In 1749 he translated a comedy of Plautu ...

(1728–1798), historian * Per K. Sørensen (1950–), Tibetologist *

Stephanius Stephan Hansen Stephanius (July 23, 1599 – April 22, 1650) was a Danish historian and philologist. His name is sometimes fully Latinized as "Stephanus Johannis Stephanius" Biography He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark-Norway. He attended Sor� ...

(1599–1650), historian *

Anders Sørensen Vedel Anders Sørensen Vedel (9 November 1542 – 13 February 1616) At 14 years old, he moved to study in Ribe, and after finishing his education he moved on to Copenhagen University in 1561. In 1562, he was the tutor of astronomer Tycho Brahe on Brahe' ...

(1542–1616), historian *

(1821–1885), archaeologist, historian and pioneer in paleobotany

Linguists

* Ada Adler (1878–1946) *

Una Canger Una Canger (''née'' Una Rasmussen; born May 14, 1938) is a Danish linguist specializing in languages of Mesoamerica. She has published mostly about the Nahuatl language with a particular focus on the dialectology of Modern Nahuatl, and is conside ...

, linguist * Christian Falster (1690–1752), poet and philologist *

Louis Hjelmslev Louis Trolle Hjelmslev (; 3 October 189930 May 1965) was a Danish linguist whose ideas formed the basis of the Copenhagen School of linguistics. Born into an academic family (his father was the mathematician Johannes Hjelmslev), Hjelmslev studi ...

(1899–1955) *

Eli Fischer-Jørgensen Eli Fischer-Jørgensen (; 11 February 1911, Nakskov, Denmark – 27 February 2010, Virum) was a professor of phonetics at the University of Copenhagen and led the Institute for Phonetics. She was a member of the Danish resistance movement figh ...

(1911–2010), phonetician * Frede Jensen (1926–2008), philologist and professor *

Otto Jespersen Jens Otto Harry Jespersen (; 16 July 1860 – 30 April 1943) was a Danish linguist who worked in foreign-language pedagogy, historical phonetics, and other areas, but is best known for his description of the grammar of the English language. Ste ...

(1860–1943) *

Johan Nicolai Madvig Johan Nicolai Madvig (; 7 August 1804 – 12 December 1886), was a Danish philologist and Kultus Minister. Life Madvig was born on the Danish island of Bornholm, south of Sweden. He was educated at the classical school of Frederiksborg and th ...

(1804–1886) *

Axel Olrik Axel Olrik (3 July 1864 – 17 February 1917) was a Denmark, Danish folklore, folklorist and scholar of mediaeval historiography, and a pioneer in the methodical study of oral narrative. Olrik was born in Frederiksberg, the son of the artist H ...

(1864–1917) * Holger Pedersen (1867–1953), linguist *

Rasmus Rask Rasmus Kristian Rask (; born Rasmus Christian Nielsen Rasch; 22 November 1787 – 14 November 1832) was a Danish linguist and philologist. He wrote several grammars and worked on comparative phonology and morphology. Rask traveled extensively ...

, linguist * Jørgen Rischel, linguist *

Kim Ryholt Kim Steven Bardrum Ryholt (born 19 June 1970) is a Danish Egyptologist. He is a professor of Egyptology at the University of Copenhagen and a specialist on Egyptian history and literature. He is director of the research centeCanon and Identity F ...

, philologist and egyptologist *

Vilhelm Thomsen Vilhelm Ludwig Peter Thomsen (25 January 1842 – 12 May 1927) was a Denmark, Danish linguistics, linguist and Turkologist. He successfully deciphered the Turkic Orkhon inscriptions which were discovered during the expedition of Nikolai Yadrintse ...

(1842–1927) * Karl Verner (1846–1896), linguist

Models

* Nina Agdal, model * Heidi Albertsen, model * May Andersen, model * Anine Bing, model * Oliver Bjerrehuus, model *

Helena Christensen Helena Christensen (born 25 December 1968) is a Danish fashion model. She is a former Victoria's Secret Angel, co-founder and original creative director for ''Nylon'' magazine, and she is a supporter of funding for breast cancer organizations an ...

, model *

Kira Eggers Kira Eggers (born November 29, 1974) is a former model with an international career. She worked for Playboy TV, The Sun and other firms. Eggers is former guest editor for FHM. In 2006 her memoir, ''The Naked Truth'', was published by Aschenhoug. ...

, adult model * Freja Beha Erichsen, model * Majken Haugedal, model * Katja K, pornstar *

Mathias Lauridsen Mathias Lauridsen (born January 13, 1984) is a Danish model. He broke onto the international fashion scene debuting at Marc by Marc Jacobs in New York and Miu Miu in Paris, for the Spring 2004 collections. His consistent work for major internat ...

, model *

Renée Simonsen Renée Toft Simonsen (born 12 May 1965) is a Danish writer and former model. Simonsen was one of the most successful models in the world during the 1980s. Biography Simonsen was born in Aarhus, where she worked as a supermarket cashier before ...

, model * Josephine Skriver, model *

Tania Strecker Tania Strecker (born 26 June 1973) is a Danish-British model and television presenter in the United Kingdom. Her break into TV began with Channel 4's '' Naked Elvis'', and she then co-hosted MTV's ''SELECT'' with Richard Blackwood. After severa ...

, model *

Catharina Svensson Catharina Brink ( Svensson; born July 24, 1982) is a Danish lawyer, equestrienne, model and beauty queen who won the first ever Miss Earth 2001. Early and personal life Svensson was originally from Copenhagen, Denmark, and carries dual citize ...

, model, Miss Earth 2001 *

Cecilie Thomsen Cecilie Thomsen (born 29 October 1974) is a Danish actress and model. Internationally she is best known for her role as the professor Inga Bergstrom in the James Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies, in which she tries to teach Bond (Pierce Brosnan ...

, model, appeared in ''

Tomorrow Never Dies ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' is a 1997 spy film, the eighteenth in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions and the second to star Pierce Brosnan as fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Directed by Roger Spottiswoode from a screenplay ...

'' *

Victoria Kjær Theilvig Maria Victoria Kjær Theilvig (; born 13 November 2003) is a Danish model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe 2024. Theilvig is the first Dane to win the title, and also the first woman with blond hair to win the title ...

, model,

Miss Universe 2024 Miss Universe 2024 was the 73rd Miss Universe pageant, held at the Arena CDMX in Mexico City, Mexico, on 16 November 2024. Sheynnis Palacios of Nicaragua crowned Victoria Kjær Theilvig of Denmark as her successor at the conclusion of the e ...

Music

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* Afenginn *

Alphabeat Alphabeat are a Danish pop band from Silkeborg, fronted by singers Stine Bramsen and Anders Stig Gehrt Nielsen. Their single " Fascination" was a major hit in Denmark during the summer of 2006, as well as the United Kingdom in 2008. Their 2007 ...

* Aqua, peaked in 1997 with "Barbie Girl" *

Artillery Artillery consists of ranged weapons that launch Ammunition, munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms. Early artillery development focused on the ability to breach defensive walls and fortifications during sieges, and l ...

* Signe Asmussen (1970–), mezzo-soprano *

Christina Åstrand Christina Åstrand (born 6 June 1969) is a Danish violinist. When she was just 22, she became leader of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, a position she still holds today. Biography Born on 6 June 1969 in Skanderborg, Åstrand was the dau ...

(1969–), violinist, leader of the

Danish National Symphony Orchestra The Danish National Symphony Orchestra (DNSO; ), is a Danish orchestra based in Copenhagen. The DNSO is the principal orchestra of DR (Danish Broadcasting Corporation). The DRSO is based at the Koncerthuset () concert hall in Copenhagen. Histo ...

B

* Lisbeth Balslev, operatic soprano * Ellen Beck (1873–1953), soprano concert singer *

Bamses Venner Bamses Venner () was a Danish musical group that performed together from 1973 to 2011. Bamses Venner represented Denmark in the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest with the entry " Tænker altid på dig" (ranked 14th in 19 countries) and received 2 ...

Julie Berthelsen Julie Ivalo Broberg Berthelsen also known by her mononym Julie (born 7 June 1979) is a Danish-born Greenlandic pop singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known largely for her success on the TV series ''Popstars''. Although she finished in sec ...

, singer *

Bikstok Røgsystem Bikstok Røgsystem is a Denmark, Danish dancehall band consisting of EaggerStunn, Eaggerman (Dwayne McFarlane), Pharfar (Søren Schou) and Blæs Bukki (Lasse Bavngaard). The band is one of the first to perform reggae and dancehall in Danish langu ...

* Birmingham 6 * The Blue Van * Helene Blum (1979–), folk singer and musician * Henriette Bonde-Hansen (1963–), operatic soprano * Dagmar Borup (1867–1959), pianist and educator * Brixx *

Gunna Breuning-Storm Gunna Breuning-Storm (1891–1966) was a Danish violinist and music teacher. From 1910 she performed as a soloist throughout Germany until the First World War broke out in 1914. Her Breuning-Bache Quartet was active in Denmark from 1919 until 19 ...

(1891–1966), violinist, educator * Gerda von Bülow (1904–1990), violinist, educator *

Dieterich Buxtehude Dieterich Buxtehude (; born Diderich Hansen Buxtehude, ; – 9 May 1707) was a Danish composer and organist of the Baroque music, Baroque period, whose works are typical of the North German organ school. As a composer who worked in various vocal ...

(1637–1707), composer

C

* C21 *

Debbie Cameron Deborah (Debbie) Cameron (born September 14, 1958 in Miami, Florida) is a Danish-American singer of Bahamian descent who has had a career in music in Denmark. Her career started in 1976, when she was awarded the prize "Most promising student" ...

Carpark North Carpark North is a Danish electronic rock band. The band was formed in Aarhus, Denmark on 28 July 1999 by Lau Højen (vocal, guitar), Søren Balsner (bass, synthesisers) and Morten Thorhauge (drums). The name "Carpark North" was created from t ...

* The Cartoons * Tim Christensen *

Ida Corr Ida Corr (born 14 March 1977 in Aarhus, Denmark) is a Danish singer, songwriter and music producer of Gambian descent. Early life Ida Corr was born on 14 March 1977 to a Danish mother and a Gambian father in Aarhus, Denmark. Her father was a ...

D

D-A-D D-A-D (formerly stylized as D:A:D) is a Danish rock band. They were originally named Disneyland After Dark, but changed their name to avoid a lawsuit from The Walt Disney Company. History In the early 1980s in Copenhagen, D-A-D started play ...

* Anna David * Daze *

Emmelie de Forest Emmelie Charlotte-Victoria de Forest (born 28 February 1993) is a Danish-Swedish singer and songwriter. She Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013, represented Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song "Only Teardrops" and w ...

, winner of

Eurovision Song Contest 2013 The Eurovision Song Contest 2013 was the 58th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Malmö, Sweden, following the country's victory at the with the song "Euphoria (Loreen song), Euphoria" by Loreen. Organised by the Europea ...

* Lonnie Devantier *

Tina Dickow Tina Dico (born Tina Dickow Danielsen on 14 October 1977) is a Danish singer-songwriter. She founded her own record label and releases her music independently, enjoying large success with her albums in her home country as well as critical acclai ...

, singer *

Tina Dico Tina Dico (born Tina Dickow Danielsen on 14 October 1977) is a Danish singer-songwriter. She founded her own record label and releases her music independently, enjoying large success with her albums in her home country as well as critical acclai ...

* René Dif, singer, member of Aqua * Dizzy Mizz Lizzy * DJ Encore * Dominus * Elisabeth Dons (1864–1942), opera singer * DQ

E

Efterklang Efterklang () is a Denmark, Danish art pop, indie rock band from Copenhagen, formed in December 2000. Efterklang emerged in the front half of the 2000s with a blend of pop and orchestral rock elements. The band found an audience, especially in ...

Amir El-Falaki Amir El-Falaki (born 12 August 1973) is a Danish vocalist, dance instructor, and member of the bubblegum dance group Toy-Box. He is of Moroccan descent and speaks Danish, English, Arabic, and French. Amir wanted to be a doctor, but became a ...

* Michael Elo, composer * Evil Masquerade

F

Bent Fabricius-Bjerre Bent Fabricius-Bjerre (7 December 1924 – 28 July 2020), better known internationally as Bent Fabric, was a Danish pianist and composer. Biography Bent Fabricius-Bjerre was born in Frederiksberg, Denmark. He started a jazz ensemble after ...

Fate Destiny, sometimes also called fate (), is a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a predeterminism, predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual. Fate Although often used interchangeably, the words wiktionary ...

* Fielfraz *

Figurines A figurine A figurine (a diminutive form of the word ''figure'') or statuette is a small, three-dimensional sculpture that represents a human, deity or animal, or, in practice, a pair or small group of them. Figurines have been made in many med ...

* Sharin Foo *

Anders Frandsen Anders Frandsen (8 December 1960 – c. 1 January 2012) was a Danish musician, singer, actor and TV presenter. He was born in Copenhagen. Career Although Frandsen was not a trained actor, he appeared in theatre performances during the 1980s. ...

Lars Frederiksen Lars Erik Frederiksen (born Lars Erik Dapello, August 30, 1971) is an American musician and record producer best known as a guitarist and vocalist for the punk rock band Rancid, as well as the frontman of Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards and ...

, vocalist of Rancid

G

Jacob Gade Jacob Thune Hansen Gade (29 November 1879 – 20 February 1963) was a Danish violinist and composer, mostly of orchestral popular music. He is remembered today for a single tune, ''Jalousie'' (also known as ''Jalousie "Tango Tzigane" '' and ''T ...

* Niels W. Gade *

Gangway A gangway is a passageway through which to enter or leave. Gangway may also refer to: Passageways * Gangway (nautical), a passage between the quarterdeck and the forecastle of a ship, and by extension, a passage through the side of a ship, an ope ...

Gasolin' Gasolin' were a Danish rock band from Christianshavn, Copenhagen, formed by Kim Larsen, Franz Beckerlee, and Wili Jønsson in 1969. Their first drummer was the late Bjørn Uglebjerg. He was replaced by Søren Berlev in 1971. At their formati ...

* Susanne Georgi, one half of

Me & My Me & My is a Danish Eurodance duo, formed by sisters Susanne Georgi (born 27 July 1976) and Pernille Georgi (born 24 July 1974) in 1995 in Kolding. The debut album '' Me & My'' has sold more than 2 million copies, and the debut single '' Dub-I- ...

* Leocadie Gerlach (1826–1919), Danish-Swedish opera singer *

Lukas Graham Lukas Graham is a Danish pop band consisting of lead vocalist Lukas Forchhammer, and drummer Mark Falgren. The band released '' Lukas Graham'', their first album, with labels Copenhagen Records and in 2012. The album peaked at number one on ...

* Peder Gram (1881–1956), composer * Edith Guillaume (1943–2013), mezzo-soprano opera singer

H

* Golla Hammerich (1854–1903), pianist * Lars Hannibal (1951–), guitarist and lutenist * Hatesphere * Caroline Henderson * Hit'n'Hide * Horrorpops *

Hot Eyes Kirsten & Søren, known internationally as Hot Eyes, were a Danish singing duo consisting of Kirsten Siggaard Andersen (born 7 September 1954 in Slagelse) and Søren Bundgaard Nielsen (born 4 March 1956 in Glostrup). Biography Kirsten was brou ...

Hurdy Gurdy The hurdy-gurdy is a string instrument that produces sound by a hand-turned crank, rosined wheel rubbing against the strings. The wheel functions much like a violin (or nyckelharpa) bow, and single notes played on the instrument sound similar ...

* Húsakórið, Faroese/Danish

I

Illdisposed Illdisposed is a Danish death metal band from Aarhus, that was formed in 1991 by vocalist Bo Summer and guitarist Lasse Bak. As of 2020, the band consists of vocalist Bo Summer, guitarists Jakob Batten and Rasmus Henriksen, bassist Kussen and d ...

* Infernal *

Grethe Ingmann Grethe Ingmann (born Clemmensen; 17 June 1938 – 18 August 1990) was a Danish singer. She started her career at 17, when she temporarily performed as a singer of the Malihini Hawaiians pop quartet. Soon after she sang with the Danish guitarist J ...

Jørgen Ingmann Jørgen Ingmann (born Jørgen Ingmann Pedersen; 26 April 1925 – 21 March 2015) was a Danish jazz and pop guitarist from Copenhagen. He was popular in Europe and had a wider international hit in 1961 with his version of "Apache". He and his w ...

J

* Louise Janssen (1863–1938), opera singer *

Knud Jeppesen Knud Jeppesen (15 August 1892 – 14 June 1974) was a Danish musicologist and composer. He was the leading scholar of the composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, about whose life and music he wrote numerous studies. Biography Jeppesen demonstr ...

(1892–1974) *

Jokeren Jesper Dahl (born 13 June 1973), better known by the stage name Jokeren (''The Joker''), is a Danish hip-hop artist and rapper. Dahl was born in Hillerød. In addition to his own recordings, he has been a prolific producer and has worked on Ame ...

Junior Senior Junior Senior was a Danish pop duo. The duo consisted of Jesper "Junior" Mortensen (vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, drums, percussion) (born 7 February 1979) and Jeppe "Senior" Laursen (vocals, programming) (born 25 December 1977). T ...

K

Kashmir Kashmir ( or ) is the Northwestern Indian subcontinent, northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term ''Kashmir'' denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir P ...

* Sophie Keller (1850–1929), opera singer *

King Diamond Kim Bendix Petersen (born 14 June 1956), better known by his stage name King Diamond, is a Danish rock musician. As a vocalist, he is known for his powerful and wide-ranging countertenor singing voice, in particular his far-reaching falsetto s ...

(1956–) * Birthe Kjær * Kliché * Klutæ * Kølig Kaj

L

* Laban *

Laid Back Laid Back is a Danish electronic music duo group from Copenhagen, formed in 1979. The duo consists of John Guldberg (vocals, guitar, bass) and Tim Stahl (vocals, keyboards, drums, bass). They are best known for the hits " Sunshine Reggae" and ...

Kim Larsen Kim Mellius Flyvholm Larsen (23 October 1945 – 30 September 2018) was a Danish singer, songwriter, author, and guitarist. He began his musical career in 1968 after a brief period as an elementary school teacher and became known from 1969 as ...

(1945–2018) *

Jeppe Laursen Jeppe Breum Laursen (born 25 December 1977) is a Danish singer-songwriter and record producer. Career Early years in a duo Performing under the name "Senior", Laursen was the lead vocalist of the pop duo Junior Senior. In 2008, the British ma ...

* Lazyboy * Margrethe Lendrop (1873–1920), opera singer *

Rasmus Lerdorf Rasmus Lerdorf (; born 22 November 1968) is a Danish-Canadian programmer. He co-authored and inspired the PHP scripting language, authoring the first two versions of the language and participating in the development of later versions led by a g ...

Leæther Strip Leæther Strip is a Danish musical project founded on 13 January 1988 by Claus Larsen. Its influence has been most felt in the electronic body music and electro-industrial genres. Leæther Strip was one of the earliest and most prominent acts ...

Anne Linnet Anne Kristine Linnet (born 30 July 1953) is a Danish singer, musician and songwriter. She has released a number of solo albums and has also been a member of the bands Tears, Shit & Chanel, Anne Linnet Band, Marquis de Sade and Bitch Boys. Ann ...

Hans Christian Lumbye Hans Christian Lumbye (; 2 May 1810 – 20 March 1874) was a Danish composer of waltzes, polkas, mazurkas and galops, among other things. Beginnings As a child, he studied music in Randers and Odense, and by age 14 he was playing the trumpet ...

M

Frederik Magle Frederik Reesen Magle (; born 17 April 1977) is a Danish composer, concert organist, and pianist. He writes contemporary classical music as well as fusion of classical music and other genres. His compositions include orchestral works, cantatas ...

Malk de Koijn Malk de Koijn is a Danish rap group formed in 1993, formed of three members, Tue Track (rap, keyboard, turntables), Blæs Bukki (rap and keyboards) and Geolo G (rap). Biography Malk de Koijn formed on New Year's Eve 1993. Tue Track and Geolo ...

* Manticora * Mames Babegenush * MC Einar, rap band *

Medina Medina, officially al-Madinah al-Munawwarah (, ), also known as Taybah () and known in pre-Islamic times as Yathrib (), is the capital of Medina Province (Saudi Arabia), Medina Province in the Hejaz region of western Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, ...

Mercenary A mercenary is a private individual who joins an armed conflict for personal profit, is otherwise an outsider to the conflict, and is not a member of any other official military. Mercenaries fight for money or other forms of payment rather t ...

* Mercyful Fate * Mew (band), Mew * Michael Learns to Rock * Ulla Miilmann (1972–), flautist * Christine Milton * Anila Mirza (1974–), singer * MØ (1988–), pop singer * Ida Møller (1872–1947), opera singer * Miss Papaya * Mnemic * Mofus (band), Mofus * John Mogensen * Malene Mortensen

N

* The Naked (band), The Naked * Nanna Lüders Jensen, Nanna * Natasja Saad * Nekromantix * Nephew (band), Nephew * New Politics (band), New Politics * Amanda Nielsen (1866–1953), cabaret singer * Carl Nielsen (1865–1931), composer * Inga Nielsen (1946–2008), soprano * Ida Kristine Nielsen, Ida Nielsen (Prince), bassist * Nik og Jay * Eva Noer Kondrup (1964–), composer * Claus Norreen, composer * Rasmus Nøhr * Per Nørgård

O

* Edith Oldrup, opera singer * Oh No Ono * Olsen Brothers * Outlandish * Aage Oxenvad (1884–1944), clarinetist

P

* Else Paaske (1941–), mezzo-soprano concert singer * Parzival (band), Parzival * Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, jazz bass player * Michala Petri (1958–), recorder player * Pretty Maids * Psyched Up Janis * Pyramaze

R

* Lina Rafn * Wilhelm Ramsøe (1837–1895), composer * Søren Nystrøm Rasted, composer * Raunchy (band), Raunchy * The Raveonettes * Simon Ravn, film composer * Remee, composer * Bryan Rice * Ridin' Thumb * Rollo & King * Rune RK

S

* Safri Duo * Soluna Samay * Louise Sahlgreen (1818–1891), opera singer * Sanne Salomonsen * Savage Rose * Saybia * Sebastian (Danish musician), Sebastian * Rasmus Seebach * Tommy Seebach * Sidsel Ben Semmane * Shu-Bi-Dua * Catharine Simonsen (1816–1849), opera singer * S.O.A.P. (band), S.O.A.P. * Sort Sol * Spleen United * Simon Steen-Andersen, composer * Johanne Stockmarr (1869–1944), classical pianist * Superheroes (band), Superheroes * Jakob Sveistrup * Bent Sørensen (composer), Bent Sørensen

T

* Tiggy * Jette Torp * Toy-Box * Mike Tramp (1961–), singer in White Lion * Trentemøller * Trille (1945–2016), singer-songwriter * Thomas Troelsen * TV-2 (band), TV-2

U

* Lars Ulrich (1963–), drummer in Metallica * Under byen

V

* Esther Vagning (1905–1986), classical concert pianist * Volbeat (band), Volbeat (band) * Vola (band), Vola (progressive rock band)

W

* Sune Rose Wagner * Galina Werschenska (1906–1994), Russian-born Danish pianist * Christopher Ernst Friedrich Weyse * Whigfield * Birthe Wilke * Gustav Winckler * Lars Winther

Z

* Josephine Zinck (1829–1919), concert and opera singer

Philanthropists

* Mimi Carstensen (1852–1935), philanthropist and journalist * Valborg Hammerich (1897–1988), resistance member and founder of "Red Barnet" * Kirsten Lauritzen (1902–1980), helped needy children and the elderly * Camilla Nielsen (1856–1932), philanthropist and politician * Julie Ramsing (1871–1954), organized trips to Denmark for malnourished German children * Lucie Marie Reventlow (1884–1894), philanthropist, supporter of the scouting movement

Philosophers

* N. F. S. Grundtvig (1783–1872), educationalist, philosopher and social reformer * Harald Høffding (1843–1931) * Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855), philosopher * Knud Ejler Løgstrup (1905–1981), Christian philosophy, Christian philosopher * Rasmus Nielsen (philosopher), Rasmus Nielsen (1809–1884) * Johannes Sløk (1916–2001), Christian philosophy, Christian philosopher and translator of Shakespeare * Martinus Thomsen (1890–1981), referred to as Martinus, writer and mystic

Photographers

* Mads Alstrup (1808–1876), first Danish photographer with own studio * Per Bak Jensen (1949–), influential photographer with an innovative artistic landscape style * Morten Bo (1945–), influential photographer, author of many photo books * Pietro Boyesen (1819–1882), photographer in Rome * Krass Clement (1946–), specializing in the photo-essay style * Peter Faber (Danish telegraph specialist), Peter Faber (1810–1877), took oldest photo on record * Frederikke Federspiel (1839–1913), first female photographer to practice in Denmark * Kristen Feilberg (1839–1919), remembered for many early photographs in Dutch East Indies * Jens Fink-Jensen (1956–), contemporary artistic photographer * Jan Grarup (1968–), award-winning press photographer specializing in war and conflict * Ludvig Grundtvig (1836–1901), photographer and portrait painter * Caroline Hammer (1832–1915), early woman photographer with a studio on the Frisian island of Föhr * Georg Emil Hansen (1833–1891), pioneering court photographer * Christian Hedemann (1852–1932), remembered for his early photographs of Hawaii * Keld Helmer-Petersen (1920–2013), pioneer in colour photography in the 1940s * Jacob Holdt (1947–), used photography to encourage social reform * Jesper Høm (1931–2000), influential press photographer and film director * Kirsten Klein (1945–), specializing in black-and-white landscapes * Astrid Kruse Jensen (1975–), specializing in night photography with an unreal dimension * Claus Bjørn Larsen (1963–), award-winning press photographer * Anton Melbye (1818–1875), artist using photography as an aid to painting * Israel B. Melchior (1827–1893), amateur photographer who photographed Hans Christian Andersen * Rigmor Mydtskov (1925–2010), theatre photography and court photographer for Queen Margrethe * Viggo Rivad (1922–2016), used photographic essays to portray ordinary citizens * Leif Schiller (1939–2007), photographer * Lars Schwander (1957–), portraits of international artists * Jacob Aue Sobol (1976–), award-winning collections from Greenland, Guatemala and Tokyo * Mary Steen (1856–1939), pioneer of indoor photography, including royalty * Rudolph Striegler (1816–1876), pioneering portrait photography * Heinrich Tønnies (1825–1903), early studio in Aalborg, portraits and landscapes * Sigvart Werner (1872–1959), amateur who gained fame from Danish landscapes in book form * Mary Willumsen (1884–1961), sold postcards of scantily-dressed women from 1916 * Benedicte Wrensted (1859–1949), took photographs of Native Americans in Idaho

Politicians

* Frank Aaen (born 1951), politician (Enhedslisten) * Yildiz Akdogan, politician (Social Democrats (Denmark), Social Democrats) * Ragnhild Nikoline Andersen, Ragnhild Andersen (1907–1990), politician and trade unionist (Communist Party of Denmark, Communist Party) * Karen Ankersted (1859–1921), pioneering female politician (Conservative People's Party) * Svend Auken (1943–2009), politician (Social Democrats) * Bendt Bendtsen, politician (Konservative Folkeparti) * Gudrun Bjørner, politician (Justice Party of Denmark, Justice Party) * Klaus Bondam, politician, actor (Det Radikale Venstre) * Vilhelm Buhl, politician, Danish prime minister 1942 & 1945 (Social Democrats) * Kirsten Marie Christensen (1860–1935), one of the first five women to be elected to the Landsting in 1918 * Henriette Crone (1874–1933), Landsting politician, trade unionist, peace activist * Kristian Thulesen Dahl, politician (Dansk Folkeparti) * Karen Dahlerup (1920–2018), politician (Social Democrats) * Marie Egeberg (1865–1952), schoolteacher, women's rights activist and Ventre politician * Erik Eriksen * Lene Espersen, politician (Konservative Folkeparti) * Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup (1825–1913), Council President * Mette Frederiksen, politician (Social Democrats) * Louise Frevert, politician (no political party) * Lis Groes (1910–1974), politician (Social Democrats) and feminist * Mette Groes (1937–2014), politician (Social Democrats) * Hans Christian Hansen * Hans Hedtoft * Lisbet Hindsgaul (1890–1969), politician (Conservative People's Party) and women's rights activist * Frode Jakobsen, WWII in the resistance movement, member of the Danish Freedom Council, politician (Social Democrats) * Marianne Jelved, politician (Det Radikale Venstre) * Frank Jensen, politician (Social Democrats), Lord Mayor of

* Anker Jørgensen, politician, Danish prime minister 1972–1973 & 1975–1982 (Social Democrats) * Viggo Kampmann * Naser Khader, politician (Konservative Folkeparti) * Pia Kjærsgaard, politician (Dansk Folkeparti) * Jens Otto Krag, former prime minister * Knud Kristensen * Edele Kruchow, member of the Folketing, served on Denmark's delegation to the United Nations * Camma Larsen-Ledet (1915–1991), politician, minister and mayor (Social Democrats) * Helga Larsen (1884–1947), one of the first four women to be elected to the Folketing * Mogens Lykketoft, politician (Social Democrats) * Eva Madsen (1884–1972), Denmark's first female mayor * Brian Mikkelsen, politician (Konservative Folkeparti) * Per Stig Møller, politician (Konservative Folkeparti) * Poul Møller, politician, minister of Finance 1968–1971, member of the European Parliament 1979–1986 (Konservative Folkeparti) * Holger K. Nielsen, politician (Socialistisk Folkeparti) * Marichen Nielsen (1921–2014), politician (Social Democrats) * Elisa Petersen, early female politician (Venstre) and women's rights activist * Petra Petersen (1901–1989), politician and resistance fighter * Søren Pape Poulsen, politician (Konservative Folkeparti) * Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Danish prime minister 2001–2009 (Venstre (Denmark), Venstre) * Lars Løkke Rasmussen, politician, Danish prime minister 2009–2011 (Venstre) * Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, politician, Danish prime minister 1993–2001 (Social Democrats) * Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil, politician (Social Democrats) * Erik Scavenius, Danish prime minister 1943(–1945) * Poul Schlüter, politician, Danish prime minister 1982–1993 (Konservative Folkeparti) * Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen, politician (Red-Green Alliance (Denmark), Enhedslisten) * Johnny Søtrup (Venstre), mayor of Esbjerg (1994–2017) * Erna Sørensen (1896–1980), (Conservative People's Party (Denmark), Conservative People's Party) * Villy Søvndal, politician (Socialistisk Folkeparti) * Thorvald Stauning, politician, Danish prime minister 1924–1926 & 1929–1942 (Social Democrats) * Helle Thorning-Schmidt, politician, Danish prime minister 2011–2015 (Social Democrats) * Margrethe Vestager, politician (Det Radikale Venstre) * Anna Westergaard (1882–1964), railway official, trade unionist, women's rights activist, politician (Social Liberal Party)

Religion

* Absalon (c. 1128–1201), bishop of Roskilde (1158–1192), archbishop of Lund (1178–1201) * Johanne Andersen, one of the first three women to be ordained as priests of the Church of Denmark * Henning Toft Bro (1956–), bishop of Aalborg * Hans Adolph Brorson (1694–1764), pietist and hymn writer, bishop of Ribe (1741–1764) * Jacob Dacian, 16th-century Franciscan missionary to Mexico * Karen Horsens (1932–), first female minister of the Church of Denmark to become a dean * Thomas Kingo (1634–1703), poet and hymn writer, bishop of Funen (1677–1703) * Czeslaw Kozon (1951–), Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Copenhagen * Stygge Krumpen (c. 1485–1551), last catholic bishop in Denmark (before the Lutheran reformation) * Hans Ludvig Martensen (1927–2012), bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Copenhagen (1965–1995) * Bent Melchior (1929–), chief rabbi of Denmark (1969–1996) * Knut Ansgar Nelson (1906–1990), Roman Catholic bishop of Stockholm (1957–1962) * Peder Palladius (1503–1560), Lutheran reformator, bishop of Zealand (1537–1560) * Kirsten Stoffregen Pedersen (1932–2017), nun, theologian, iconographer * Edith Brenneche Petersen (1896–1973), one of the first three women to be ordained as Church of Denmark priests * Lise-Lotte Rebel (1951–), first woman to become a bishop in the Church of Denmark (1995) * Hans Svane (1634–1703), bishop of Zealand (1655–1668), archbishop (1660–1668) * Hans Tausen (1494–1561), Lutheran reformator, bishop of Ribe (1542–1561) * Ruth Vermehren (1894–1983), one of the Church of Denmark's first three women priests

Royalty

Danish monarchs

* Abel of Denmark, Abel * Canute the Great, King of England, Denmark and Norway * Canute III * Canute IV * Canute V * Canute VI * Christian I of Denmark, Christian I * Christian II, last king of the Kalmar Union * Christian III of Denmark, Christian III * Christian IV * Christian V * Christian VI * Christian VII * Christian VIII * Christian IX, king known as the "Father-in-law of Europe" * Christian X, king during German occupation * Christopher I of Denmark, Christopher I * Christopher II of Denmark, Christopher II * Christopher of Bavaria * Eric I of Denmark, Eric I * Eric II of Denmark, Eric II * Eric III of Denmark, Eric III * Eric IV of Denmark, Eric IV * Eric V of Denmark, Eric V * Eric VI of Denmark, Eric VI * Eric of Pomerania, crowned king of the Kalmar Union 1397 * Eric Christoffersen of Denmark, Eric Christoffersen * Frederick I of Denmark, Frederick I * Frederick II of Denmark and Norway, Frederick II * Frederick III of Denmark, Frederick III * Frederick IV of Denmark, Frederick IV * Frederick V of Denmark, Frederick V * Frederick VI of Denmark, Frederick VI * Frederick VII of Denmark, Frederick VII * Frederik VIII of Denmark, Frederik VIII * Frederik IX of Denmark, Frederik IX * Gorm the Old * Gnupa of Denmark, Gnupa * Gyrd of Denmark, Gyrd * Gudfred, Gøtrik, challenged Charlemagne in 810 * :fr:Harald roi des Danois, Harald * Harald Klak * Harald Bluetooth * Harald II of Denmark, Harald II * Harald III of Denmark, Harald III * Harald Kesja * Harthacnut I of Denmark, Harthacnut (I) * Helge (Danish king), Helge * Hemming of Denmark, Hemming * Horik I * Horik II * John, King of Denmark, John * Magnus the Good * Magnus I of Sweden, Magnus the Strong * Margrethe I (1353–1412), Kalmar Union, unified the Scandinavian countries * Margrethe II (1940–), also a writer, painter, translator and illustrator of books * Niels, King of Denmark, Niels * Olof the Brash, Olof * Olaf I of Denmark, Oluf I * Olaf II of Denmark, Oluf II * Olaf (II) Haraldsen, Oluf (II) Haraldsen * Ongendus, first historical Danish king * Reginfrid * Sigfred * Sigfred and Halfdan, Sigfred & Halfdan * Sigtrygg Gnupasson, Sigtrygg * Sweyn I of Denmark, Sweyn I, King of Denmark, Norway and England * Sweyn II of Denmark, Sweyn II * Sweyn III of Denmark, Sweyn III * Toke Gormsson, king of Scania * Valdemar I of Denmark, Valdemar I * Valdemar II of Denmark, Valdemar II * Valdemar III of Denmark, Valdemar III * Valdemar IV Atterdag * Valdemar the Young

Other Danish royalty

* :de:Asfrid, Asfrid ( – 930s – ), Queen of Denmark, wife of Gnupa * Thyra (? – 958(?)), Queen of Denmark (930s–958(?)), wife of Gorm the Old * Margareta Hasbjörnsdatter, Queen of Denmark (1076–1080), wife of Harald Hen * Boedil Thurgotsdatter, Bodil, ( –1103), Queen of Denmark (1095–1103), wife of Eric I * Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1557–1631), Queen of Denmark and Norway (1572–1588), wife of Frederick II * Anne Sophie Reventlow, Anne Sophie (1693–1743), Queen of Denmark and Norway (1721–1730), wife of Frederick IV * Louise Rasmussen, Countess Danner (1815–1874), wife of Frederick VII * Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark (1934–2018), Prince Consort of Denmark * Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark (1972–), Crown Princess of Denmark * Princess Marie of Denmark (1976–), Princess of Denmark * Prince Nikolai of Denmark (1999–) * Prince Felix of Denmark (2002–) * Prince Christian of Denmark (2005–)

Danes becoming kings or regents in other countries

* George I of Greece, George I * Guthrum * Harold Harefoot * Haakon VII of Norway, Haakon VII * Prince Johann of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Johann (Prince) * Magnus II of Sweden, Magnus II * Magnus, Duke of Holstein, Magnus of Livonia * Olav V of Norway, Olav V * Rollo * Svein Knutsson

Other foreign royalty

* Alexandra of Denmark (1844–1925), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India, daughter of Christian IX of Denmark, Christian IX * Anne of Denmark (1574–1619), Queen of Scotland, England and Ireland, daughter of Frederick II of Denmark, Frederick II * Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (1946–), daughter of Frederik IX of Denmark, Frederik IX * Christina of Denmark, Queen of Norway, Christina of Denmark (c. 1118–1139), Queen of Norway, daughter of Canute Lavard * Christina of Denmark, Queen of Sweden, Christina of Denmark, Queen of Sweden, daughter of Bjørn Haraldsen Ironside, Bjørn Ironside * Prince George of Denmark, George, Prince of Denmark (1653–1708), Duke of Cumberland, son of Frederick III of Denmark, Frederick III * Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France, Ingeborg of Denmark (1175–1238), Queen of France, daughter of Valdemar I of Denmark, Valdemar I * Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of Norway, Ingeborg of Denmark (c. 1244–1287), Queen of Norway, daughter of Eric IV of Denmark, Eric IV * Ingerid of Denmark, Queen of Norway, daughter of Sweyn II of Denmark, Sweyn II * Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland, Margaret of Denmark (1456–1486), Queen of Scotland, daughter of Christian I of Denmark, Christian I * Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark), Maria Feodorovna (1847–1928), Empress of Russia, daughter of Christian IX * Martha of Denmark (1277–1341), Queen of Sweden, daughter of Eric V of Denmark, Eric V * Rikissa of Denmark (–1220), Queen of Sweden, daughter of Valdemar I * Sophia of Denmark (1241–1286), Queen of Sweden, daughter of Eric IV of Denmark, Eric IV * Sophia Magdalena of Denmark (1746–1813), Queen of Sweden, daughter of Frederick V of Denmark, Frederick V * Tyra of Denmark, Queen of Norway, daughter of Harald Bluetooth * Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark (1656–1693), Queen of Sweden, daughter of Frederick III

Science and research

* Hanna Adler (1859–1947), early woman physicist and mixed school pioneer * Julie Arenholt (1873–1952), early female civil engineer, women's rights activist * Heinrich Louis d'Arrest, Prussian astronomer, died in Copenhagen * Ove Arup (1895–1988), Danish-born leading engineer, founder of Arup Group Limited, Arup * Caspar Bartholin the Elder (1585–1629) * Caspar Bartholin the Younger (1655–1738) * Rasmus Bartholin (1625–1698) * Thomas Bartholin (1616–1680) * Tove Birkelund (1928–1986), historical geologist * Aage Bohr (1922–2009), physicist and Nobel Prize laureate * Harald Bohr (1887–1951), mathematician * Niels Bohr (1885–1962), physicist and Nobel Prize laureate * Tycho Brahe (1546–1601), provided the observational data for Kepler's laws of planetary motion * Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted (1879–1947) * Karen Callisen (1882–1970), geologist * Claudius Clavus (Claudius Claussøn Swart) (1388–?) * Carl Peter Henrik Dam (1895–1976) * Willi Dansgaard (1922–2011), geophysics * Johan Ludvig Emil Dreyer (1852–1926), Danish-born astronomer * Agner Krarup Erlang, A. K. Erlang, engineer, industrial and systems engineer * Henning Frederik Feilberg (1831–1921), philologist, folklorist and writer * Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger, physician and Nobel Prize laureate * Thomas Fincke (1561–1656), mathematician * Niels Ryberg Finsen (1860–1904), physician and Nobel Prize laureate * Bent Flyvbjerg, geographer and theorist of phronetic social science * Anca Giurchescu (1930–2015), Romanian-born folk dance researcher and academic * Hans Christian Gram (1853–1938), bacteriologist (gram staining) * Jørgen Pedersen Gram * Marie Hammer (1907–2002), zoologist * Emil Christian Hansen (1842–1909), Saccharomyces carlsbergensis * Peter Andreas Hansen (1795–1874) * David Heinemeier Hansson, Ruby on Rails (lives in the US) * Lene Hau (1959–), physicist and professor at Harvard University * Piet Hein (1905–1996), poet and designer * Anders Hejlsberg, Turbo Pascal, Delphi (programming language), Delphi, C Sharp (programming language), C# (lives in the US) * Ejnar Hertzsprung (1873–1967), astronomer * Harald Hirschsprung (1830–1916), physician * Ole Humlum (born 1949), geologist and professor emeritus at the University of Oslo * Niels Kaj Jerne, immunologist and Nobel Prize laureate * Wilhelm Johannsen (1857–1927), coined the term "gene" * Johannes Juul (1887–1969), inventor of wind turbines * Jens Martin Knudsen (1930–2005) * Evald Tang Kristensen (1843–1929), folklore collector * Schack August Steenberg Krogh, physiologist and Nobel Prize laureate * Niels A. Lassen, neuroimaging pioneer * Inge Lehmann (1888–1993), seismologist (Earth's inner core) *

, PHP (born in Greenland, lives in the US) * Bergnart Carl Lewy (1817–1863), professor of chemistry * Bodil Jerslev Lund (1919–2005), Danish chemist and pharmacist * Peter Wilhelm Lund (1801–1880), paleontologist and zoologist, founder of Brazilian paleontology *

(1775–1826) * Georg Mohr (1640–1697), mathematician * Peter Naur (1928–2016), Algol 60 and Backus-Naur form; Turing Award winner * Ebbe Nielsen (1950–2001), entomologist * Holger Bech Nielsen, physicist, co-inventor of string theory * Jakob Nielsen (mathematician), Jakob Nielsen (1890–1959), mathematician * Jakob Nielsen (usability consultant), Jakob Nielsen (1957–), usability (lives in the US) * Ida Ørskov (1922–2007), bacteriologist * Hans Christian Ørsted (1777–1851), physicist, discoverer of electromagnetism, speed of light * Asger Skovgaard Ostenfeld (1866–1931), civil engineer * Julius Petersen (1839–1910), mathematician * Ragna Rask-Nielsen (1900–1998), biochemist * Christen C. Raunkiær (1860–1938), ecologist and botanist, Raunkiær plant life-form, plant life-form * Ole Rømer (1644–1710), first to calculate the Rømer's determination of the speed of light, speed of light * Ozer Schild (1930–2006), Danish-born Israeli academic, President of the University of Haifa and President of the College of Judea and Samaria ("Ariel College"). * Johannes Schmidt (biologist), Johannes Schmidt * Marianne Schroll (born 1942), geriatrician * Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher (1757–1830) * Birte Siim (born 1945), political scientist specializing in gender studies * Jens Christian Skou, chemist and Nobel Prize laureate 1997 * Nicolas Steno, Nicolas Steno / Niels Stensen (1638–1686), geologist, anatomist * Bjarne Stroustrup (1950–), C++ (lives in the US) * Bengt Strömgren (1908–1987) * Bent Sørensen (physicist), Bent Erik Sørensen (1941–), physicist and researcher into renewable energy * Søren Peder Lauritz Sørensen (1868–1939), chemist * Thorvald Sørensen (1902–1973), botanist * Thorvald N. Thiele (1883–1910), astronomer, actuary and mathematician, most notable for his work in statistics, interpolation and the Restricted three-body problem, three-body problem *

, archaeologist, inventor of the three-age system * Bjarne Tromborg (1940–), physicist * Eugen Warming (1841–1924), ecologist and botanist * Caspar Wessel (1745–1818), Norway, Norwegian-Danish mathematician * Jacob B. Winslow, Jacob B. Winsløw (1669–1760) * Ole Worm (1588–1654)

Sports

Writers

* Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875), ''Fairy Tales'' * Hansine Andræ (1817–1898), feminist diarist * Jens Immanuel Baggesen (1764–1826) * Karen Blixen (aka Isak Dinesen) (1885–1962), author (''Out of Africa'', ''Seven Gothic Tales'') * Georg Brandes (1842–1927) * Suzanne Brøgger (1944–), novelist and essayist * Tove Ditlevsen (1918–1976), poet and author * Bent Faurby (1937–), children's writer * Kate Fleron (1909–2006), journal editor, resistance member * Piet Hein (1905–1996) * Dagmar Hjort (1860–1902), schoolteacher, writer and women's rights activist * Peter Høeg (1957–), author * Bernhard Severin Ingemann (1789–1862) novelist, poet and hymn writer * FP Jac (1955–2008), poet * Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847–1885), novelist (''Niels Lyhne'') * Thit Jensen (1876–1957), writer and worker for women's suffrage * Dorthe Jørgensen (1959–), philosopher and educator, first Danish woman to be awarded the honorary Dr.Phil * Christian Jungersen (1962–) * Hans Kirk (1898–1962), author * Cornelia von Levetzow (1836–1921), popular novelist * Hulda Lütken (1896–1946), poet and novelist * Bodil Neergaard (1867–1959), estate owner, philanthropist, memoirist * Martin Andersen Nexø (1869–1954), writer (''Pelle the Conqueror (novel), Pelle, the Conqueror'') * Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger (1779–1850) * Henrik Pontoppidan, author and Nobel Prize laureate * Jacob Riis (1849–1914), photographer, journalist and social activist in the US * Edith Rode (1879–1956), novelist and journalist * Alba Schwartz (1857–1942), novelist * Ingeborg Maria Sick (1858–1951), novelist and biographer * Tage Skou-Hansen (1925–), novels include ''De nøgne træer'' (The Naked Trees) * Carl Erik Soya (1896–1993), author, playwright, poet, satirist * Villy Sørensen (1929–2001), author * Dan Turéll (1946–1993), author * Fanny Tuxen (1832–1906), children's writer * Johannes Østrup (1867–1938), philologist, educator, writer

Other notables

* Andreas Aagesen (1826–1879), jurist * Jette Albinus (1966–), first female general in the Danish army * Vibeke Ammundsen (1913–1988), librarian, head of Denmark's Technical Library * Finn Andersen (officeholder), Finn Andersen, Secretary General of Danish Cultural Institute * Ingeborg Appel (1869–1948), folk high school teacher * Fredrik Bajer, writer, MP, peace researcher, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 1908 * Anne Bruun (1853–1934), women's rights activist * Biker-Jens, reality TV star * Jutta Bojsen-Møller (1837–1927), high school proponent, women's rights activist * Line Bonde (c.1979–), in 2006 first Danish woman to become a fighter pilot * Aase Bredsdorff (1919–2017), Danish library inspector specialising in children's literature * Ellen Johanne Broe (1900–1994), nurse and nursing educator * Degn Brøndum (1856–1932), proprietor of Brøndums Hotel in Skagen frequented by the Skagen Painters * Christine Buhl Andersen (born 1967), museum director * Henrik Kurt Carlsen, sea captain * Esther Carstensen (1873–1955), feminist, journal editor * Ellen Christensen (1913–1998), nurse and resistance fighter * B.S. Christiansen, Danish special force soldier, TV personality * Louise Conring (1824–1891), first trained nurse in Denmark, head of Copenhagen's Deaconess Institute * Natasja Crone Back, journalist, host at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 * Alma Dahlerup (1874–1969), Danish-American philanthropist * Thomas Dam * Thora Daugaard (1874–1951), women's rights activist and pacifist * Bodil Dybdal (1901–1992), first woman to be appointed judge in the Supreme Court of Denmark * Ragnhild Fabricius Gjellerup (1896–1958), Denmark's first female judge * Anette Fischer (1946–1992), librarian and head of Amnesty International's International Board * Nicolai Frahm, art advisor and collector * Merete Gerlach-Nielsen (1933–2019), academic, UNESCO official, co-founder of KVINFO * Anne Gøye (1609–1681), noblewoman, book collector * Jutta Graae (1906–1997), Danish resistance fighter and archivist * Gus Hansen, professional poker player * Estrid Hein (1873–1956), ophthalmologist, women's rights activist and pacifist * Ville Heise (1838–1912), philanthropist * Birte Høeg Brask (1918–1997), Danish resistance fighter and psychiatrist * Niels Ingwersen (1935–2009), promoter of Scandinavian literature and culture in the United States * Ingrid Jespersen (1867–1938), pedagogue and school principal * Karen Johnsen (1899–1990), high court judge * Jørgen Jørgensen, 19th-century adventurer famous for ruling Iceland for 2 months * Katja Kean, former professional porn star; first Danish worldwide porn star * Charlotte Klein (1834–1915), educator, art school principal and women's rights activist * Nanna Kristensen-Randers (1864–1908), lawyer, folk school administrator * Lars Kruse (1828–1894), Skagen fisherman and heroic lifesaver * Marie Kruse (1842–1923), pioneering schoolteacher and girls school principal * Anders Lassen, British Major, the only foreign soldier in the British forces in the Second World War to be awarded the Victoria Cross * Lis Lauritzen, Cruise ship Captain * Anna Laursen (1845–1911), educator and women's rights activist * Magdalene Lauridsen (1873–1957), headmistress, school founder, women's rights activist *

, creator of PHP (Greenland) * Bjørn Lomborg, skeptical environmentalist * Henny Magnussen (1878–1937), lawyer * Margrethe Marstrand (1874–1948), schoolteacher and writer, word-picture reading expert * Ellen Marsvin (1572–1649), landowner and county administrator * Lone Maslocha (1921–1945), resistance fighter * Camilla Mordhorst (born 1970), museum director * Marie Mørk (1861–1944), teacher, school founder * Charlotte Munck (nurse), Charlotte Munck (1876–1932), nurse, important figure in the training of nurses * Flemming Muus, resistance fighter and author * Jørgen de Mylius, TV and radio presenter * Olivia Nielsen (1852–1910), women's trade unionist leader * Benedict Nordentoft (1873–1942), Danish educator and cleric; co-founder of Solvang, California * Charlotte Norrie (1855–1940), nursing campaigner and women's rights activist * Knud Olsen, boat designer * Camilla Ottesen, TV host * Deepika Padukone (1986–), Danish-born Indian actress * Johanne Christine Petersen (1847–1922), pioneering educator of handicapped children * Valdemar Poulsen (1869–1942), inventor of the tape recorder * Gabriele Rohde (1904–1946), League of Nations official and member of the Danish Council in London in World War II * Marie Rovsing (1814–1888), women's rights activist * Søren Ryge Petersen (1945–), author, TV host * Andrea Elisabeth Rudolph, radio and TV host * Jette Sandahl (1949–), museum director * Frida Schmidt (1849–1934), Danish women's rights activist and suffragist * Josephine Schneider (1820–1887), Danish philosopher and school principal * Henriette Skram (1841–1929), school principal and writer * Ingeborg Suhr Mailand (1871–1969), educator and cookbook writer * Marie Toft (1813–1854), landowner and religious revivalist, second wife of N.F.S. Grundtvig * Ulla Terkelsen (born 1944), foreign correspondent for TV 2 (Denmark), TV 2 * Lone Træholt (1958–), first female general in the Danish armed forces * Clara Tybjerg (1864–1941), women's rights activist and pacifist * Elisa Ussing (1885–1949), pioneering female lawyer and judge * Martha Wærn (1741–1812), philanthropist * Monica Wichfeld, entrepreneur and resistance fighter * Anna Wulff (1874–1935), educator, pioneering kindergarten teaching * Sophie Zahrtmann (1841–1925), deaconess, nurse, head of Copenhagen's Deaconess Institute

References

Citations

External links

List of Danish women
in national biographical encyclopedia * {{DEFAULTSORT:List of Danes Lists of Danish people,