List of Famous people born in Denmark, Kingdom of Denmark
Thomas Madsen-Mygdal
Thomas Madsen-Mygdal was Prime Minister of Denmark from 14 December 1926 to 30 April 1929, as leader of a Liberal Party government. His cabinet is called the Cabinet of Madsen-Mygdal.
Christian Christiansen
Christian Christiansen was a Danish physicist.
Caspar Mauritius
Caroline van Deurs
Svend Gade
Svend Lauritz Gade (1877–1952) was a Danish screenwriter, set designer and film director. He worked in America and Germany as well as his native country.
Otto Liebe
Carl Julius Otto Liebe was Prime Minister of Denmark 30 March 1920 to 5 April 1920. Otto Liebe was appointed prime minister after King Christian X had dismissed Carl Theodor Zahle and his cabinet, because of dissatisfaction with the amount of land ceded to Denmark in the Schleswig Plebiscite. This use of power by the king, which was based in the Danish constitution, led to the Easter Crisis of 1920, and Otto Liebe was replaced by Michael Pedersen Friis after 5 days. The incident also led to a revision of the Danish constitution later in 1920.
Frederik Christian Lund
Frederik Christian Lund, commonly known as F. C. Lund, was a Danish genre and history painter. He is also remembered for his illustrations of traditional Danish regional costumes in the mid 19th century.
Hans Linstow
Hans Ditlev Franciscus (Frants) von Linstow was a Danish/Norwegian architect. He was one of the more significant architects in Norway during his lifetime. He is well known to have designed the Royal Palace in Oslo and much of the surrounding park and the street Karl Johans gate.
Vilhelm Buhl
Vilhelm Buhl was Prime Minister of Denmark from 4 May 1942 to 9 November 1942 as head of the Unity Government during the German occupation of Denmark of World War II, until the Nazis ordered him removed. He was Prime Minister again from 5 May 1945 to 7 November 1945 as head of a unity government after the liberation of Denmark by the British Field Marshal Montgomery.
Julius Paulsen
Julius Paulsen was a Danish painter. From 1879 to 1882 he studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts where he was later a professor. He had strong connections with several of the Skagen Painters and visited Skagen in the early 1900s. Paulsen was influenced by Rembrandt and French salon art. He is remembered above all for his portraits.