List of Famous people born in Denmark, Kingdom of Denmark

Sigvard Munk

First Name Sigvard
Born on April 17, 1891
Died on April 10, 1983 (aged 91)

Sigvard Munk, was a Danish politician for the Social Democratic Party. From 1956 to 1962, he was the Lord Mayor of Copenhagen.

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Vigilius Eriksen

First Name Vigilius
Born on September 2, 1722
Died on May 25, 1782 (aged 59)

Vigilius Eriksen was a Danish painter. He was the royal portraitist to Christian VI of Denmark.

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Viggo Larsen

First Name Viggo
Born on August 14, 1880
Died on January 6, 1957 (aged 76)

Viggo Larsen was a Danish film actor, director and producer from the early silent era to the 'talkies'. He appeared in 140 films between 1906 and 1942. He also directed 235 films between 1906 and 1921. He was born and died in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Erik Scavenius

First Name Erik
Last Name Scavenius
Born on July 13, 1877
Died on November 29, 1962 (aged 85)

Erik Julius Christian Scavenius was the Danish foreign minister from 1909–1910, 1913–1920 and 1940–1943, and prime minister from 1942 to 1943, during the occupation of Denmark until the Danish elected government ceased to function. He was the foreign minister during some of the most important periods of Denmark's modern history, including the First World War, the plebiscites over the return of northern Schleswig to Denmark, and the German occupation. Scavenius was a member of the Landsting from 1918 to 1920 and from 1925 to 1927 representing the Social Liberal Party. He was chairman of its party organization from 1922 to 1924.

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Arnold Krog

First Name Arnold
Last Name Krog
Born on March 18, 1856
Died on June 7, 1931 (aged 75)

Arnold Krog was a Danish architect, painter and designer who is remembered for his achievements as artistic director of Royal Copenhagen from 1884 to 1916. He revived the company after a period of decline, moving away from the stiff Empire style of previous decades in favour of a more Impressionist style which combined underglaze painting techniques with inspiration from Japanese imagery and European naturalism. He designed the Polar Bear Fountain for the Peace Palace in The Hague. He has also designed furniture and silverware and took up landscape painting after his retirement from the porcelain factory in 1916.

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Anton Melbye

Daniel Hermann Anton Melbye
First Name Anton
Last Name Melbye
Born on February 13, 1818
Died on January 10, 1875 (aged 56)

Daniel Herman Anton Melbye was a Danish painter and photographer who specialized in maritime scenes. He was the brother of painters Vilhelm and Fritz Melbye.

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Julius Exner

First Name Julius
Last Name Exner
Born on November 30, 1825
Died on November 15, 1910 (aged 84)

Johan Julius Exner,, Danish genre painter, was born in Copenhagen to Johann Gottlieb Exner, a Czech musician from Bohemia, who came to Denmark during the Napoleonic period, and his wife Karen Jørgensdatter. Exner originally intended on becoming a history painter, but quickly found his niche, however, in genre painting, the most popular and lucrative painting style of his era. His genre paintings figured prominently in Denmark's National Romantic period, an artistic period directly after the Golden Age of Danish Painting, when artistic focus was turned inwards to uniquely Danish themes.

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Peder Mørk Mønsted

First Name Peder
Born on December 10, 1859
Died on June 20, 1941 (aged 81)

Peder Mørk Mønsted was a Danish realist painter. He is best known for his landscape paintings in a realistic style. His favorite motifs include snowy winter landscapes, still water and forests.

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Herman Trier

First Name Herman
Last Name Trier
Born on May 10, 1845
Died on September 1, 1925 (aged 80)

Herman Trier was a Danish educator and politician.

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Caspar Frederik Harsdorff

First Name Caspar
Last Name Harsdorff
Born on May 26, 1735
Died on May 24, 1799 (aged 63)

Caspar Frederik (Friedrich) Harsdorff, also known as C.F. Harsdorff, was a Danish neoclassical architect considered to have been the leading Danish architect in the late 18th century.

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