List of Famous people born in Kingdom of Denmark
Anne Hald
Anne Hald Jensen is a Danish female badminton player. She represented Greece in 2010-2011. In 2009, she won gold medal at the European Junior Badminton Championships in girls' singles event. Anne Hald Jensen is married to an Icelandic doctor. 16th of February 2019 she gave birth to a boy named Magnus Hald. November 2012 she suffered her first severe injury damaging left knees cruciate ligaments. She underwent surgery straight away and returned to competition May 2013 at the Slovenia International Series. August 2013 she ruptured her right achilles tendon and was off court for months. 18th of November 2017 she suffered the 3rd severe injury making a complete break to the 3 back thigh muscles, biceps femoris, semi membranosous and semitendinosous and underwent 4 surgeries in the following months.
Jørn Lund
Jørn Lund is a former Danish cyclist who competed in multiple Summer Olympics. He took part in the men's 100 km team time trial in the 1972 and 1976 Olympic Games. His 1976 team, which also included Verner Blaudzun, Gert Frank, and Jørgen Hansen, won a bronze medal, finishing behind the Soviet Union and Poland and beating out West Germany and Czechoslovakia for third place.
Kølig Kaj
Kølig Kaj, born Thomas Lægaard Sørensen is a Danish rapper who gained national fame in 1997 by winning Dansk Melodi Grand Prix with his song "Stemmen i mit liv".
Frank Høj
Frank Høj is a retired Danish professional road bicycle racer. Høj started as a stagiaire for the Zetelhallen–Vosschemie team in 1994, and became professional in 1995 for Collstrop–Lystex. His first win as a professional came the year after. In a live interview with Danish media station TV2 during the coverage of Tour de France 2015, Høj admitted to have used EPO in the early periods of his career, namely 1995-1998. He also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Folmar Blangsted
Folmar Blangsted was born in Denmark and settled in the United States; he is noted as the film editor for more than seventy feature films and television programs.
Grete Mogensen
Grete Mogensen is a retired female badminton player from Denmark. She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Gudrun Schaich-Walch
Christoffer Boe
Christoffer Boe is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He is an established and well-known not only in Denmark, but all through the world. Among his international awards there are FIPRESCI Director of the Year at San Sebastián International Film Festival and Golden Camera at Cannes Film Festival in 2003. He is also co-founder and director of the film production company AlphaVille Pictures Copenhagen.
Jørn Moos
Jesper Hansen
Jesper Hansen is a Danish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Riwal Cycling Team.