List of Famous people born in Kingdom of Denmark
Henrik Dam Kristensen
Henrik Dam Kristensen is a Danish politician and the current speaker of the Danish parliament. He has been a member of the Danish parliament for the Social Democrats from 1990–2004 and again from 2007, during which he served as Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries (1994–1996), Minister for Food (1996–2000), Minister for Social Affairs (2000–2001), Minister for Transport (2011–2013) and Minister for Employment (2014–2015). He served as President of the Nordic Council in 2011 and 2016.
Mininnguaq Kleist
Erik Molberg Hansen
Finn Høffding
Niels Finn Høffding was a Danish composer. Høffding studied composition under Knud Jeppesen and Thomas Laub, and then under Joseph Marx in Vienna from 1921-22. His works first became well known in Denmark in the 1920s, particularly the piece Karlsvognen. He began to study folk music about 1930, and founded the Copenhagen School of Folk Music in 1931. From 1931 he also taught at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, where he served as director after 1954. In 1956 and 1958 he was awarded the Nielsen Prize. His pupils include Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Vagn Holmboe, Bent Lorentzen, and Leif Thybo. See: List of music students by teacher: G to J#Finn Høffding.
Kåre Bluitgen
Kåre Bluitgen is a Danish writer and journalist whose works include a biography of Muhammad. In the 1970s Bluitgen was politically active on the Danish left, namely within the Left Socialists.
Jim Hagemann Snabe
Jim Hagemann Snabe is a Danish businessman and is currently the Chairman at Siemens and Maersk. Together with Bill McDermott, Snabe was Co-CEO of the German Technology company SAP, before becoming member of the board of directors at SAP. Snabe has also been an Adjunct Professor at Copenhagen Business School since 2016 and is currently a member of the board of trustees at the World Economic Forum.
Urban Gad
Peter Urban Bruun Gad was a Danish film director. He directed 40 film between 1910 and 1927. His wife Asta Nielsen starred in 30 of his films, also in his début the famous film Afgrunden from 1910. They moved to Germany in 1911 where Gad worked with Paul Davidson until 1922.
Benjamin Boe Rasmussen
Johan Nicolai Madvig
Johan Nicolai Madvig, was a Danish philologist and Kultus Minister.
Julie Finne-Ipsen
Julie Finne-Ipsen is a Danish badminton player from the Værløse club. Finne-Ipsen also plays golf for the Danish national team. She started her badminton career at the Ballerup club at aged six. In 2013, she won silver medal in girls' doubles event and bronze medal in mixed doubles event at the European Junior Badminton Championships.