List of Famous people born in Kingdom of Denmark
Ole Schmidt
George Schnéevoigt
George Schnéevoigt was a Danish film director, cinematographer, and actor of the 1910s to early 1940s. Schnéevoigt was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 23 December 1893 to the Finnish-born photographer and actress Siri Schnéevoigt, and Hermann Friedrich Fischer. He was the father of photographer Alf Schnéevoigt.
Søren Pind
Søren Pind is a Danish lawyer and politician, a member of the center-right party Venstre. He served as Danish Minister of Justice from 2015 to 2016, and has served as Minister of Science, Technology, Information and Higher Education from 2016 to May 2018, where he resigned because he was tired of politics.
Henning Carlsen
Henning Carlsen was a Danish film director, screenwriter, and producer most noted for his documentaries and his contributions to the style of cinéma vérité. Carlsen's 1966 social-realistic drama Hunger (Sult) was nominated for the Palme D'Or and won the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film. Carlsen also won the Bodil Award the following year for the comedy People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart. Acting as his own producer since 1960, Carlsen has directed more than 25 films, 19 for which he wrote the screenplay. In 2006, he received the Golden Swan Lifetime Achievement Award at the Copenhagen International Film Festival.
Nicolaj Kopernikus
Nicolaj Kopernikus is a Danish actor most famous for his portrayal of Vagn Skærbæk in the first series of the crime drama series The Killing.
Per Pedersen
Per Pedersen is a retired road bicycle racer from Denmark, who was a professional rider from 1986 to 1993. He competed in four Tours de France. He also competed in the individual road race event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Johan Henrik Nebelong
Johan Henrik Nebelong was a Danish architect. He worked in Norway from 1840 to 1853 and was best known for interior design work on Oscarshall (1847–1852). Nebelong also taught at the Royal Academy of Arts in Copenhagen.
Carl Frederik Bricka
Carl Frederik Bricka was a Danish archivist, historian, and biographer.
Christian Pløyen
Christian Pløyen was a Danish jurist and government official.
Ejnar Mikkelsen
Ejnar Mikkelsen (1880–1971), was a Danish polar explorer and author. He is most known for his expeditions to Greenland.