List of Famous people born in Kingdom of Denmark
Ingrid Vang Nyman
Ingrid Vang Nyman was a Danish illustrator, noted for her work on the Pippi Longstocking books of which she was the original illustrator. Despite the worldwide fame of her Pippi illustrations, Vang Nyman did not receive as much recognition from the publication as author Astrid Lindgren, and remains fairly unknown.
Peter Schrøder
Anne Louise Hassing
Anne Louise Hassing is a Danish actress best known for her award-winning roles in the films The Idiots and Pain of Love.
Kaj Leo Johannesen
Kaj Leo Holm Johannesen is a Faroese politician. He was the prime minister of the Faroe Islands, representing the Faroese Unionist Party (Sambandsflokkurin). He took office, succeeding Jóannes Eidesgaard on 26 September 2008 and left office on 15 September 2015, after his party and coalition with Fólkaflokkurin and Miðflokkurin lost the general election on 1 September 2015. Johannesen is also a former international football player; he was goalkeeper for the Faroe Islands national football team.
Søren Christensen
Søren Christensen is a Danish politician who served as High Commissioner of the Faroe Islands from 2005 to 2008. Previously, he was Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers from 1997 until 2003.
Bjørn Wiinblad
Bjørn Wiinblad, was a Danish painter, designer and artist in ceramics, silver, bronze, textiles, and graphics. His work has been shown widely in Europe, in the United States of America first in 1954 and in Japan, Australia and Canada in 1968. Wiinblad was named Man of the Year in New York in 1985 and was awarded the American-Scandinavian Foundation’s Cultural Prize of 1995.
Winnie Hollman
Lars Barfoed
Lars Barfoed is a Danish politician representing the Conservative People's Party and was the party's leader from 2011 to 7 August 2014. He was Justice Minister of Denmark from February 2010 to October 2011, and Deputy Prime Minister of Denmark from January to October 2011. He also served as Minister for Family and Consumer Affairs from 18 February 2005 to 14 December 2006.
Elisa von Ahlefeldt
Elisa Davidia Margarethe Countess of Ahlefeldt was a German-Danish noblewoman and wife of the Prussian General-major and war hero Adolf von Lützow.
Hack Kampmann
Hack Kampmann was a Danish architect, Royal Inspector of Listed State Buildings in Jutland and professor at the architecture department of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Marselisborg Palace in Aarhus, built between 1899 and 1902, is among his best known works.