List of Famous people born in Kingdom of Denmark
Svend Åge Madsen
Svend Åge Madsen is a Danish novelist. He studied mathematics before he began writing fiction. His novels are generally philosophical and humorous. Several of his works have been made into films in Denmark. His writings are extensive and has been translated into many languages.
Søren Gade
Søren Gade Jensen is a Danish politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2019, representing the Liberal party, Venstre. He has been a Liberal member of the Danish Parliament from 2001. Before entering politics, he was a military officer and businessman.
Arne Jacobsen
Arne Emil Jacobsen, Hon. FAIA 11 February 1902 – 24 March 1971) was a well-known Danish architect and furniture designer. He is remembered for his contribution to architectural Functionalism, and for the worldwide success he enjoyed with simple, but effective, chair designs.
Raquel Rastenni
Raquel Rastenni, born Anna Rachel Rastén, was a popular Danish-Russian singer. She was born in Copenhagen, and grew up in a little apartment in the poor central part of the city. Her Jewish parents had immigrated to Denmark from Russia at the start of the 20th century. Her father was a tailor, and her mother was a seamstress.
Pelle Koppel
Per Holst
Rasmus Heisterberg
Rasmus Heisterberg is a Danish screenwriter.
Flemming Meyer
Flemming Meyer is a German-Danish politician from the South Schleswig Voters' Association (SSW) and was a member of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein from 2009 to 2020.
Thorvald N. Thiele
Thorvald Nicolai Thiele was a Danish astronomer and director of the Copenhagen Observatory. He was also an actuary and mathematician, most notable for his work in statistics, interpolation and the three-body problem.
Alfa Tofft
Alfa Tofft was a pioneering Danish badminton enthusiast who later became an educator. In 1935, she founded Denmark's first badminton club, Aarhus Badmintonklub. Ten years later, she was a co-founder of Red Barnet, the Danish branch of Save the Children. From 1965 to 1974, she was director of Jydsk Børnehave-Seminarium, a teacher-training establishment for kindergarten teachers.