List of Famous people born in Southern Denmark, Kingdom of Denmark
Jesper Larsen
Jesper Alsing Larsen is a badminton player from Denmark who affiliated with Hvidovre BK. He won the men's doubles gold medal along with partner Jens Eriksen at the 2000 European Championships. Larsen and Eriksen competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, and finished in the quarter-finals stage.
Glen Riddersholm
Glen Riddersholm is a Danish football manager. He is the manager of Danish Superliga club SønderjyskE.
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.
Søren Stærmose
Søren Stærmose is a Danish film producer.
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.
Kenneth Andersen
Kenneth Andersen is a Danish football manager. He was most recently the manager of Danish Superliga club FC Midtjylland.
Casper Jørgensen
Casper Jørgensen is a retired Danish professional racing cyclist. He was forced to retire due to a knee injury. He is the current national team coach for the Men's team pursuit.
Morten Schuldt-Jensen
Morten Schuldt-Jensen is a Danish classical conductor.
Sara Thygesen
Sara Thygesen is a Danish badminton player, specializing in doubles play. She started playing badminton at Gårslev in 2002. She got an awards best female athlete of the year 2007 in her hometown Fredericia. In 2014, she joined Denmark national badminton team, then in 2015, she won a gold medal at the European Games with her partner in mixed doubles Niclas Nøhr.
Bjarne Corydon
Bjarne Fog Corydon is a Danish former politician, who held office as a member of the Social Democrats. He served as Finance Minister of Denmark in the Cabinet of Helle Thorning-Schmidt from 2011 to 2015.