Category
page 1Writers from Copenhagen
Ludvig Holberg
Danish-Norwegian writer, philosopher and historian (1684–1754)
Georg Brandes
Danish literature critic and scholar (1842–1927)
Piet Hein
20th-century Danish mathematician, inventor, designer, writer and poet (1905–1996)

Martin Andersen Nexø
Danish writer (1869–1954)

Adam Oehlenschläger
Danish poet and playwright (1779–1850)

Barthold Georg Niebuhr
Danish-German statesman and historian (1776–1831)

Jens Fink-Jensen
Danish writer

Emil Aarestrup
Danish poet and physician (1800–1856)
Holger Drachmann
Poet and painter (1846-1908)
Klaus Rifbjerg
Danish author, poet, journalist, and songwriter (1931-2015)
Tove Ditlevsen
Danish poet and author (1917–1976)
Jussi Adler-Olsen
Danish author of novels
Johan Ludvig Heiberg
Danish poet and critic (1791–1860)
Villy Sørensen
Danish author and literary critic (1929–2001)
Dorrit Willumsen
Danish writer
Maria Wine
Swedish writer (1912–2003)
Karen Aabye
Danish writer (1904-1982)

Janne Teller
Danish author
Anne Koedt
American activist
Poul Henningsen
Danish architect and author (1894-1967)
Hans Scherfig
Danish writer and artist (1905-1979)
Anders Bodelsen
Danish writer (1937–2021)
Peter Nansen
Danish writer (1861–1918)
Arthur Christensen
Danish writer (1875-1945)
Suzanne Brøgger
Danish writer
Erik Clausen
Danish actor, film director, screenwriter
Dan Turèll
Danish writer (1946–1993)
Henrik Hertz
Danish poet (1797–1870)
Jacob Paludan
Danish author and autobiographer (1896–1975)
Mathilde Fibiger
Danish feminist, novelist, and telegraphist (1830–1872)
Kim Fupz Aakeson
Danish writer, illustrator, comic book writer and screenwriter (born 1958)
Vilhelm Bergsøe
Danish writer, entomologist and autobiographer (1835-1911)
Dorothea Biehl
Danish writer and translator
Helena Nyblom
Swedish poet and author (1843-1926)
Sara Blædel
Danish writer
Pelle Dragsted
Danish politician
Jens Christian Hostrup
Danish poet, priest, dramatist 1818-1892
Ib Melchior
American filmmaker and writer
Gyrithe Lemche
Danish author and women's rights activist, editor (1866-1945)

Bjarne Reuter
Danish children's writer

Adam Price
Danish screenwriter and TV-chef

Kamma Rahbek
Danish salon holder
Vita Andersen
Danish author (1942-2021)
Olga Ravn
Danish poet and novelist (1986-)

Aage Dons
Danish writer (1903-1993)
Christian Jungersen
Danish writer
Ejner Johansson
Danish art historian and author (1922-2001)
Janina Katz
Polish-Danish writer (1939-2013)
Knud Ejler Løgstrup
Danish philosopher (1905–1981)
Barbara Serra
British-based Italian reporter

Carl Frederik Bricka
Danish biographer and historian (1845–1903)
Athalia Schwartz
Danish journalist (1821-1871)

Dea Trier Mørch
Danish writer, graphic artist and painter (1941–2001)
Mogens Klitgaard
Danish author (1906–1945)

Erik Bøgh
Danish composer (1822–1899)
Ida Tin
Danish internet entrepreneur and author (born 1979)

Frank Jæger
Danish poet and writer (1926-1977)
Jan Sonnergaard
Danish writer (1963–2016)
Juliane Marie Jessen
Danish author (1760-1832)

Erna Juel-Hansen
Danish novelist and women's rights activist