Anders Fogh Rasmussen |
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Secretary General of NATO (2009), Former Prime Minister |
A.P. Møller |
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Arnold Peter Møller, Mærsk founder |
Arne Jacobsen |
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Architect and designer |
Asger Jorn |
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Artist and essayist |
Bille August |
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Film director (Pelle the Conqueror, House of the Spirits) |
Bjarne Riis |
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Cyclist (won Tour de France with help of banned substances) |
Bjarne Stroustrup |
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Inventor of C++ programming language |
Bjørn Lomborg |
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Skeptical environmentalist |
Brian Laudrup |
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Football/soccer player |
Brigitte Nielsen |
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Ex Mrs Stallone |
Carl Nielsen |
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Composer and violinist |
Connie Hedegaard |
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EU Climate Commissioner (2009) |
Connie Nielsen |
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Actress (Gladiator, Basic) |
Den Lille Havfrue |
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The Little Mermaid |
Dirch Passer |
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Actor |
Dronning Margrethe |
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Queen Margrethe |
Ebbe Sand |
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Football/soccer player |
Freja |
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Nordic goddess |
Georg Jensen |
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Silversmith |
Ghita Nørby |
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Actress |
H. C. Andersen |
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Hans Christian Andersen, storyteller |
Helena Christensen |
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Fashion model |
Helle Thorning Schmidt |
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Prime Minister (2011) |
Jørn Utzon |
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Architect (Sydney Opera House) |
Karen Blixen |
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Author (Out of Africa, Babette's Feast) |
Kim Larsen |
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Rock musician |
Kong Knud |
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King Canute |
Kurt Trampedach |
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Painter and sculptor |
Lars Løkke Rasmussen |
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Prime Minister (2009) |
Lars von Trier |
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Film director (Breaking the Waves, Dancer in the Dark) |
Mads Mikkelsen |
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Actor (Casino Royale) |
Michael Laudrup |
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Football/soccer player |
Niels Bohr |
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Physicist |
Odin |
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Nordic god |
Ole Rømer |
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Astronomer (also invented first street lights in Copenhagen) |
Otto Jespersen |
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Linguist |
Peter Brixtofte |
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Mayor of Farum, criminal |
Peter Høeg |
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Author (Smilla's Sense of Snow) |
Peter Schmeichel |
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Football/soccer player ("World's Best Goalkeeper" in 1992 and 1993) |
Pia Kjærsgaard |
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Anti-immigration politician, leader of the Danish Folk Party |
Piet Hein |
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Writer, scientist, designer |
Søren Kierkegård |
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Existentialist philosopher and theologian |
Stein Bagger |
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Entrepreneur and fraudster (defrauded 1.2 billion Danish crowns) |
Susanne Bier |
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Film director (Things We Lost in the Fire) |
Thor |
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God of thunder |
Tove Ditlevsen |
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Female poet and author |
Tycho Brahe |
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Astronomer |
Victor Borge |
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Comedian (aka The Clown Prince of Denmark, The Great Dane) |
Viggo Mortensen |
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Actor (The Lord of the Rings, Hidalgo, The Road) |
Villy Søvndal |
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Minister of Foreign Affairs (2011) |
Vitus Bering |
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Navigator and explorer |
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