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or whose artworks are closely associated with that country.

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Gudrun Stig Aagaard Gudrun Stig Aagaard (1895–1986) was a Danish textile artist who specialized in printed fabrics. She opened her own workshop in 1928, pioneering printed textile designs in Denmark. She initially produced classical patterns but later adopted a mor ...

(1895–1986), textile artist *

Astrid Aagesen Astrid Marie-Frederike Aagesen (1883–1965) was a Danish-Swedish designer who crafted objects in many kinds of metals. From 1919 until 1937, she lived in Helsingborg, Sweden, where she made the globe for the city's monument to astronomer Tycho ...

(1883–1965), designer working with tin and silver, active in Helsingborg, Sweden *

Nanna Aakjær Nielsine Juliane (Nanna) Aakjær née Krog (1874–1962) was a Danish carpenter and woodcarver. She is remembered in particular for contributing to the design and interior decor of , the residence on the Salling Peninsula in northern Jutland whe ...

(1874–1962), carpenter and woodcarver * Naja Abelsen (born 1964), Greenlandic painter and illustrator *

Lene Adler Petersen Lene Adler Petersen (born January 1944 in Aarhus, Denmark) is a Danish artist. Her artistic practice is characterized through a continuous collecting, sorting and mixing process of media and techniques and includes happenings and performance art as ...

(born 1944), multidisciplinary artist * Margrethe Agger (born 1943), textile artist specializing in tapestry *

Else Alfelt Else Alfelt (16 September 1910 – 9 August 1974) was a Danish artist who specialized in abstract paintings. She was one of two female members of the CoBrA movement. She was married to Carl-Henning Pedersen, another prominent CoBrA member. Earl ...

(1910–1974), painter * Catherine Engelhart Amyot (1845–1926), portrait and genre painter *

Anna Ancher Anna Ancher (18 August 1859 – 15 April 1935) was a Danish artist associated with the Skagen Painters, an artist colony on the northern point of Jylland, Denmark. She is considered to be one of Denmark's greatest visual artists. Background An ...

(1859–1935), painter associated with the Skagen Painters * Helga Ancher (1883–1964), painter, daughter of Anna and Michael Ancher *

Rigmor Andersen Rigmor Andersen (11 December 1903, Aarhus - 10 March 1995, Søllerød) was a versatile Danish designer, educator and author. Above all she is remembered for maintaining the traditions of Kaare Klint's furniture school at the Royal Danish Academy of ...

(1903–1995), furniture designer *

Astrid Andreasen Faroe stamp 440 fish tree. Astrid Jóhanna Andreasen (born July 31, 1948, in Vestmanna, Faroe Islands) is a Faroese artist, illustrator and postage stamp designer. As a scientific illustrator, she specialises in marine animals. Andreasen grew up ...

(born 1948), Faroese textile and graphic artist * Pia Arke (1958–2007), Greenlandic visual and performance artist, writer and photographer * Aggi Ásgerð Ásgeirsdóttir (born 1966), Faroese visual artist

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* Marie Vilhelmine Bang (1848–1932), painter * Magdalene Bärens (1737–1808), painter *

Merete Barker Merete Barker (born 1944) is a Danish artist who uses sketches and photographs from her many travels as the basis for highly expressive paintings where it is often difficult to distinguish between nature and culture. She has received various honor ...

(born 1944), painter, contemporary artist *

Gerda Bengtsson Gerda Johanne Bengtsson (6 February 1900– 13 December 1995) was a Danish textile artist who specialized in embroidery. Initially inspired by the stylized animals and plants used in medieval needlework, she became an outstanding designer who could ...

(1900–1995), textile artist * Johanne Bindesbøll (1851–1934), textile artist *

Malene Birger Malene Birger is a Danish fashion designer. She co-founded Day Birger et Mikkelsen in 1997 and By Malene Birger in 2003. Career Birger graduated from the Danish Design School in 1989. She began her career in the fashion industry in 1989 as de ...

(born 1962), fashion designer * Agnete Bjørneboe (born 1943), painter, mosaic artist and paper cutter *

Anna Sofie Boesen Dreijer Anna Sofie Boesen Dreijer (1899–1986) was a Danish schoolteacher who is remembered for her interest in Danish folklore and traditional dance costumes. Together with Ellen Andersen of the Danish Folk Museum, over a period of 30 years she produce ...

(1899–1986), schoolteacher and textile artist * Elisa Maria Boglino (1905–2002), painter * Thyra Boldsen (1884–1968), sculptor * Elna Borch (1869–1950), sculptor *

Birthe Bovin Berthe (Birthe) Marie Marensine Bovin (31 January 1906 – 12 August 1980) was a self-taught Danish painter who joined the artists' colony in northwestern Zealand known as the Odsherred Painters. Biography The daughter of a fisherman, Bovin was b ...

(1908–1980), painter * Elise Brandes (1873–1918), sculptor *

Margit Brandt Margit Bjørløw Brandt (27 January 1945 – 24 October 2011) was a Danish fashion designer. Biography Brandt graduated from Margretheskolen (1961–1964), Københavns Tilskærerakademi (1964), and completed an apprenticeship in tailoring. ...

(1945–2011), fashion designer * Lilian Brøgger (born 1950), illustrator *

(1906–1980), painter associated with the

Odsherred Painters Odsherred Painters ( da, Odsherredsmalerne) is a term applied to Danish artists from various periods with connections to Odsherred in the northwest of Zealand, Denmark. Some were born there while others settled in the area or painted there. While ...

* Lilian Brøgger (born 1950), illustrator *

Laura Brun-Pedersen Laura Oline Hedvig Brun-Pedersen (19 July 1883 – 7 March 1961) was a Danish painter. Born in Copenhagen, she studied art at the painting schools of Ernst Goldschmidt (1917–18) and Harald Giersing (1919-20). She painted deeply coloured landscap ...

(1883–1961), landscape painter * Eva Louise Buus (born 1979), painter

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* Louise Campbell (born 1970), furniture and lighting designer *

Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen (born Anne Marie Brodersen; 21 June 1863 – 21 February 1945) was a Danish sculptor. Her preferred themes were domestic animals and people, with an intense, naturalistic portrayal of movements and sentiments. She al ...

(1863–1945), sculptor *

Ebba Carstensen Ebba Ninna Back Carstensen (23 August 1885 – 13 October 1967) was a Danish painter. Her painting developed from a rather Impressionist style towards Cubism. Biography Born in Västra Kärrstorp near Malmö in Sweden, she was the daughter of a ...

(1885–1967), Cubist painter *

Anthonore Christensen Anthonie Eleonore Christensen, generally known as Anthonore Christensen, née Tscherning (1849–1926) was a Danish flower painter. She exhibited from 1867 at Charlottenborg, winning the medal of the year in 1893. As a painting teacher, her stude ...

(1849–1926), flower painter *

Kirsten Christensen Kirsten Annette Christensen (born 1943) is a Danish painter and ceramist. She has created large reliefs depicting existential themes such as old age, sickness, pollution and death. Biography Born in Copenhagen on 7 February 1943, Christensen firs ...

(born 1943), painter and ceramist *

Franciska Clausen Franciska Clausen (7 January 1899 – 5 March 1986) was a Danish painter who was involved in the abstract art movement of the early twentieth century. Clausen studied at the Die Grossherzogliche sächsische Hochschule für bildende Kunst in Weim ...

(1899–1986), painter *

Marie Jeanne Clemens Marie Jeanne Clemens (''née'' Crévoisier, 16 November 1755 – 20 March 1791) was a French-Danish painter, engraver and pastel artist. She was the daughter of the clock maker Claude Joseph Crévoisier and his wife Marie Thérèse (Blot) ...

(1755–1791), French-Danish engraver, pastel artist *

(born 1943), painter, ceramist * Viera Collaro (born 1946), light art specialist * Hedvig Collin (1880–1964), painter, illustrator and children's writer * Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen (born 1970), Philippine-born video and performance artist

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* Dorte Dahlin (born 1955), painter, graphic artist * Inger Lut Debois (1931–2015), painter, headed the Danish Society of Female Artists *

Kirsten Dehlholm Kirsten Dehlholm (born 5 April 1945) is a Danish artist and artistic theatre director. She has created over 30 presentations combining scenography with performance art, employing a wide variety of techniques, media and materials. Biography Born in ...

(born 1945), scenic artist * Nanna Ditzel (1923–2005), furniture designer *

Augusta Dohlmann Augusta Dohlmann also known as ''Henriette Augusta Johanne Dohlmann'' (1847–1914) was a Danish painter. She was known for her flower painting. Biography Dohlmann was born in Frederiksberg on 9 May 1847. In 1878 she traveled to Paris to study F ...

(1847–1914), painter * Helen Dohlmann (1870–1942), sculptor *

Bertha Dorph Bertha Olga Vilhelmine Herlich Dorph née Green (4 June 1875 – 25 February 1960) was a Danish painter. Biography Born in Copenhagen, Dorph was privately educated under Harald Slott-Møller and Peter Ilsted in Copenhagen (1893–97) after whic ...

(1875–1960), painter, designer * Margrete Drejer (1889–1975), textile artist *

Kirsten Dufour Kirsten Dufour (born 23 February 1941) is a Danish visual artist. She works with performance as well as other mediums to bring attention to social injustices. Dufour was co-curator of the 2004 interdisciplinary exhibition ''Minority Report: Chall ...

(born 1941), visual artist

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* Maja Lisa Engelhardt (born 1956), painter * Tina Enghoff (born 1957), photographer, video artist and writer * Lisa Engqvist (1914–1989), ceramist *

Merete Erbou Laurent Merete Erbou Laurent (born 1949) is a Danish weaver and textile artist. Since the 1970s, she has specialized in weaving paper yarn to produce brightly coloured floor rugs, runners and carpets but more recently has used wool for her rugs. From 1983 ...

(born 1949), weaver and magazine editor * Helle-Vibeke Erichsen (1940–2016), etcher, painter, created caricatures of people she met *

Gutte Eriksen Gudrum "Gutte" Agnete Tryde Eriksen (20 November 1918 – 8 July 2008) was a Danish ceramist whose works were influenced by the years she spent in Japan studying Asian techniques. It is above all the specially produced glaze which is the distinguis ...

(1918–2008), ceramist * Charlotte Eskildsen (born 1975), fashion designer * Helga Exner (born 1939), Czech-born Danish goldsmith and jeweller

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Julie Fagerholt Julie Fagerholt (born 17 April 1968) is a Danish fashion designer and founder of the luxury clothing brand Heartmade. She also creates '' haute couture''. Her customers include Crown Princess Mary of Denmark. Biography Julie Fagerholt grew up in ...

(born 1968), fashion designer *

Sonja Ferlov Mancoba Sonja Ferlov Mancoba (1 November 1911 – 17 December 1984) was a Danish avant-garde sculptor. Biography She attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and was affiliated with the CoBrA group, along with her husband, South African artist Ernes ...

(1911–1984), avant-garde sculptor * Else Fischer-Hansen (1905–1996), abstract painter *

Helga Foght Helga Elisabeth Foght (11 December 1902 – 23 November 1974) was a Danish textile artist who specialized in calico printing. She opened her own screen-printing workshop in 1937, first creating floral designs but later adopting a more abstract or ...

(1902–1974), textile artist * Elna Fonnesbech-Sandberg (1892–1994), art collector, painter * Johanna Marie Fosie (1726–1764), Denmark's first professional female artist * Ingeborg Frederiksen (1886–1976), painter and botanical illustrator *

Dagmar Freuchen-Gale Dagmar Freuchen-Gale (June 30, 1907 – March 9, 1991) was a Danish illustrator, writer and editor. Early life and education Freuchen-Gale was born Dagmar Cohn in Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, to Hans Cohn and Betty Johanne Neustadt. Her parents w ...

(1907–1991), illustrator and writer *

Edma Frølich Edma Cornelia Vilhelmine Frølich Stage, also Edma Stage, (14 August 1859 – 3 November 1958) was a French-born, Danish painter who worked mainly in pastels. Biography Born in Fontainebleau, France, and brought up in Paris, Frølich was the da ...

(1859–1958), painter

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* Esther Gehlin (1892–1949), Danish-Swedish painter and textile artist * Emily Gernild (born 1985), Danish-born artist * Irene Griegst (born 1945), Moroccan-born Danish goldsmith * Edith Grøn (1917–1990), Danish-born Nicaraguan sculptor

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* Henriette Hahn-Brinckmann (1862–1934), painter, printmaker * Christina Liljenberg Halstrøm (born 1977), furniture designer *

Bente Hammer Bente Hammer (born 1950) is a Danish textile artist and fashion designer. Born in Helsinge in the north of Zealand, she moved to the island of Bornholm in 1987 where she opened a workshop and boutique in an old smithy on Nyker Hovedgade, the main s ...

(born 1950), textile artist and fashion designer * Charlotte Hanmann (born 1950), photographer, painter and graphic artist * Inger Hanmann (1918–2007), painter and enamelwork artist * Karen Hannover (1872–1943), ceramist *

Gerda Henning Gerda Henning née Heydorn (March 2, 1891 – June 26, 1951) was a Danish weaver, textile designer and educator. Biography Born Gerda Heydorn in Fredriksberg, Denmark, she was the daughter of a grocer. From 1910 to 1917 she worked as a china paint ...

(1891–1951), weaver and textile designer * Gesa Hansen (born 1981), German-Danish furniture designer * Charlotte Haslund-Christensen (born 1963), photographic artist * Emilie Demant Hatt (1873–1958), artist, writer and ethnographer * Irene Hedlund (born 1947), illustrator and children's writer * Effie Hegermann-Lindencrone (1869–1945), porcelain artist * Berit Heggenhougen-Jensen (born 1956), painter * Ella Heide (1871–1956), associated with the younger generation of Skagen painters * Hanne Hellesen (1801–1844), flower painter * Ghita Hempel (1899–1948), painter *

Marie Henriques Marie Henriques (26 June 1866 – 12 January 1944) was a Danish painter who created landscapes, figure paintings and portraits, initially in the Realist style but increasingly under the influence of Impressionism. She also painted watercolours of ...

(1866–1944), painter *

Louise Hindsgavl Louise Hindsgavl (born January 29, 1973) is a Danish artist who works in ceramic sculpture, porcelain, and stoneware. Early life and education Hindsgavl graduated from the Ceramics and Glass Department of Design School Kolding in 1999. Career Hi ...

(born 1973), ceramic artist * Berit Hjelholt (1920–2016), textile artist * Anne Mette Hjortshøj, contemporary studio potter * Aka Høegh (born 1947), Greenlandic painter, graphic artist and sculptor * Hanna Hoffmann (1868–1917), sculptor, silversmith and textile artist * Nina Hole (1941–2016), ceramist *

Astrid Holm Astrid Holm (born Astrid Vilhelmine Rasmussen; 29 March 1893 – 29 October 1961) was a Danish theater and film actress whose career began on the stage and in the early silent film era. Early life and stage career Born Astrid Vilhelmine Rasmuss ...

(1876–1937), painter and textile artist * Ebba Holm (1889–1967), painter, engraver *

Olivia Holm-Møller Olivia Holm-Møller (1875–1970) was a Danish painter and sculptor. Her richly coloured, almost abstract paintings provide a bridge between the early Danish Modernism of the 1910s and the Cobra works of the 1950s. Biography Born in Homå near Gr ...

(1875–1970), painter, sculptor *

Sophie Holten Sophie Holten (1858–1930) was a Danish painter who created portraits, flower paintings and genre works. She is remembered in particular for her portraits of August Strindberg and L. A. Ring. She was also active in social work and feminism. Bi ...

(1858–1930), painter * Suzette Holten (1863–1937), painter, ceramist * Anne-Birthe Hove (1951–2012), Greenlandic graphic artist * Jytte Høy (born 1951), contemporary artist, educator * Bizzie Høyer (1888–1971), painter, art teacher *

Lone Høyer Hansen Lone Høyer Hansen (1950 – August 17, 2021) was a Danish sculptor who created works with combinations of untraditional materials such as concrete, cellophane, fabrics and plaster. Biography Born in Copenhagen on 13 August 1950, Høyer Hansen was ...

(born 1950), sculptor

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* Lucie Ingemann (1792–1868), painter, remembered for altar paintings

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* Ville Jais Nielsen (1886–1949), portrait painter *

Grete Jalk Grete Juel Jalk (1920–2006) was a Danish furniture designer. From the 1960s, she did much to enhance Denmark's reputation for modern furniture design with her clear, comfortable lines. She also edited the Danish magazine ''Mobilia'' and compil ...

(1920–2006), furniture designer *

Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann Anna Maria Elisabeth Lisinska Jerichau-Baumann (21 November 1819 – 11 July 1881) was a Polish-Danish painter. She was married to the sculptor Jens Adolf Jerichau. Early life and career Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann was born in Żoliborz (Fr ...

(1819–1881), Polish-Danish painter * Kirsten Justesen (born 1943), sculptor, scenographer, installation artist

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Bodil Kaalund Bodil Marie Kaalund-Jørgensen (1930–2016) was an award-winning Danish painter, textile artist and writer, who is remembered above all for her artwork in Danish churches and for her Bible illustrations. She was also a major contributor to the re ...

(1930–2016), painter, textile artist, church decorator * Sigrid Kähler (1874–1923), ceramist and painter * Jane Jin Kaisen (born 1980), visual artist, filmmaker * Sophia Kalkau (born 1960), multidisciplinary artist * Rita Kernn-Larsen (1904–1998), surrealist painter *

Helvig Kinch Helvig Agnete Kinch née Amsinck (1872–1956) was a Danish artist who specialized in painting animals, especially horses. In the early 20th-century, she participated in archaeological research near Lindos on the island of Rhodes, creating landscap ...

(1872–1956), painter *

Bodil Kjær Bodil Kjær (born 11 March 1932 in Hatting near Horsens) is a Danish architect, furniture designer, professor and researcher, who has specialized in interior design and city planning. Today she is recognized above all for the flexible series of of ...

(born 1932), furniture designer * Elle Klarskov Jørgensen (born 1958), sculptor * Kirsten Kjær (1893–1985), expressive painter *

Kirsten Klein Kirsten Klein (born 1945) is a Danish photographer who since the mid-1970s has lived on the island of Mors. She has become one of Denmark's foremost landscape photographers, developing a highly characteristic, somewhat melancholic style, frequent ...

(born 1945), photographer *

Anna Klindt Sørensen Anna Klindt Sørensen (9 August 1899 – 28 July 1985) was a Danish painter and illustrator. She is now remembered as a strong, self-assured women who practised French Expressionism on her own terms in Denmark. Biography Born in Ry in central Ju ...

(1899–1985), painter * Vibeke Klint (1927–2019), textile artist * Eva Koch (born 1953), sculptor *

Elise Konstantin-Hansen Elise Konstantin-Hansen (1858–1946) was a Danish painter and ceramist. She developed her own naturalistic style, often painting sea birds, animals, plants and beach scenes. Early life and education Konstantin-Hansen was born in the Frederiks ...

(1858–1946), painter, ceramist * Ann-Mari Kornerup (1918–2006), Swedish-Danish textile artist *

Holcha Krake Holcha Krake (1885-1944) was a Danish born textile artist and the wife of the Harlem Renaissance artist William H. Johnson. Biography Krake was born on April 6, 1885, in Karlby Sogn, Denmark. Krake studied in textile design in Sweden, Norway. a ...

(1885–1944), textile artist * Theodora Krarup (1862–1941), portrait painter *

Ellen Krause Ellen Margrethe Krause Rørup (29 December 1905 — 11 September 1990) was a Danish artist who, after marrying Viggo Rørup in 1937, became a member of the artists' colony in northwestern Zealand known as the Odsherred Painters. Biography Born in ...

(1905–1990), painter associated with the Odsherred Painters *

Johanne Cathrine Krebs Johanne Cathrine Krebs (21 April 1848 - 1 April 1924) was a Danish painter and women's rights activist. She was known for her portrait painting. She was active in establishing the women's department of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Bio ...

(1848–1924), painter *

Nathalie Krebs Johanne Nathalie Krebs (August 5, 1895 in Aarhus – January 5, 1978 in Copenhagen) was a Danish potter. She was the sister of the medical doctor and explorer Carl Krebs. Krebs was employed at the Bing & Grøndahl between 1919 and 1929, where she ...

(1895–1978), potter *

Dorthe Kristoffersen Dorthea (Dorthe) Rebekka Augusta Kristoffersen née Jakobsen (4 January 1906–1976) was a Greenlandic artist from the country's west coast. A talented craftswoman who had previously embroidered skins and created dolls, after her marriage with (190 ...

(1906–1976), Greenlandic sculptor *

K'itura Kristoffersen K'itura Bebiane Ane Salomine Sukuvara née Kristoffersen (born 1939) is a Greenlandic artist from the country's west coast. Her parents, Dorthe and Kristoffer Kristoffersen, taught her and her three siblings how to create small mythological figures ...

(born 1939). Greenlandic sculptor *

Sara Kristoffersen Sara Rachel Juliane Kristoffersen (1937–2008) was a Greenlandic artist from the country's west coast. Her parents, Dorthe and Kristoffer Kristoffersen, taught her and her three siblings how to create small mythological figures in dark soapstone ...

(1937–2008), Greenlandic sculptor * Charlotte Christiane von Krogh (1827–1913), painter *

Marie Krøyer Marie Triepcke Krøyer Alfvén (11 June 1867 – 25 May 1940) commonly known as Marie Krøyer, was a Danish painter. She is remembered principally as the wife of Peder Severin Krøyer, one of the most successful members of the artists' colony kn ...

(1867–1940), painter associated with the Skagen Painters

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* Jenny la Cour (1849–1928), textile artist and educator * Marie Gudme Leth (1895–1997), textile designer pioneering screen printing * Kirsten Lockenwitz (born 1932), painter and sculptor * Alexia de Lode (1737–1765), copper-plate etcher * Christine Løvmand (1803–1872), painter * Agnes Lunn (1850–1941), painter, sculptor *

Marie Luplau Henriette Marie Antonette Luplau (September 7, 1848 – August 16, 1925) was a Danish artist and educator, active in the women's movement. She conducted an art school for women in Copenhagen with her partner, artist Emilie Mundt. Early life and ...

(1848–1925), painter * Anne Marie Lütken (1916–2001), painter * Julie Lütken (1788–1816), early landscape painter * Sigrid Lütken (1915–2008), sculptor focusing on abstract works depicting plants, animals and people * Nanna Lysholt Hansen (fl. 2005–), performance artist and curator

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* Anne Sofie Madsen (born 1979), fashion designer * Lise Malinovsky (born 1957), painter * Thyra Manicus-Hansen (1872–1906), ceramic artist, trade unionist * Cecilie Manz (born 1972), furniture designer *

Cathrine Marie Møller Cathrine Marie Møller (1744–1811) was a Danish embroidery artist, credited with introducing a method of creating light and shadow within embroidery to Denmark. In 1790, she became the second woman inducted into the Royal Danish Academy of Fine ...

(1744–1811), embroiderer *

Christel Marott Christel Andrée Julie Louise Brián Schwarck, married Marott (December 6, 1919 in Copenhagen – May 2, 1992 in Herlev) known throughout Denmark as ''Christel'' was a Danish illustrator, painter, and sculptor. Her debut in 1939 was for the weekly ...

(1919–1992), illustrator, painter and sculptor * Julie Marstrand (1882–1943), Danish sculptor and writer * Helene Moltke-Leth (born 1973), film director and artist * Inger Møller (1886–1979), silversmith * Dea Trier Mørch (1941–2001), artist, writer *

Ursula Munch-Petersen Ursula Munch-Petersen (born 29 December 1937) is a Danish ceramist. Biography Born in Rønne on the island of Bornholm, Ursula Munch-Petersen is the daughter of Gustaf and Lisbeth Munch-Petersen, both of whom were also ceramists and potters. She a ...

(born 1937), ceramist * Emilie Mundt (1842–1922), painter * Jane Muus (1919–2007), painter, illustrator * Elna Mygdal (1868–1940), textile artist, museum director * Vera Myhre (1920–2000), painter and graphic artist

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* Kim Naver (born 1940), designer and textile artist * Elisabeth Neckelmann (1884–1956), painter and head of the Danish Society of Female Artists *

Hermania Neergaard Hermania Sigvardine Neergaard (1799–1875) was a Danish flower and still-life painter. A student of Frederik Christian Camradt (1762–1844), she exhibited her paintings in Charlottenborg where several were bought by the royal family. Biograph ...

(1799–1875), still life painter * Jette Nevers (born 1943), textile artist and designer * Elsa Nielsen (1923–2011), graphic artist * Ville Jais Nielsen (1886–1949), painter *

Astrid Noack Astrid Noack (30 January 1888 – 26 December 1954) was a Danish sculptor who specialized in the human figure, creating works such as the statue of Anna Ancher in Skagen, and her ''Standing Woman (Noack), Standing Woman'' which was included in th ...

(1888–1954), sculptor * Ernestine Nyrop (1888–1975), textile artist and fresco painter

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* Tove Ólafsson (1909–1992), sculptor *

Dagmar Olrik Dagmar Olrik (1860–1932) was a Danish painter and tapestry artist. She is remembered for her weaving and tapestry work, in particular for decorating a room in Copenhagen's City Hall with tapestries based on cartoons of Nordic mythology created ...

(1860–1932), painter and tapestry artist *

Kirsten Ortwed Kirsten Møller Ortwed (born 28 May 1948) is a Danish artist, now based in Cologne, Germany. She is noted for her striking sculptures in public spaces and her sometimes surprising combinations of traditional and unconventional materials. Early li ...

(born 1948), sculptor * Sara Mathilde Øster (born 1973), painter

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Sophie Pedersen Sophie Petrine Pedersen (15 January 1885 – 1 October 1950) was a Danish painter. She specialized in landscapes, including scenes of Copenhagen's streets and parks, but also created portraits and figure paintings. From 1921 to 1924, she headed t ...

(1885–1950), painter *

Johanne Pedersen-Dan Johanne Agnete Theresia Pedersen-Dan née Betzonich (1860–1934) was a Danish actress, singer and sculptor. After performing in plays and operettas in Copenhagen until 1888, she devoted the rest of her life to sculpture, frequently exhibiting he ...

(1860–1934), sculptor *

Anna Petersen Anna Sophie Lorenze Petersen (20 February 1845 – 6 October 1910) was a Danish painter. Although she showed some promise as an artist, specifically in genre painting, she struggled to find a place in the male-dominated Danish art world of th ...

(1845–1910), painter *

Nielsine Petersen Nielsine Petersen (10 July 1851 – 26 November 1916) was a Danish sculptor. Biography Nielsine Caroline Petersen was born at Nyrup in the parish Højby on the island of Zealand, Denmark. She was the daughter of Mads Petersen (1875-1884) and Kirst ...

(1851–1916), sculptor * Ingeborg Plockross Irminger (1872–1962), sculptor *

Etiyé Dimma Poulsen Etiyé Dimma Poulsen (born 1968) is an Ethiopian-born Danish sculptor, known for her work in ceramics. Biography Poulsen, who has exhibited widely in Europe, Africa and North America, lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium. Her work is held in num ...

(born 1968), sculptor, ceramist *

Gudrun Poulsen Gudrun Thorgerd Erna Poulsen (7 March 1918– 20 July 1999) was a Danish painter. Inspired by nature, she painted mainly country landscapes, often including cows. From the 1960s, she spent much of her time painting on the island of Møn while in th ...

(1918–1999), painter, president of Kvindelige Kunstneres Samfund, female artists society * Bolette Puggaard (1798–1847), landscape painter

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Anu Ramdas Anu Ramdas (born 26 January 1980) is an artist, teacher and researcher based in Copenhagen, Denmark. She studied at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, the Department of Experimental Art at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, China, and ...

(born 1980), artist *

Pia Ranslet Pia Ranslet (born 3 July 1956, Allinge, Bornholm, Denmark) is a Danish people, Danish painter and sculptor. Biography Pia Ranslet was born and raised in Bornholm, Denmark, eldest daughter to Tulla Blomberg Ranslet and Arne Ranslet. Her brothe ...

(born 1956), painter and sculptor * Franka Rasmussen (1907–1994), German-born Danish textile artist *

Louise Ravn-Hansen Louise Christiane Ravn-Hansen (19 July 1849, in Copenhagen – January 1909, in the Havel River, near Schwanenwerder) was a Danish landscape painter and etcher. Biography Her father was a railroad stoker. She lost both parents when she was ei ...

(1849–1909), painter and etcher * Jane Reumert (1942–2016), ceramist *

Jytte Rex Jytte Rex (born 19 March 1942) is a Danish artist, writer and film director. Her work includes paintings, fiction, biographies, and pioneering artistic activities in support of women's rights. Biography Born in Frederiksberg, after qualifying as ...

(born 1942), painter, writer, filmmaker *

Lise Ring Lise Ring (born 1936) is a Danish sculptor who has been active in the country's art organizations. Working with stone, concrete, wood and silver, she has created naturalistic works depicting women, children and animals. Her organizational responsib ...

(born 1936), sculptor and art organization player *

Monica Ritterband Monica Ritterband (born 26 August 1955) is a Danish artist, who previously worked as a journalist and speaker. Ritterband is the daughter of two Holocaust survivors; artist Olly Ritterband and Daniel Ritterband, who were originally from Transy ...

(born 1955), artist, designer *

Elizabeth Romhild Elizabeth Romhild (15 October 1960, Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Bangkok-based Danish-Armenian painter, sculptor, designer. Biography Elizabeth Romhild was born in Denmark in the family of Armenian father and Danish mother. She spent her childhood i ...

(born 1960), Danish-Armenian painter, sculptor and designer

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Naja Salto Naja Salto (1945–2016) was a Danish painter and textile artist who is remembered for her rich, brightly coloured tapestries, many depicting scenes of the sea and the sky. Early life, education and family Born in Copenhagen on 22 November 1945, ...

(1945–2016), textile artist * Marie Sandholt (1872–1942), painter and ceramist * Anna Sarauw (1839–1919), textile artist * Helen Schou (1905–2006), sculptor * Alev Ebüzziya Siesbye (born 1938), Turkish-Danish ceramist * Vigdis Sigmundsdóttir (1934–2023), Faroese collage artist *

Agnes Slott-Møller Agnes Slott-Møller, née Rambusch (10 June 1862, in Nyboder – 11 June 1937, in Løgismose, Assens Municipality), was a Danish Symbolist painter; influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites. She is known for works inspired by Danish history and folklor ...

(1862–1937), symbolist painter * Ruth Smith (1913–1958), Faroese painter * Dagmar Starcke (1899–1975), textile artist * Georgia Skovgaard (1828–1868), embroiderer *

(1862–1937), painter *

Agnes Smidt Agnes Smidt (1874–1952) was a Danish painter who is also remembered for supporting Danish culture in Southern Jutland while it was under German rule. Brought up in a Grundtvigian family, in 1915 she adopted five orphaned children and through he ...

(1874–1952), painter and Danish culture supporter in Southern Jutland * Eva Sørensen (1940–2019), sculptor, ceramist * Grethe Sørensen (born 1947), textile artist * Dagmar Starcke (1899–1975), painter and textile artist * Nina Sten-Knudsen (born 1957), painter * Birte Stenbak (born 1938), goldsmith and jewellery designer *

(1895–1986), textile designer * Karen Strand (1924–2000), goldsmith, jewellery designer * Kamma Svensson (1908–1998), illustrator *

Christine Swane Christine Swane née Christine Larsen (29 May 1876 in Kerteminde – 16 August 1960 in Farum) was a Danish painter who first associated with the Funen Painters before developing her own increasingly Cubist style. Biography Christine Swane was th ...

(1876–1960), painter *

Anna Syberg Anna Louise Birgitte Syberg (7 January 1870 – 4 July 1914) was a Danish painter. Together with her husband Fritz Syberg, she was one of the Funen Painters (''Fynboerne'') who lived and worked on the island of Funen. She is remembered for he ...

(1870–1914), painter

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* Anne Marie Telmányi (1893–1983), painter, writer * Anna Thommesen (1908–2004), textile artist *

Emma Thomsen Emma Alice Thomsen née Lange (21 November 1863 – 15 January 1910) was an attractive Danish actress who performed mainly in Vaudeville productions at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen. Described as "the world's most beautiful women" by th ...

(1820–1897), painter *

Pauline Thomsen Pauline Marthea Georgine Bergstrøm Thomsen (17 July 1858 – 16 April 1931) was a Danish painter and art teacher. Biography Born on 17 July 1858 in Roskilde, Pauline Thomsen was the daughter of the lecturer Christen Thomsen (1822–1874) and Pa ...

(1858–1931), painter, art teacher * Helle Thorborg (born 1927), painter and graphic designer *

Elisa Marie Thornam Elisa Marie Thornam (12 March 1857 – 22 April 1901) was a Danish landscape painter and botanical illustrator who contributed to the ''Flora Danica'' and Botanisk Tidsskrift. Life and career Thornam was born in Kongens Lyngby, Denmark. She died ...

(1857–1901), painter and illustrator *

Emmy Thornam Emmy Marie Caroline Thornam (1852–1935) was a self-supporting Danish artist who specialized in flower painting. Initially trained in landscaping, she was later a student of the Danish flower-painter before completing her studies in Paris unde ...

(1852–1935), flower painter and writer *

Ludovica Thornam Ludovica Anine Vilhelmine Augusta Thornam (30 November 1853 – 27 May 1896) was a Danish portrait and genre painter. Biography Ludovica Thornam was born at Horsens in Jutland, Denmark. She was the daughter of Ludvig Thornam (1819–79) and An ...

(1853–1896), painter *

Jette Thyssen Jette Thyssen (born 1933) is a Danish textile artist, painter and lithographer who produces brightly coloured, geometrically patterned compositions. She has decorated many buildings, including the Montmartre Jazz Club in Copenhagen for its opening ...

(born 1933), textile artist * Elisabeth Toubro (born 1956), sculptor *

Paula Trock Paula Trock (1889–1979) was a Danish weaver who began producing her own fabrics at the Troba workshop in Sønderborg in the early 1930s. In 1945, she established Spindegården near Vejen in the south of Jutland which she headed until 1969. There ...

(1889–1979), weaver, textile artist * Eleonora Tscherning (1817–1890), painter, memoirist * Nicoline Tuxen (1847–1931), painter

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* Sara Ulrik (1855–1916), flower painter *

Lin Utzon Lin Utzon (born 21 May 1946) is a Danish designer who has created a wide variety of abstract decorative works from textiles to ceramics both in Denmark and abroad. Personal life and education Born on 21 May 1946 in the Frederiksberg district of C ...

(born 1946), ceramics, textiles * Susanne Ussing (1940–1998), artist, ceramist, architect

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Ingrid Vang Nyman Ingrid Vang Nyman (21 August 1916 – 13 December 1959) 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 n ...

(1916–1959), illustrator * Hanne Varming (born 1939), sculptor and medallist * Gertrud Vasegaard (1913–2007), ceramist * Hanne Vedel (born 1933), weaver * Adelgunde Vogt (1811–1892), sculptor

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Olga Wagner Olga Rosalie Aloisa Wagner née Packness (1873–1963) was a Danish painter and sculptor. After specializing in painting at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, she was trained as a sculptor by her husband Siegfried. She worked together with him ...

(1873–1963), painter and sculptor * Clara Wæver (1855–1930), embroiderer *

Elisabeth Wandel Elisabeth Christiane Alvina Wandel, née Møller (January 14, 1850 - December 28, 1926) was a Danish painter. She was known for her portraits and landscape paintings. Biography Møller was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. She was the daughter of Andr ...

(1850–1926), painter *

Gertie Wandel Gertie Wandel née Møller (1894–1988) was a Danish textile artist and politician who is remembered for the role she played in establishing Håndarbejdets Fremme (the Danish Handcraft Guild) in 1928 and consolidating its activities in support of ...

(1894–1988), textile artist * Lise Warburg (born 1932), textile artist and writer *

Gerda Wegener Gerda Marie Fredrikke Wegener ( Gottlieb; 15 March 1886 – 28 July 1940) was a Danish illustrator and painter. Wegener is known for her fashion illustrations and later her paintings that pushed the boundaries of gender and love of her time. ...

(1886–1940), painter, illustrator *

Bertha Wegmann Bertha Wegmann (1847–1926) was a Danish portrait painter of German ancestry. She was the first woman to hold a chair at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Life When Bertha Wegmann was five years old, her family moved to Copenhagen, where her ...

(1846–1926), portrait painter *

Ida Winckler Ida Anna Winkler (1907–1995) was a Danish painter and textile artist. In 1930, she joined the newly established ''Haandarbejdets Fremme'' (Danish Handcraft Guild), where over the next 65 years she created hundreds of mainly cross-stitch pattern ...

(1907–1995), textile artist, specializing in embroidery

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