List of Danish poets

This is a list of Danish poets, including those who are Danish by nationality or who write in the Danish language (years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry) article): A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

• Christen Lauridsen Aagaard (1616–1664)
• Emil Aarestrup (1800–1856)
• Werner Hans Frederik Abrahamson (1744–1812)[1]
• Naja Marie Aidt (born 1963), poet and writer
• Annette Kure Andersen (born 1962)[2]
• Arvid Andersen
• Benny Andersen (1929), songwriter, poet, author, composer, pianist; a member of the Danish Academy since 1972, and "probably Denmark's most popular poet", according to DR, the Danish public broadcasting organization.[3]
• Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875), poet and author
• Vita Andersen (born 1944), writer and poet[4]
• Kristian Arentzen (1823–1899)[5]
• Birthe Arnbak (1923–2007)[6]
• Anders Arrebo (1587–1637)[7]

B

• Carl Bagger (1807–1846), also known as Carl Christian Bagger[8]
• Jens Baggesen (1764–1826)
• Lola Baidel (born 1951)[9]
• Solvej Balle (born 1962)[10]
• Bandet Nul a pseudonym used by Asger Schnack, F. P. Jac, Klaus Høeck and Karl E. Rasmussen[11]
• Per Barfoed (1890–1939)[12]
• Bodil Bech[13]
• Claus Beck-Nielsen (born 1963)[14]
• Knuth Becker (1891–1974)[15]
• Otto Benzon (1856–1927)[16]
• Harald Bergstedt (1877–1965) writer, novelist, playwright and a poet
• Vilhelm Bergsøe (1835–1911)[17]
• Anton Berntsen (1873–1953)[18]
• Karl Bjarnhof(1898–1980)[19]
• Kristen Bjørnkjær (born 1943)[20]
• Thorkild Bjørnvig (1918–2004)[21]
• David Sølund Blangstrup (born 1952)[22]
• Edvard Blaumüller (1851–1911)[23]
• Jens Blendstrup (born 1968)[24]
• Steen Steensen Blicher (1782–1848), author and poet
• Karen Blixen, who also wrote under the pen name Isak Dinesen (1885–1962)[25]
• Thomas Boberg (born 1962)
• Klavs Bondebjerg (1953–2004)[26]
• Anders Bording (1619–1677), poet and journalist
• Connie Bork (born 1958)[27]
• Poul Borum (1934–1996)[20][28]
• Anne-Louise Bosmans (born 1978)[29]
• Jørgen Gustava Brandt (1929–2006)[20]
• Per Aage Brandt (born 1944)[30]
• Rudolf Broby-Johansen, also known as "R. Broby-Johansen" (1900–1987)[31]
• Hans Adolph Brorson (1694–1764), bishop and hymn writer
• Friederike Brun (1765–1835)[32]
• Niels Brunse (born 1949), author, poet and translator[33]
• Malthe Conrad Bruun (1755–1826), Danish-French geographer, journalist and poet
• Thomas Christopher Bruun (1750)–1834)[34]
• Suzanne Brøgger (born 1944)[35]
• Martin Budtz (born 1961), editor and poet[36]
• Lars Bukdahl (born 1968)[37]
• Julia Butschkow (born 1978), writer, playwright and poet
• Ludvig Bødtcher (1793–1874)
• Nicolaj Bøgh (fl. 1843)[38]
• Emil Bønnelycke (1893–1953)[20]

C

• J.C.A. Carlsen-Skiødt[39]
• Inger Christensen (1935–2009), poet, novelist and essayist
• Iben Claces[40]
• Egon Clausen (born 1940)[41]
• Sophus Claussen (1865–1931), poet and writer
• Thomas Christensen Clitau (1695-1754)[42]
• Paul la Cour (1902–1956)[20]

D

• Camilla Deleuran (born 1971)[43]
• Erik Bøgh (1822)–1899), poet and composer
• Tove Ditlevsen (1917–1976)
• Poul Dons, also known as "Povel Dons" (1783–1843)[44]
• Christian Dorph
• Torben Dorph-Petersen (also known as "Per Dorph-Petersen"; 1927-1970)[45]
• Holger Drachmann (1846–1908), poet and playwright
• Ove Christian Drejer (1806–1836)[46]

E

• Dorthem Engelbretsdatter, also known as Dorthem Engebretsdatter (1634–1716)[47]
• Inge Eriksen (born 1935)][48]
• Mads Eslund (born 1975)[49]
• Jesper Ewald (1893–1969), author, journalist, translator and poet
• Johannes Ewald (1743–1781), playwright and poet

F

• Peter Faber (1810-1877)[50]
• Christian Falster (1690–1752), poet and philologist
• Jens Fink-Jensen (born 1956), poet, author, photographer, composer and architect
• Peter Thun Foersom (1777-1817)[51]
• Hans Christian Fogtmann Lauridsen (born 1941)[52]
• Mikkel Fossmo (born 1973)[53]
• Niels Frank (born 1963)[54]
• Rasmus Frankenau (1767-1814)[55]
• Lars Frost (born 1973)[56]
• Christian Yde Frostholm (born 1963)[57]

G

• Duna Ghali (born 1963)[29]
• Per Gammelgaard (born 1948)[58]
• Alex Garff (1904-1977)[59]
• Otto Gelsted (1888–1968)[60]
• Rolf Gjedsted (born 1947)[61]
• Christian Graugaard (born 1967)[62]
• Simon Grotrian (born 1961)[29]
• N. F. S. Grundtvig (1783–1872), teacher, writer, poet, philosopher, historian, pastor and politician
• Katrine Marie Guldager[63]

H

• Bent Haller (born 1946), author of children's books[64]
• Kirsten Hammann (born 1965)[65]
• Henriette Hanck (1807-1846)[66]
• Bent Otto Hansen (born 1940)[67]
• Hanne Hansen (born 1944)[68]
• Uffe Harder (1930-2002)[69]
• Carsten Hauch (1790–1872)
• Henrik Have (born 1946)[70]
• Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1791–1860)
• Peter Andreas Heiberg (1758–1841), author, philologist and poet
• Piet Hein (1905–1996), poet and scientist
• Merete Pryds Helle (born 1965)[71]
• Johannes Helms (1828–1895), writer, poet and schoolmaster
• Henrik Hertz (1797–1870)
• Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754), Norwegian-born poet, writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright who spent most of his adult life in Denmark
• Jens Christian Hostrup
• Klaus Høeck[72]
• Per Højholt (1928–2004)[73]
• Lone Hørslev (born 1974)[29]

I

• Bernhard Severin Ingemann (1789-1862)

J

• F.P. Jac (1955–2008)
• Bo Green Jensen (born 1955)[20]
• Johannes V. Jensen (1873–1950)
• Pia Juul (born 1962)[20]
• Frank Jæger (1926–1977)
• Johannes Jørgensen

K

• Steen Kaalo (born 1945)[20]
• Thomas Kingo (1634–1703), bishop, poet and hymn-writer
• Erik Knudsen (poet) (born 1922)[20]
• Tom Kristensen (1893–1974)

L

• Thor Lange
• Marianne Larsen (born 1951)[20]
• Peter Laugesen[74]
• Niels Lyngsø[75] (born 1968[29])

M

• Viggo Madsen (born 1943), librarian, writer, novelist and poet[76]
• Ivan Malinovski (born 1926)[20]
• Sophus Michaëlis
• Christian Molbech (1783–1857), historian, literary critic, writer and poet
• Gustaf Munch-Petersen (1912–1938)
• Arvid Müller
• Poul Martin Møller

N

• Jørgen Nash
• Hendrik Nordbrandt (born 1945)[29][77]

O

• Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger (1779–1850), poet and playwright who introduced Romanticism into Danish literature
• Jess Ørnsbo (born 1932)[20]

P

• Frederik Paludan-Müller (1809–1876)
• Nis Petersen (1897–1943)[20]
• Erik Pontoppidan
• Christen Henriksen Pram

R

• Knud Lyne Rahbek (1760–1830), literary historian, critic, writer, poet and magazine editor
• Gorm Henrik Rasmussen (born 1955), writer of poetry, children's books, novels and biographies
• Halfdan Rasmussen (1915–2002), writer of prose for adults and poetry for children
• Christian Richardt (1831–1892), writer, lyricist and poet
• Klaus Rifbjerg (born 1941)[20]
• Helge Rode (1870–1937), writer and poet
• Valdemar Rørdam, novelist and poet

S

• Ole Sarvig (1921–1981)[20]
• Jens August Schade (1903–1978)[20]
• Sophus Schandorph
• Palle Sigsgaard (born 1976)[29]
• Schack von Staffeldt (1769–1826)
• Michael Strunge (1958–1986)
• Ambrosius Stub (1705–1758)
• Morten Søndergaard[78]
• Jørgen Sonne (born 1925)[20]

T

• Pia Tafdrup (born 1952), novelist, poet, playwright and writer
• Peter Christensen Teilmann, (born 1962)[29]
• Søren Ulrik Thomsen (born 1956)[79]

V

W

• Johan Herman Wessel (1742–1785), Norwegian-Danish poet
• Anders Westenholz (born 1936), psychologist, writer and poet
• Christian Winther (1796–1876)
• Ole Wivel (born 1921)[20]

See also

• Danish literature
• List of Danish authors

Notes

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3. Web page titled "Benny Andersen", June 16, 2008, at the DR website, in Danish ("Benny Andersen er vel nok Danmarks mest populære poet."), retrieved January 2, 2009
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8. "Bagger, Carl Christian" article in Dansk biografisk Lexikon, p 345, retrieved January 2, 2009
9. this poet's page at Dansk Litteraturpriser website, retrieved January 2, 2009
10. this poet's page at Dansk Litteraturpriser website, retrieved January 2, 2009
11. "B" Web page at Dansk Litteraturpriser website, retrieved January 2, 2009
12. this poet's page at Dansk Litteraturpriser website, retrieved January 2, 2009
13. this poet's page at Dansk Litteraturpriser website, retrieved January 2, 2009
14. this poet's page at Dansk Litteraturpriser website, retrieved January 2, 2009
15. this poet's page at Dansk Litteraturpriser website, retrieved January 2, 2009
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17. this poet's page at Dansk Litteraturpriser website, retrieved January 2, 2009
18. this poet's page at Dansk Litteraturpriser website, retrieved January 2, 2009
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20. "Danish Poetry" article, pp 270-274, in Preminger, Alex and T. V. F. Brogan, et al., The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993. New York: MJF Books/Fine Communications
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29. van der Liet, Henk, translated by Russell Dees, "Images, Sounds and the Return of the Divine? Some Forays into Danish Poetry 2007" Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine, Danish Poetry Magazine, Spring 2008, retrieved January 1, 2010
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34. "Bruun, Thomas Christopher" article in Dansk biografisk Lexikon, p 182, retrieved January 2, 2009
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44. "Dons, Povel" article, Dansk biografisk Lexicon (in Danish), retrieved January 2, 2010
45. this poet's web page at the Dansk Literaturpriser website, retrieved January 27, 2009
46. "Drejer, Ove Christian" article, p 333, Dansk biografisk Lexicon (in Danish), retrieved January 2, 2010
47. "Engelbretsdatter (Engebretsdatter), Dorthe" article, p 515, Dansk biografisk Lexicon (in Danish), retrieved January 2, 2010
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62. this poet's web page at the Dansk Literaturpriser website, retrieved 27 January 2009.
63. Lundtofte, Anne Mette, translated by Anne Mette Lundtofte, "Author Profile: Katrine Marie Guldager", website of the Danish Arts Agency / Literature Centre, dated "2005", retrieved 1 January 2010.
64. Sønsthagen, Kari, translated by W. Glyn Jones, "Author Profile: Bent Haller", website of the Danish Arts Agency / Literature Centre, 2001, retrieved January 1, 2010
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77. Arndal, Lars, "Author Profile: Niels Lyngsø" Henrik Nordbrandt http://www.danishliterature.info/index.php?id=2092&no_cache=1&tx_lfforfatter_pi1[uid]=56&tx_lfforfatter_pi2[lang]=_eng, website of the Danish Arts Agency / Literature Centre, retrieved January 2, 2010
78. Conrad, Neal Ashley, translated by David McDuff, "Author Profile: Morten Søndergaard" http://www.danishliterature.info/index.php?id=2092&no_cache=1&tx_lfforfatter_pi1[uid]=108&tx_lfforfatter_pi2[lang]=_eng, website of the Danish Arts Agency / Literature Centre, retrieved January 2, 2010
79. Conrad, Neal Ashley, "Author Profile: Søren Ulrik Thomsen" http://www.danishliterature.info/index.php?id=2092&no_cache=1&tx_lfforfatter_pi1[uid]=35&tx_lfforfatter_pi2[lang]=_eng, website of the Danish Arts Agency / Literature Centre, retrieved January 2, 2010