Tove Irma Margit Ditlevsen was a Danish poet and author. With published works in a variety of genres, she was one of Denmark's best-known authors by the time of her death.
The Skagen Painters were a group of Scandinavian artists who gathered in the village of Skagen, the northernmost part of Denmark, from the late 1870s until the turn of the century. Skagen was a summer destination whose scenic nature, local milieu and social community attracted northern artists to paint en plein air, emulating the French Impressionists—though members of the Skagen colony were also influenced by Realist movements such as the Barbizon school. They broke away from the rather rigid traditions of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts, espousing the latest trends that they had learned in Paris. Among the group were Anna and Michael Ancher, Peder Severin Krøyer, Holger Drachmann, Karl Madsen, Laurits Tuxen, Marie Krøyer, Carl Locher, Viggo Johansen and Thorvald Niss from Denmark, Oscar Björck and Johan Krouthén from Sweden, and Christian Krohg and Eilif Peterssen from Norway. The group gathered together regularly at the Brøndums Hotel.
Anna Kirstine Bloch was a Danish actress.
Suzanne Preis Brøgger Zeruneith is a Danish writer, a novelist, poet and journalist. Her first book Fri os fra kærligheden has been translated into c. 20 languages. Since 1997 she has been a member of the Danish Academy.
Anna Olivia Nielsen, née Christensen, (1852–1910) was a Danish trade unionist and politician. Under her leadership, the Danish Women Workers Union (KAD) gained prominence as agreements resulted from effective strike action. Founded 1901, Nielsen chaired the organisation until her death in 1910.
Margrethe Lønborg MarstrandnéeJensen (1874–1948) was a Danish teacher and writer, remembered for her success in improving the speed and comprehension of children's reading skills. Adjusting the course structure, Margrethe emphasized her experience with dolphins, making good use of her fervor, providing the children in her tutelage, novel interactions.
Victor Waldemar Cornelins was a Danish school teacher, musician, and public speaker. From birth named Cornelius, but due to a later misspelling in official papers after arrival to Denmark his name became Cornelins.
Anna Sophie Hude (1858–1934) was the first Danish woman to graduate as a historian (1887), the first to be awarded Copenhagen University's gold medal (1888) and the first to become a Doctor of Philosophy. She is also remembered for becoming an active campaigner for women's suffrage in the early 20th century.
The Women's Exhibition from the Past and Present held in Copenhagen in 1895 was an art and culture exhibition for women from the Nordic countries. Inspired by the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, it was designed to demonstrate how far Nordic women had advanced in the areas of education, employment and art. The first of its kind in Europe, it was considered a great success.
Sophie Marguerite Oxholm née Bech was a Danish noblewoman who was active in the initial planning of the 1895 Copenhagen Women's Exhibition. She was the owner of Rosenfeldt at Vordingborg from 1914 to 1935.
Karen Margrete Svensson (1908–1998) was a Danish illustrator who contributed drawings to Danish newspapers and magazines, especially Politiken. Her illustrated books include those by Lise Nørgaard and Johannes Møllehave. Svensson also created posters for Copenhagen's Tivoli and designed decorative plates and spoons for Royal Copenhagen.
G. Halkier & Co. was a trading house based in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was headquartered at Dronningens Tværgade 12. The company was founded by the writer Emma Gad's paternal grandfather and later continued by first her father and then her mother in a partnership with an uncle. It was later passed on to her brother Jacob Gotfred Halkier (1837-1917).
Rigmor Stampe Bendix (1850–1923) was a Danish baroness, writer and philanthropist. In 1898, she became editor of Kvindernes Blad, a supplement to various daily newspapers, developing it as an organ for the women's movement. She is remembered in Denmark for her biographies of the sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen, Baronesse Stampes Erindringer om Thorvaldsen (1912) and of her godfather Hans Christian Andersen, H.C. Andersen og hans nærmeste Omgang (1918).
Hanne Varming née Larsen was a Danish sculptor and medallist. Her works include statues of celebrities such as Victor Borge but generally depict ordinary people or even her own children. Her portraits of Queen Margrethe II can be seen on the Danish 10 and 20 crown pieces. Her representation of an old couple sitting on a bench in Copenhagen's Kultorvet is inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's Hyldemoer or The Little Elder-Tree Mother.
Julie Marstrand, married name Julie Marstrand Blegvad, (1882–1943) was a Danish sculptor who specialized in portrait busts. One of her most famous works is her realistic bronze bust of the explorer Knud Rasmussen (1921). As an illustrator and a writer, she contributed to Berlingske Tidende and as a textile artist, created designs for Emilie Tolle's weaving enterprise.
Julie Frederikke Ramsing née Vallentin (1871–1954) was a Danish pacifist, feminist and philanthropist who is remembered above all for organizing three-month convalescence trips to Denmark for malnourished German children after the end of the First World War. As chair of the Committee for Schleswig Children's Holiday Trips from 1919 to 1948, every year she arranged for children from Southern Schleswig to stay with families in the Danish countryside. She also contributed much to maintaining the cultural identity of Danish families living in Germany.
Elna Mygdal was a Danish textile artist, museum curator and writer. She is remembered in particular for her interest in Hedebo embroidery and for her collection of folk costumes and folk textiles. In 1930, she published the authoritative two-volume Amagerdragter: Vævninger og Syninger on the history of costumes and textiles from Amager, an island adjacent to Copenhagen.
Hortense Charlotte Anine Panum (1856–1933) was a Danish music historian who taught in the early 20th century at the Danish Folk University and the Royal Danish Academy of Music. Among her publications were the first volume of Illustreret Musikhistorie and Middelalderens Strengeinstrumenter og deres Forløbere i Oldtiden (1928), published in English as The Stringed Instruments of the Middle Ages: Their Evolution and Development. In 1898, together with the composer Louis Glass, she founded the Dansk Musikpædagogisk Forening.
Sophie "Soffy" Christine Elisabeth Walleen née Rosenberg (1861–1940) was a Danish actress who made her début at the Royal Danish Theatre in 1882 as Antoinette in Édouard Pailleron's Gnisten (L'Étincelle). Gaining popularity thanks to her southern look with sparkling brown eyes and dark hair, she went on to perform in Copenhagen's independent theatres, including Folketeatret, Dagmarteatret and the Kasino before returning to the Royal in 1894. She later became a stage director and a talented instructor. In 1910, Soffy Walleen performed in Norsk Film's short silent film Magdelene.
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 Oluf August Hermansen before completing her studies in Paris under the French flower painter Pierre Bourgogne. In later life, she wrote novels as well as her own memoirs. Her paintings are in the collections of several Danish museums. Her younger sister, Ludovica Thornam, is also remembered as a painter.
