In Denmark, photography has developed from strong participation and interest in the very beginnings of the art in 1839 to the success of a considerable number of Danes in the world of photography today.
Georg Emil Hansen was one of Denmark's pioneering photographers in the second half of the 19th century. He had his own studio in Copenhagen and later became a successful court photographer.
Frederikke Jakobine Federspiel (1839–1913) was the first female photographer to practice in Denmark. For many years, she ran her own photographic studio in Aalborg, always keeping abreast of the latest developments. Among her clients were the Danish princesses Dagmar and Alexandra who were attracted by her photo enamel jewelry.
Krass Clement Kay Christensen is a Danish photographer who has specialized in documentary work. He graduated as a film director in Copenhagen but soon turned to still photography, publishing his first book Skygger af øjeblikke in 1978. He has since become an active documentary photographer, focusing on people from both Denmark and abroad. His earlier work is black and white but since 2000 he has also worked in colour.
Vilhelm Klein was a Danish architect who adopted the Historicist approach, frequently emulating the so-called Rosenborg style and the Italian Renaissance style.
Hansen, Schou & Weller was a photographic studio in Copenhagen. Many celebrities sat for portraits there in the last decades of the 19th century.
Bertha Olga Vilhelmine Herlich Dorph née Green was a Danish painter.
Bodil Hauschildt (1861–1951) was an early Danish photographer who ran her own studio in Ribe from 1880. In addition to her portraits, she is remembered for her many photographs of the city and its surroundings.
Amalie Claussen, also Emma Claussen, (1859–1950) was a Danish photographer from the far north of Jutland. After first working as a teacher, she took up photography in the mid-1890s to satisfy her artistic ambitions. She is remembered for the portraits and landscapes she took while working in Skagen.
Nyhavn 18 is a listed property overlooking the Nyhavn canal in central Copenhagen, Denmark. The writer Hans Christian Andersen lived on the first floor from 1871 until shortly before his death on 4 August 1875. The building has now been converted into residences for visiting guest artists and scientists.
Marie Henriques 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 ancient architecture and sculpture. In 1916, she was a founding member of the Society of Women Artists .
Caroline Hammer (1832–1915) was one of the earliest professional women photographers in Denmark. She established a business as a portrait photographer on the Frisian island of Föhr where she had her own studio. Hammer was the first woman to become a member of the Dansk Fotografisk Forening in 1881.
Dagmar Margrethe Kristine Starcke née Kaae (1899–1975) was a Danish painter and textile artist who is remembered for her pictorial collages and woven textile works. Several of her creations are in the permanent collection at the Worker's Museum in Copenhagen. Starcke was one of the artists who contributed to the sewing and embroidery organization Haandarbejdets Fremme.
Marie Vilhelmine Bang (1848–1932), commonly known as Ville Bang, was a Danish painter of portraits, landscapes and genre works. In 1888, together with 22 other women, she presented a petition to the parliament, calling for the Art Academy to be expanded to admit women. It led to the establishment of Kunstakademiets Kunstskole for Kvinder where in October 1888 she was one of the first students. Together with Augusta Paulli, she later opened an art school to prepare women for the Academy.
Tegne- og Kunstindustriskolen for Kvinder was a private Danish educational establishment in Copenhagen. From 1875, it aimed to provide better facilities for women to develop competence in visual arts and handicrafts at a time when they were unable to enter the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. The school continued to operate until 1967 when it was merged with the Kunsthåndværkerskolen to form Skole for Brugskunst, later known as Danmarks Designskole.
Inger Merete Lut Debois née Andersen (1931–2015) was a Danish painter. She is remembered for her works with interacting figures which became increasingly abstract as she matured. In 1992, Debois decorated the IC3 train "Thyra Danebod". From 1992 to 2000, she headed Kvindelige Kunstneres Samfund (KKS), the Danish Society of Female Artists.
Niels Christian Hansen was a Danish portrait and genre painter; brother of the pioneering photographer Georg Emil Hansen.
Albert Schou was a Danish photographer.
Frantz Clemens Stephan Weller was a German-born Danish photographer.
Thora Elise Henriette Crone (1874–1933) was a working-class Danish trade unionist, social democrat politician and peace activist. From 1898, she was a member of the women's print workers union, becoming president in 1906. She was an early member of Danske Kvinders Fredskæde, established in 1915 as the Danish branch of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. In 1920, she was elected to the national legislature (Landstinget) where she remained for the rest of her life.
