* 1950 – Jussi Adler-Olsen, Danish author

* 1885 – Karen Blixen ( Isak Dinesen ), Danish author ( d. 1962 )

* 1917 – Sven Hassel, Danish soldier and author ( d. 2012 )

Two years later, she returned to her husband and children at his urging, and she went on to become a well-known Danish author, living to the age of 83.

** based on a novel by Danish author Martin Andersen Nexø

** based on the novel Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Danish author Peter Høeg.

Bjørn Lomborg (; born 6 January 1965 ) is a Danish author, academic, and environmental writer.

The adventures of the Cimbri are described by the Danish nobel-prize-winning author, Johannes V. Jensen, himself born in Himmerland, in the novel Cimbrernes Tog ( 1922 ), included in the epic cycle Den lange Rejse ( English The Long Journey, 1923 ).

Famous authors of works in Danish are existential philosopher Søren Kierkegaard, prolific fairy tale author Hans Christian Andersen, and playwright Ludvig Holberg.

* Several stories written by the Danish author Karen Blixen ( or Isak Dinesen ) take place in Helsingør, including " The Supper at Elsinore " in her first published volume of stories, Seven Gothic Tales.

In a similar vein, the alf found in the fairy tale The Elf of the Rose by Danish author H. C. Andersen is so tiny that he can have a rose blossom for home, and has " wings that reached from his shoulders to his feet ".

Gesta Danorum (" Deeds of the Danes ") is a patriotic work of Danish history, by the 12th century author Saxo Grammaticus (" Saxo the Literate ", literally " the Grammarian ").

* 1758 – Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish author and philologist ( d. 1841 )

* 1866 – Jeppe Aakjær, Danish author and poet ( d. 1930 )

In an interview with Richardson in 1979, Danish historian Mikael Venge, author of the article about Christian II in Dansk Biografisk Leksikon said: " I think you ought to protest the next time the Swedish radio claims anything so utterly unfounded that could be understood as if the Danes approved of the Stockholm bloodbath.

Tor Nørretranders ( born June 20, 1955 ) is a Danish author of popular science.

* May 9 – Carl Brosbøll, Danish author ( b. 1816 )

* April 17 – Karen Blixen, Danish author ( d. 1962 )

* June 20 – Tor Norretranders, Danish author

* April 30 – Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish author and philologist ( b. 1758 )

* November 16 – Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish author and philologist ( d. 1841 )

Halldór Laxness, the Icelandic author, was present at the trial and described it in detail in his travelogue from USSR in 1937 – 8, Gerska aefintyrid ( A Russian Adventure ), published in Iceland in 1938 and in a Danish translation in 1939.

By this point the Situationist International consisted almost exclusively of the Franco-Belgian section, led by Guy Debord and Raoul Vaneigem, with some exceptions, such as Danish artist and author Asger Jorn.

Piet Hein ( 16 December 1905 – 17 April 1996 ) was a Danish scientist, mathematician, inventor, designer, author, and poet, often writing under the Old Norse pseudonym " Kumbel " meaning " tombstone ".

Karen von Blixen-Finecke (), ( 17 April 1885 – 7 September 1962 ), née Karen Christenze Dinesen, was a Danish author also known by her pen name Isak Dinesen.

Other important Norwegian by birth ' Danish ' authors of the period included Ludvig Holberg ( Bergen, 1684 — 1754 ), Christian Tullin ( Christiania, 1728 — 1765 ), and Johan Herman Wessel ( 1742 — 1785 ).

Isabella was married to the Danish consul Jens Wolff, but she separated from him in 1810, and Sir Michael Levey suggests that people may have wondered if Lawrence was the father of her son Herman.

* Herman Bang, Danish author

Herman Gertner owned a chain of New York City restaurants, and Gertner brought Klitteng to New York to sell Danish pastry.

The principal contributors to Danish literature are undoubtedly Hans Christian Andersen ( 1805 – 1875 ) with his fairy tales, the philosopher Søren Kierkegaard ( 1813 – 1855 ), storyteller Karen Blixen ( 1885 – 1962 ), playwright Ludvig Holberg ( 1684 – 1754 ), and modern authors such as Henrik Pontoppidan and Herman Bang.

The article claimed that Brian Herman, Canada ’ s only diplomat in Denmark ( ambassador Alfonso Gagliano having been recently recalled as a result of an unrelated Canadian scandal ), was called before the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to comment about his country's intentions in the dispute, which had, according to the article, recently been inflamed by Danish sailors occupying Hans Island.

On March 31, 2004, the Danish and Canadian governments denied that Herman or any other Canadian official was summoned to the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Danish author Herman Bang wrote about the war and its effects on the island of Als in his novel Tine, published in 1889.

* Herman Koppel ( 1908-1998 ), Danish classical music composer and pianist, father of Thomas and Anders

* Thomas Koppel ( 1944-2006 ), Danish classical music composer and musician, son of Herman D.

* Anders Koppel ( b. 1947 ), Danish classical and popular composer and pianist, son of Herman D, father of Benjamin.

* Herman Vedel ( 1875 – 1948 ), Danish painter

In 1836, La Sylphide was choreographed anew by the Danish balletmaster August Bournonville with music by Herman Severin Løvenskiold.

Herman Joachim Bang ( April 20, 1857 – January 29, 1912 ) was a Danish author, one of the men of the Modern Breakthrough.

Møller also suggested that Herman Salling's company-Jysk Supermarket, should change its name to Danish Supermarket A / S.

Ludvig Henrik Carl Herman Holstein-Holsteinborg ( 18 July 1815 – 28 April 1892 ) was a Danish politician.

* Vilhelm Herman Oluf Madsen, Danish politician, minister, businessman and inventor

Herman Wilhelm Bissen ( 13 October 1798 – 10 March 1868 ) was a Danish sculptor.

* Herman Wilhelm Bissen ( 1798-1868 ), Danish sculptor