The Most Famous

Explorers from Denmark

This page contains a list of the greatest Danish Explorers. The pantheon dataset contains 498 Explorers, 6 of which were born in Denmark. This makes Denmark the birth place of the 14th most number of Explorers behind Poland and China.

Top 6 Explorers

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Danish Explorers of all time. This list of famous Danish Explorers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.

#1
Vitus Bering
1681 - 1741
HPI 79.7784 langs
Vitus Bering was a Danish explorer who discovered Alaska.
#2
Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel
1784 - 1863
HPI 67.5031 langs
#3
Peter Freuchen
1886 - 1957
HPI 59.1620 langs
#4
Lauge Koch
1892 - 1964
HPI 56.6318 langs
#5
Jørgen Jørgensen
1780 - 1841
HPI 55.4917 langs
#6
Frans Blom
1893 - 1963
HPI 54.1715 langs

Overlapping Lives

Which Explorers were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 5 most globally memorable Explorers since 1700.

Top 6 Explorers

Vitus Bering

Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel

Peter Freuchen

Lauge Koch

Jørgen Jørgensen

Frans Blom

Overlapping Lives