JOURNALISTS from Denmark

Top 2

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

1. Jacob Riis (1849 - 1914)

With an HPI of 50.15, Jacob Riis is the most famous Danish Journalist.  His biography has been translated into 28 different languages on wikipedia.

Jacob August Riis ( REESS; May 3, 1849 – May 26, 1914) was a Danish-American social reformer, "muck-raking" journalist, and social documentary photographer. He contributed significantly to the cause of urban reform in the United States of America at the turn of the twentieth century. He is known for using his photographic and journalistic talents to help the impoverished in New York City; those impoverished New Yorkers were the subject of most of his prolific writings and photography. He endorsed the implementation of "model tenements" in New York with the help of humanitarian Lawrence Veiller. He was an early proponent of the newly practicable casual photography and one of the first to adopt photographic flash. While living in New York, Riis experienced poverty and became a police reporter writing about the quality of life in the slums. He attempted to alleviate the poor living conditions of poor people by exposing these conditions to the middle and upper classes.

2. Lise Rønne (b. 1978)

With an HPI of 32.07, Lise Rønne is the 2nd most famous Danish Journalist.  Her biography has been translated into 20 different languages.

Lise Rønne (born 1 November 1978 in Viborg) is a Danish journalist and television presenter, best known in Denmark for presenting four seasons of X Factor as well as two seasons of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix. She is best known outside Denmark for presenting the Eurovision Song Contest in 2014.