Linguists from Denmark

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

1. #1

   

   Rasmus Rask

   1787 - 1832

   HPI 75.0444 langs

   Rasmus Rask is most famous for his work in the field of plant physiology. He was the first to apply the term "photosynthesis" to the process...Read moreShow less

   Rasmus Rask is most famous for his work in the field of plant physiology. He was the first to apply the term "photosynthesis" to the process of converting light energy into chemical energy.

2. #2

   

   Otto Jespersen

   1860 - 1943

   HPI 68.4748 langs

   Otto Jespersen is most famous for his contributions to linguistics. He is credited with being the first to use the term "semantics" in a...Read moreShow less

   Otto Jespersen is most famous for his contributions to linguistics. He is credited with being the first to use the term "semantics" in a linguistic sense. He is also credited with being the first to use the term "grammar" in the sense of the study of language.

3. #3

   

   Louis Hjelmslev

   1899 - 1965

   HPI 67.3831 langs

   Louis Hjelmslev was a Danish linguist who developed the theory of glossematics, which is the study of language in terms of two dimensions:...Read moreShow less

   Louis Hjelmslev was a Danish linguist who developed the theory of glossematics, which is the study of language in terms of two dimensions: the horizontal dimension (the system) and the vertical dimension (the structure).

4. #4

   

   Vilhelm Thomsen

   1842 - 1927

   HPI 64.2628 langs

   Danish linguist (1842-1927)

5. #5

   

   Holger Pedersen

   1867 - 1953

   HPI 61.5128 langs

   Danish linguist (1867-1953)

6. #6

   

   Hans Ørberg

   1920 - 2010

   HPI 57.9917 langs

   Danish language teacher (1920-2010)

7. #7

   

   Johan Nicolai Madvig

   1804 - 1886

   HPI 56.6515 langs

   Danish classical philologist (1804-1886)

8. #8

   

   Johan Ludvig Heiberg

   1854 - 1928

   HPI 49.5016 langs

   Danish philologist and hellenist (1854-1928)