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The Most Famous

MUSICIANS from Denmark

This page contains a list of the greatest Danish Musicians. The pantheon dataset contains 2,662 Musicians, 14 of which were born in Denmark. This makes Denmark the birth place of the 26th most number of Musicians behind Jamaica and Argentina.

Top 10

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Danish Musicians of all time. This list of famous Danish Musicians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Danish Musicians.

1. Victor Borge (1909 - 2000)

With an HPI of 68.95, Victor Borge is the most famous Danish Musician. His biography has been translated into 30 different languages on wikipedia.

Børge Rosenbaum (Yiddish: בורגע ראזענבוים; 3 January 1909 – 23 December 2000), known professionally as Victor Borge ( BOR-gə), was a Danish-American pianist and comedian who achieved great popularity in radio and television in both North America and Europe. His blend of music and comedy earned him the nicknames "The Clown Prince of Denmark", "The Unmelancholy Dane", and "The Great Dane".

2. Lars Ulrich (1963 - )

With an HPI of 59.44, Lars Ulrich is the 2nd most famous Danish Musician. His biography has been translated into 60 different languages.

Lars Ulrich (; Danish: [ˈlɑːs ˈulˀʁek]; born 26 December 1963) is a Danish musician who is the drummer and co-founder of American heavy metal band Metallica. Along with James Hetfield, Ulrich has songwriting credits on almost all of the band's songs, and the two of them are the only remaining original members of the band. The son and grandson respectively of tennis players Torben and Einer Ulrich, he played tennis in his youth and moved to Los Angeles at age 16 to train professionally. However, rather than playing tennis, Ulrich began playing drums. After publishing an advertisement in The Recycler, Ulrich met Hetfield and formed Metallica.

3. Jacob Gade (1879 - 1963)

With an HPI of 55.66, Jacob Gade is the 3rd most famous Danish Musician. His biography has been translated into 21 different languages.

Jacob Thune Hansen Gade (29 November 1879 – 20 February 1963) was a Danish violinist and composer, mostly of orchestral popular music. He is remembered today for a single tune, Jalousie (also known as Jalousie "Tango Tzigane" and Tango Jalousie).

4. Jørgen Ingmann (1925 - 2015)

With an HPI of 52.87, Jørgen Ingmann is the 4th most famous Danish Musician. His biography has been translated into 27 different languages.

Jørgen Ingmann (born Jørgen Ingmann Pedersen; 26 April 1925 – 21 March 2015) was a Danish jazz and pop guitarist from Copenhagen. He was popular in Europe and had a wider international hit in 1961 with his version of "Apache". He and his wife Grethe Ingmann won the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Dansevise".

5. Svend Asmussen (1916 - 2017)

With an HPI of 50.53, Svend Asmussen is the 5th most famous Danish Musician. His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Svend Asmussen (28 February 1916 – 7 February 2017) was a Danish jazz violinist, known as "The Fiddling Viking". A Swing-style virtuoso, he played and recorded with many other notable jazz musicians, including Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Stephane Grappelli. He played publicly until 2010 when he had a blood clot, his career having spanned eight decades.

Pantheon has 14 people classified as musicians born between 1879 and 1985. Of these 14, 7 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living musicians include Lars Ulrich, Michala Petri, and Flemming Rasmussen. The most famous deceased musicians include Victor Borge, Jacob Gade, and Jørgen Ingmann. As of April 2022, 1 new musicians have been added to Pantheon including Michala Petri.