Writers from Denmark

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Danish Writers of all time. This list of famous Danish Writers 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 Writers.

1. #1

   

   Hans Christian Andersen

   1805 - 1875

   HPI 90.14180 langs

   Hans Christian Andersen is most famous for his fairy tales.

2. #2

   

   Karl Adolph Gjellerup

   1857 - 1919

   HPI 79.9281 langs

   Gjellerup was a Danish poet and novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1917.

3. #3

   

   Sigrid Undset

   1882 - 1949

   HPI 78.5699 langs

   Sigrid Undset is most famous for her historical novel, Kristin Lavransdatter.

4. #4

   

   Johannes V. Jensen

   1873 - 1950

   HPI 78.4381 langs

   Johannes V. Jensen is most famous for his novel "The Emperor's New Clothes."

5. #5

   

   Henrik Pontoppidan

   1857 - 1943

   HPI 76.7681 langs

   Henrik Pontoppidan is most famous for his novel, "Niels Lyhne."

6. #6

   

   Karen Blixen

   1885 - 1962

   HPI 75.8573 langs

   Karen Blixen is most famous for her memoir, Out of Africa, which tells the story of her life on a coffee plantation in Kenya.

7. #7

   

   N. F. S. Grundtvig

   1783 - 1872

   HPI 69.7142 langs

   N. F. S. Grundtvig was a Danish theologian and poet who is most famous for his hymns, which he wrote in Danish.

8. #8

   

   Tove Ditlevsen

   1917 - 1976

   HPI 69.4925 langs
9. #9

   

   Jens Peter Jacobsen

   1847 - 1885

   HPI 69.0032 langs

   Jens Peter Jacobsen is most famous for his novel "Niels Lyhne," which was published in 1878.

10. #10

    

    Georg Brandes

    1842 - 1927

    HPI 68.9837 langs

    Georg Brandes was a Danish critic and writer who is most famous for being the first to introduce Henrik Ibsen to the European public.