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Denmark ranks 253rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kaunas, Essen, and Fukuoka. Memorable people born in Denmark include Ivar the Boneless, Cnut the Great, and Sweyn Forkbeard. Memorable people who died in Denmark include Gyda of Sweden, Henning Enoksen, and Erik Balling. Denmark has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and noblemen. Denmark is located in Denmark.

Denmark is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark, also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland in the north Atlantic Ocean. Metropolitan Denmark, also called "continental Denmark" or "Denmark proper", consists of the northern Jutland peninsula and an archipelago of 406 islands. It is the southernmost of the Scandinavian countries, lying southwest of Sweden, south of Norway, and north of Germany, with which it shares a short border. Denmark proper is situated between the North Sea to the west and the Baltic Sea to the east. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 800 and 2000, Denmark was the birth place of 52 globally memorable people, including Ivar the Boneless, Cnut the Great, and Sweyn Forkbeard. Additionaly, 22 globally memorable people have passed away in Denmark including Gyda of Sweden, Henning Enoksen, and Erik Balling.

People Born in Denmark

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People Deceased in Denmark

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Denmark were politicians (19), soccer players (10), noblemen (4), religious figures (2), and companions (2),  while most who died were politicians (10), noblemen (2), soccer players (2), companions (2), and film directors (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Denmark, including Lars Olsen, Søren Busk, and Jens Jørn Bertelsen. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Denmark, including Ivar the Boneless, Cnut the Great, and Sweyn Forkbeard.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 6 globally memorable people born in Denmark since 1700.