List of Danish poets

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This is a list of Danish poets, including those who are Danish by nationality or who write in the Danish language (years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry) article):

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Christen Lauridsen Aagaard (1616–1664)

Emil Aarestrup (1800–1856)

Werner Hans Frederik Abrahamson (1744–1812)

Naja Marie Aidt (born 1963), poet and writer

Annette Kure Andersen (born 1962)

Arvid Andersen

Benny Andersen (1929), songwriter, poet, author, composer, pianist; a member of the Danish Academy since 1972, and "probably Denmark's most popular poet", according to DR, the Danish public broadcasting organization.

Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875), poet and author

Vita Andersen (born 1944), writer and poet

Kristian Arentzen (1823–1899)

Birthe Arnbak (1923–2007)

Anders Arrebo (1587–1637)

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Carl Bagger (1807–1846), also known as Carl Christian Bagger

Jens Baggesen (1764–1826)

Lola Baidel (born 1951)

Solvej Balle (born 1962)

Bandet Nul a pseudonym used by Asger Schnack, F. P. Jac, Klaus Høeck and Karl E. Rasmussen

Per Barfoed (1890–1939)

Bodil Bech

Claus Beck-Nielsen (born 1963)

Knuth Becker (1891–1974)

Otto Benzon (1856–1927)

Harald Bergstedt (1877–1965) writer, novelist, playwright and a poet

Vilhelm Bergsøe (1835–1911)

Anton Berntsen (1873–1953)

Karl Bjarnhof(1898–1980)

Kristen Bjørnkjær (born 1943)

Thorkild Bjørnvig (1918–2004)

David Sølund Blangstrup (born 1952)

Edvard Blaumüller (1851–1911)

Jens Blendstrup (born 1968)

Steen Steensen Blicher (1782–1848), author and poet

Karen Blixen, who also wrote under the pen name Isak Dineson (1885–1962)

Thomas Boberg (born 1962)

Klavs Bondebjerg (1953–2004)

Anders Bording (1619–1677), poet and journalist

Connie Bork (born 1958)

Poul Borum (1934–1996)

Anne-Louise Bosmans (born 1978)

Jørgen Gustava Brandt (1929–2006)

Per Aage Brandt (born 1944)

Rudolf Broby-Johansen, also known as "R. Broby-Johansen" (1900–1987)

Hans Adolph Brorson (1694–1764), bishop and hymn writer

Friederike Brun (1765–1835)

Niels Brunse (born 1949), author, poet and translator

Malthe Conrad Bruun (1755–1826), Danish-French geographer, journalist and poet

Thomas Christopher Bruun (1750)–1834)

Suzanne Brøgger (born 1944)

Martin Budtz (born 1961), editor and poet

Lars Bukdahl (born 1968)

Julia Butschkow (born 1978), writer, playwright and poet

Ludvig Bødtcher (1793–1874)

Nicolaj Bøgh (fl. 1843)

Emil Bønnelycke (1893–1953)

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J.C.A. Carlsen-Skiødt

Camilla Christensen (born 1957)

Inger Christensen (1935–2009), poet, novelist and essayist

Iben Claces

Egon Clausen (born 1940)

Sophus Claussen (1865–1931), poet and writer

Thomas Christensen Clitau (1695-1754)

Paul la Cour (1902–1956)

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Camilla Deleuran (born 1971)

Erik Bøgh (1822)–1899), poet and composer

Tove Ditlevsen (1917–1976)

Poul Dons, also known as "Povel Dons" (1783–1843)

Christian Dorph

Torben Dorph-Petersen (also known as "Per Dorph-Petersen"; 1927-1970)

Holger Drachmann (1846–1908), poet and playwright

Ove Christian Drejer (1806–1836)

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Dorthem Engelbretsdatter, also known as Dorthem Engebretsdatter (1634–1716)

Inge Eriksen (born 1935)]

Mads Eslund (born 1975)

Jesper Ewald (1893–1969), author, journalist, translator and poet

Johannes Ewald (1743–1781), playwright and poet

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Peter Faber (1810-1877)

Christian Falster (1690–1752), poet and philologist

Jens Fink-Jensen (born 1956), poet, author, photographer, composer and architect

Peter Thun Foersom (1777-1817)

Hans Christian Fogtmann Lauridsen (born 1941)

Mikkel Fossmo (born 1973)

Niels Frank (born 1963)

Rasmus Frankenau (1767-1814)

Lars Frost (born 1973)

Christian Yde Frostholm (born 1963)

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Duna Ghali (born 1963)

Per Gammelgaard (born 1948)

Alex Garff (1904-1977)

Otto Gelsted (1888–1968)

Rolf Gjedsted (born 1947)

Christian Graugaard (born 1967)

Simon Grotrian (born 1961)

N. F. S. Grundtvig (1783–1872), teacher, writer, poet, philosopher, historian, pastor and politician

Katrine Marie Guldager

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Bent Haller (born 1946), author of children's books

Kirsten Hammann (born 1965)

Henriette Hanck (1807-1846)

Bent Otto Hansen (born 1940)

Hanne Hansen (born 1944)

Uffe Harder (1930-2002)

Carsten Hauch (1790–1872)

Henrik Have (born 1946)

Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1791–1860)

Peter Andreas Heiberg (1758–1841), author, philologist and poet

Piet Hein (1905–1996), poet and scientist

Merete Pryds Helle (born 1965)

Johannes Helms (1828–1895), writer, poet and schoolmaster

Henrik Hertz (1797–1870)

Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754), Norwegian-born poet, writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright who spent most of his adult life in Denmark

Jens Christian Hostrup

Klaus Høeck

Per Højholt (1928–2004)

Lone Hørslev (born 1974)

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Bernhard Severin Ingemann (1789-1862)

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F.P. Jac (1955–2008)

Bo Green Jensen (born 1955)

Johannes V. Jensen (1873–1950)

Pia Juul (born 1962)

Frank Jæger (1926–1977)

Johannes Jørgensen

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Steen Kaalo (born 1945)

Thomas Kingo (1634–1703), bishop, poet and hymn-writer

Erik Knudsen (poet) (born 1922)

Tom Kristensen (1893–1974)

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Thor Lange

Marianne Larsen (born 1951)

Peter Laugesen

Niels Lyngsø (born 1968)

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Viggo Madsen (born 1943), librarian, writer, novelist and poet

Ivan Malinovski (born 1926)

Sophus Michaëlis

Christian Molbech (1783–1857), historian, literary critic, writer and poet

Gustaf Munch-Petersen (1912–1938)

Arvid Müller

Poul Martin Møller

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Jørgen Nash

Hendrik Nordbrandt (born 1945)

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Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger (1779–1850), poet and playwright who introduced Romanticism into Danish literature

Jess Ørnsbo (born 1932)

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Frederik Paludan-Müller (1809–1876)

Nis Petersen (1897–1943)

Erik Pontoppidan

Christen Henriksen Pram

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Knud Lyne Rahbek (1760–1830), literary historian, critic, writer, poet and magazine editor

Gorm Henrik Rasmussen (born 1955), writer of poetry, children's books, novels and biographies

Halfdan Rasmussen (1915–2002), writer of prose for adults and poetry for children

Christian Richardt (1831–1892), writer, lyricist and poet

Klaus Rifbjerg (born 1941)

Helge Rode (1870–1937), writer and poet

Valdemar Rørdam, novelist and poet

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Ole Sarvig (1921–1981)

Jens August Schade (1903–1978)

Sophus Schandorph

Palle Sigsgaard (born 1976)

Michael Strunge (1958–1986)

Ambrosius Stub (1705–1758)

Morten Søndergaard

Jørgen Sonne (born 1925)

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Pia Tafdrup (born 1952), novelist, poet, playwright and writer

Peter Christensen Teilmann, (born 1962)

Søren Ulrik Thomsen (born 1956)

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Johan Herman Wessel (1742–1785), Norwegian-Danish poet

Anders Westenholz (born 1936), psychologist, writer and poet

Christian Winther (1796–1876)

Ole Wivel (born 1921)

References

List of Danish poets Wikipedia

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