Danish Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Is a Danish team handball player and Olympic champion.

Is a Danish team handball player and Olympic champion.

Is a Danish team handball player (goalkeeper), Olympic champion and World champion. She received a g

Is a Danish team handball player (goalkeeper), Olympic champion and World champion. She received a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[1] She is World champion from 1997.

Was a Danish road racing cyclist who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.In 1912 he was a member of

Was a Danish road racing cyclist who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.In 1912 he was a member of the Danish cycling team which finished eighth in the team time trial event. In the individual time trial competition he finished 53rd.

Was a Danish lightweight professional boxer who competed in the 1920s.He was born in Copenhagen and

Was a Danish lightweight professional boxer who competed in the 1920s.He was born in Copenhagen and died in Egebæksvang, Helsingør Municipality. He was the father of Eigil Johansen.

Is a Danish swimmer and olympic champion, later settled in Long Beach, California. She competed at t

Is a Danish swimmer and olympic champion, later settled in Long Beach, California. She competed at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, where she received a gold medal in 100 m freestyle, and a silver medal in 4 × 100 m freestyle relay.[1]

Was a Danish actress, screenwriter and director. The daughter of a playwright, Frische is best known

Was a Danish actress, screenwriter and director. The daughter of a playwright, Frische is best known for her screenplays, especially the war drama Støt står den danske sømand (English: The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman) which received the 1949 Bodil Award for Best Danish Film. During a short career of less than 24 years, Frische wrote 22 produced screenplays including five of the popular Far til Fire (English: Father of Four) family comedies and two adaptations of Morten Korch novels.

Was a Danish Olympic fencer. She won a bronze medal in the women's individual foil competition at th

Was a Danish Olympic fencer. She won a bronze medal in the women's individual foil competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

Was a Danish Olympic fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1932, 1936 and

Was a Danish Olympic fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1932, 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics.[1]

Is a Danish freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 she finished seventh

Is a Danish freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 she finished seventh in the 400 metre freestyle event.

Was a Danish actress. She performed in the theatre in her native Aarhus Teater and numerous other th

Was a Danish actress. She performed in the theatre in her native Aarhus Teater and numerous other theatres in Denmark later, and in film and in her later years on television.

Was a Danish singer. She performed as a member of the duet, Grethe og Jørgen Ingmann, along with he

Was a Danish singer. She performed as a member of the duet, Grethe og Jørgen Ingmann, along with her husband, guitarist Jørgen. Together they won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1963 representing Denmark with the song "Dansevise" (Dancing tune) with music

Was a Danish stage and film actress.

Was a Danish stage and film actress.

A Danish singer who represented her country in Eurovision Song Contest 1983. She performed the song

A Danish singer who represented her country in Eurovision Song Contest 1983. She performed the song "Kloden drejer" ("The planet's spinning"). The song was placed seventeenth out of twenty. Johansen made further bids for Eurovision glory when she particip

Is a Danish actress and singer. Gry Bay is best known for her sexually provocative starring role in

Is a Danish actress and singer. Gry Bay is best known for her sexually provocative starring role in the feature film All About Anna (2005).Gry Bay got her first breakthrough with a recurring part in the German RTL TV-series Dr. Monika Lindt - Kinderärztin, Geliebte, Mutter (1996), and afterwards appeared in the German TV-movie Hosenflattern (1998).

Is a Danish composer. She was born in Copenhagen and studied music, German and English at the Copenh

Is a Danish composer. She was born in Copenhagen and studied music, German and English at the Copenhagen Conservatory. After graduating, she took a position teaching at the The Copenhagen Day and Evening College of Education (KDAS). Lund began composing in 1975 at the age of 45. At that time she continued her studies in composition with Svend S. Schultz and Morgens Winkel Holm. In 1983-4 she studied at Hartt College of Music, University of Hartford in West Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

Was a Danish actress of stage and film who performed for acting companies in both Denmark and Sweden

Was a Danish actress of stage and film who performed for acting companies in both Denmark and Sweden during the 1930s and 40's. She is best known for her leading role as the suspected serial murderer in the 1944 film noir thriller Melody of Murder.

Was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 19 films between 1941 and 1968.

Was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 19 films between 1941 and 1968.

Was a Danish stage and film actor.

Was a Danish stage and film actor.

Was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 52 films between 1939 and 1977.

Was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 52 films between 1939 and 1977.

Was a Danish phycologist, and a leading authority on the ecology and taxonomy of Danish phytoplankto

Was a Danish phycologist, and a leading authority on the ecology and taxonomy of Danish phytoplankton. Nygaard completed his Masters at University of Copenhagen, initially working at the Freshwater Biological Laboratory in Hillerød as a research stipendiary. From 1933 until his retirement in 1972 he was employed as a lecturer in the Danish grammar school system. Thereafter, he was provided an office at the Freshwater Biological Laboratory to facilitate his work. In recognition of his scientific contributions, the University of Copenhagen awarded him the degree dr. scient. honoris causa[1][2].

Was a Danish diplomat and botanist. He was Danish ambassador in Thailand 1955-1959, and in the U.S.S

Was a Danish diplomat and botanist. He was Danish ambassador in Thailand 1955-1959, and in the U.S.S.R. 1959-1961. He was an expert on Southeast Asia Orchidaceae. He published several multi-volume works on orchids, e.g. The Orchids of Thailand – A Preliminary List (with T. Smitinand) and Orchid Genera in Thailand vol. I- XIV. These works are strictly taxonomic and floristic, but decorated with Seidenfaden’s own drawings of flower parts as seen under the dissection microscope.

Was a Danish actor and film maker.In 1919 he directed Saga Borgarættarinnar (film), the first featu

Was a Danish actor and film maker.In 1919 he directed Saga Borgarættarinnar (film), the first feature film shot in Iceland. Sommerfeldt also wrote the script, based on Gunnar Gunnarsson's novel by that name. He made his last feature film in 1921, an adaption of Knut Hamsun's Growth of the Soil which received the Nobel prize in Literature the year before.

Was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 34 films between 1940 and 1971.

Was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 34 films between 1940 and 1971.

Was a Danish film actress. She appeared in 13 films between 1940 and 1990.

Was a Danish film actress. She appeared in 13 films between 1940 and 1990.

Was a Danish writer and painter. He wrote surreal prose-poems, considered groundbreaking in his time

Was a Danish writer and painter. He wrote surreal prose-poems, considered groundbreaking in his time, which have inspired later writers.Gustaf Munch-Petersen grew up in a rich and respectable home; he was son of Valfrid Palmgren, a Swedish born Associate Professor in Swedish at Copenhagen University and Jon Julius Munch-Petersen, Professor in Engineering Research at the Polytechnic School. He graduated from Gymnasium in 1930 and thereafter started several academic courses, but none could capture his interest for more than a short period of time.