Danish Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a Danish football coach and a former player who is, as of January 2009, managing Dalum IF.

Is a Danish football coach and a former player who is, as of January 2009, managing Dalum IF.

Is a teacher and a Danish politician representing the Christian People's Party. In 1986 he was elect

Is a teacher and a Danish politician representing the Christian People's Party. In 1986 he was elected secretary general of the Nordic Christian Democratic Youth and from 1987 till 1989 he was chairman of the Christian People's Party's Youth. In 1990 he was elected party leader at only 26 years of age. This signified a change of the parties profile and themes such as the environment were emphasized more. He stayed party leader till 2002. Together with Flemming Kofod-Svendsen, his predecessor as party leader, he entered the first government of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen in 1993 as Minister of Energy.[1]

Is a Danish team handball player and Olympic champion.

Is a Danish team handball player and Olympic champion.

Is a Danish football midfielder. She currently plays for Fortuna Hjørring and the Danish national t

Is a Danish football midfielder. She currently plays for Fortuna Hjørring and the Danish national team.

Is a Danish professional ice hockey player. He currently plays for the Vancouver Canucks of the Nati

Is a Danish professional ice hockey player. He currently plays for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League. He is the first Danish citizen to play and register a point in an NHL playoff game.

Is a Danish writer, director, producer, illustrator and animator. He is considered "Denmark's grand

Is a Danish writer, director, producer, illustrator and animator. He is considered "Denmark's grand master of animation", as he is particularly well-known for directing, animating and writing several animated films, occasionally with Flemming Quist Møller, including Benny's Bathtub, Dreaming of Paradise, Samson & Sally, War of the Birds, The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear and A Tale of Two Mozzies. He also directed, wrote and animated a number of shorts following Cirkeline the elf.

Is a Danish professional football midfielder, who currently plays for the Danish Superliga side AC H

Is a Danish professional football midfielder, who currently plays for the Danish Superliga side AC Horsens. In October 2007 Drachmann was selected for his first matches with the Denmark national under-21 football team.Due to injury to teammate and AC Horsens star player Allan Søgaard, Drachmann has grabbed the opportunity to be the starting defensive midfielder for the club during the 2007-08 Superliga season. Despite his young age he has shown himself capable of playing at the highest level.

Is a Danish entrepreneur best known for co-founding the file-sharing application KaZaA, and the peer

Is a Danish entrepreneur best known for co-founding the file-sharing application KaZaA, and the peer-to-peer telephony application Skype. In September 2005, he and his partner Niklas Zennström sold Skype to eBay for $2.6bn. They are currently working on Joost - an interactive software for distributing TV shows and other forms of video over the Web.

Is a successful Danish racing driver. Jason enjoyed a fruitful karting career before moving into For

Is a successful Danish racing driver. Jason enjoyed a fruitful karting career before moving into Formula Ford in 1992. He graduated to the British Formula Vauxhall Lotus Winter Series in 1993, winning the championship, as well as winning the following years Brands Hatch Formula Ford Festival, and British Formula Ford championship.

Was a Danish actor who lived in the United States where he was a leading film and radio talent, best

Was a Danish actor who lived in the United States where he was a leading film and radio talent, best known for his 17 years starring on radio in Dr. Christian and for playing Shirley Temple's grandfather in Heidi. Asked how to pronounce his name, he told The Literary Digest, "In English, her'sholt; in Danish, hairs'hult."[1] Of his total credits, 75 were silent films and 65 were sound films. He appeared in 140 films and directed four.

Is a Danish field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he was a member of

Is a Danish field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he was a member of the Danish team which was eliminated in the group stage of the Olympic tournament. He played both matches as forward.

Is a Danish sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. She competed in two S

Is a Danish sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. She competed in two Summer Olympics, earning her best finish of seventh in the K-4 500 m event at Seoul in 1988.

Is a Danish swimmer who participated at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics in swimming. She currently

Is a Danish swimmer who participated at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics in swimming. She currently holds the Danish record in 100 m freestyle. She swims in the swimming club Kvik Kastrup.

Was a Danish film actress. She appeared in 30 films between 1939 and 1978.

Was a Danish film actress. She appeared in 30 films between 1939 and 1978.

Is a Danish professional footballer, who plays as a defender for Norwich City.Askou began his career

Is a Danish professional footballer, who plays as a defender for Norwich City.Askou began his career at Ikast FS before moving to Holstebro BK in 2002. His performances led to a contract with 1st Division Silkeborg IF in the summer of 2003, following a successful trial. He helped the club regain promotion to the Danish Superliga during his first season, and became a regular for four years. In 2007, Askou failed to agree a new deal with SIF, which led to a move to Turkish football with Kasimpasa.

Was a Danish Olympic fencer. He competed at three Olympic Games.[1] His father, Jens Peter Berthelse

Was a Danish Olympic fencer. He competed at three Olympic Games.[1] His father, Jens Peter Berthelsen, was also an Olympic fencer.

Is a Danish sailor and Olympic medalist. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and wo

Is a Danish sailor and Olympic medalist. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and won a bronze medal in the Flying Dutchman class, together with his cousin Jørgen Bojsen-Møller.[1]

Was an Danish-American botanist, geneticist, and ecologist. He is considered a pioneer in the field

Was an Danish-American botanist, geneticist, and ecologist. He is considered a pioneer in the field of ecological and evolutionary genetics of plants.In 1926, Clausen was awarded his PhD for his work on the Violaceae; his monograph was one of the first publications that combined systematics, ecology and genetics for any plant group. In 1927-1928, Clausen received a Rockefeller scholarship to study at the University of California, Berkeley where he worked on the genetics of the genus Crepis with E. B. Babcock. During this time he met Californian botanist Harvey Monroe Hall, who invited Clausen to return to the United States to work on the ecological genetics of Californian native species

Is a Danish writer.His novel An Altered Light was shortlisted for the 2006 International IMPAC Dubli

Is a Danish writer.His novel An Altered Light was shortlisted for the 2006 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.

Danish chemist and Nobel laureate.Skou was born in Lemvig, Denmark to a wealthy family. His father M

Danish chemist and Nobel laureate.Skou was born in Lemvig, Denmark to a wealthy family. His father Magnus Martinus Skou was a timber and coal merchant.

Was a pioneering Faroese linguist, scholar, and ethnographer. Svabo was born in Miðvágur, Vágar,

Was a pioneering Faroese linguist, scholar, and ethnographer. Svabo was born in Miðvágur, Vágar, the Faroe Islands to a minister and his wife. Svabo studied history, music, and theology in Miðvágur and later in Tórshavn. Between 1765 and 1800 he lived in Denmark and studied music there, especially the violin. In 1800, he returned to Tórshavn and lived in a house known as the Pætursarstovu: it was in the attic of this home that in 1928 a book of songs written by Svabo was found. This manuscript is now part of the collection of the Føroya Landsbókasavn (Faroese National Library).

Is a Danish sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of th

Is a Danish sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2 1000 m event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

Is a Danish actor and politician.Jens Okking is known from Lars von Triers TV-series The Kingdom, an

Is a Danish actor and politician.Jens Okking is known from Lars von Triers TV-series The Kingdom, and was a member of the European Parliament 1999 - 2003.

Is a male badminton player from Denmark.In men's doubles, Eriksen and his partern Martin Lundgaard H

Is a male badminton player from Denmark.In men's doubles, Eriksen and his partern Martin Lundgaard Hansen had a bye in the first round and defeated Howard Bach and Kevin Qi Han of the United States in the second.

Is associate professor of Indo-European Studies and head of the Roots of Europe research center at t

Is associate professor of Indo-European Studies and head of the Roots of Europe research center at the University of Copenhagen.[1] He is an expert on Proto-Indo-European and Indo-European languages in general, especially morphophonemics, but he has also published articles on the history of Eskimo-Aleut languages and linguistic diachrony. He supports the Indo-Uralic and Eurasiatic hypotheses.