Danish Famous Names Starting with Letter L

Is a retired female badminton player from Denmark.She also competed in badminton at the 1996 Summer

Is a retired female badminton player from Denmark.She also competed in badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with Ann Jørgensen and in mix with Christian Jakobsen. In women's double she lost in the quarter final to the runners up from K

Was a Danish film actress. She appeared in 27 films between 1962 and 1990.

Was a Danish film actress. She appeared in 27 films between 1962 and 1990.

Was a Danish linguist whose ideas formed the basis of the Copenhagen School of linguistics. Born int

Was a Danish linguist whose ideas formed the basis of the Copenhagen School of linguistics. Born into an academic family, Hjelmslev studied comparative linguistics in Copenhagen, Prague and Paris (with a.o. Antoine Meillet and Joseph Vendryes). In 1931, he helped to found the Cercle Linguistique de Copenhague. Together with Hans-Jørgen Uldall he developed a new theory on language, coining the word Glossematik (in English, glossematics; the word was partially derived from the Greek "glossa" which means "tongue" or "language").

Was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1948 and 1988.

Was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1948 and 1988.

Was one of the principal founders of the organized worker's movement in Denmark, and the principal f

Was one of the principal founders of the organized worker's movement in Denmark, and the principal founder of the Danish Social Democratic Party.Pio had become interested in socialism through his reading of Danish folk literature, which often depicted the oppressed joining together to oppose their oppressors. But it was not until 1871, when news of the Paris Commune swept Europe, that he established contact with formal socialist movements. In that year,

Is a Danish handball goalkeeper and Olympic champion who currently plays for Viborg HK. She received

Is a Danish handball goalkeeper and Olympic champion who currently plays for Viborg HK. She received a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Is a Danish retired association football player. She is considered the most succesful Danish woman f

Is a Danish retired association football player. She is considered the most succesful Danish woman footballer ever.She played for Hillerød GI and Rødovre BK in Denmark. In 1995, she started playing for German club TSV Siegen, transferring to rival team 1. FFC Frankfurt in the summer 2001.

Is a Danish actress, best known for her roles in the Dogme 95 films The Idiots and Se til venstre, d

Is a Danish actress, best known for her roles in the Dogme 95 films The Idiots and Se til venstre, der er en Svensker.

Was the youngest surviving daughter of George II of Great Britain and Caroline of Ansbach, and becam

Was the youngest surviving daughter of George II of Great Britain and Caroline of Ansbach, and became queen consort of Denmark and Norway. Princess Louise was born as the fifth daughter and youngest child of the then Prince and Princess of Wales, on 7 December 1724, at Leicester House, London. She was baptised "Louisa" there on 22 December. Her godparents were her elder sister and two cousins: Princess Amelia of Great Britain, Princess Louisa Ulrika of Prussia (for whom Sarah Lennox, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox, stood proxy), and Frederick, Prince Royal of Prussia, later Frederick the Great (for whom Henry de Nassau d'Auverquerque, 1st Earl of Grantham, stood proxy).

Was a Danish backstroke swimmer, who competed at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics.She retired from swimmin

Was a Danish backstroke swimmer, who competed at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics.She retired from swimming in August 2007 due to persistent shoulder problems.

Was a Danish diver who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. In 1920 she was eliminated in the first

Was a Danish diver who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. In 1920 she was eliminated in the first round of the 10 metre platform competition.

Is a Danish-born fashion stylist, writer, artist and chanteuse.

Is a Danish-born fashion stylist, writer, artist and chanteuse.

Was the first internationally renowned Danish ballerina and one of the popular dancers of the Romant

Was the first internationally renowned Danish ballerina and one of the popular dancers of the Romantic ballet era. Grahn studied from a young age at the Royal Danish Theatre School in Copenhagen, Denmark under the tutelage of August Bournonville. She officially debuted in 1834 at the theater and took on the leading role of Astrid in Bournonville's Valdemar in 1835. Soon the relationship between Bournonville and Grahn began to sour as she yearned to dance with the famed Paris Opera Ballet. She eventually received royal permission to leave; after her departure in 1836, she never returned to Denmark. In 1839, Grahn had overstayed the terms of her formal leave, and was dropped from the Royal Danish Ballet's rolls. She had been appearing with the Paris 'Opera' Ballet; from 1839 to 1845, extending her audience base, Grahn danced in several cities, including London, St. Petersburg, and Milan. In 1845, her place among the accepted solists of her day was acknowledged when she was invited to dance Perrot's Pas de Quatre alongside the already famous dancers Fanny Cerrito, Carlotta Grisi, and Marie Taglioni.

Was a Danish amateur football (soccer) player in the goalkeeper position. He played four games for t

Was a Danish amateur football (soccer) player in the goalkeeper position. He played four games for the Denmark national football team, and won a silver medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics. He played his entire senior career with Kjøbenhavns Boldklub, with whom he won the 1913 Danish football championship.Drescher took part in the first official Danish national team game, played at the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was the starting goalkeeper in all three Danish games at the 1908 Olympic football tournament, as Denmark won silver medals. He played his fourth and last Danish national team game in May 1910. Drescher was once again selected for the Danish squad at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was an unused reserve player throughout the games, and did not receive a medal, as Denmark won silver again in the 1912 Olympic football tournament.

Was a Danish photographer and portrait painter. He based many of his later paintings on his own phot

Was a Danish photographer and portrait painter. He based many of his later paintings on his own photographs.For a number of years, Grundvig exhibited his portrait paintings at Charlottenborg in Copenhagen. In 1863, he set up a studio as a photographer on Amagertorv in the centre of the city which he maintained until his death in 1901. But he also continued to produce paintings and drawings in his studio, many based on his own photographs. Although he specialized in portraits, he also took landscapes such as the large photograph of the cliffs of Bornholm from 1870 which can be seen in the Royal Library of Denmark.[1]

Was a writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright born in Bergen, Norway during the time

Was a writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright born in Bergen, Norway during the time of the Dano-Norwegian double monarchy, and spent most of his adult life in Denmark. He was influenced by the Humanism, the Enlightenment and the Baroque. Holberg is considered the founder of modern Danish and Norwegian literature,[1][2] and is best known for the comedies he wrote 1722–23 for the theatre in Lille Grønnegade in Copenhagen.

Was a Danish author, ethnologist, and explorer, from Ringkøbing. He was most notably an explorer of

Was a Danish author, ethnologist, and explorer, from Ringkøbing. He was most notably an explorer of Greenland. With Count Harald Moltke and Knud Rasmussen he formed the Danish Literary expedition (1902-04) to West Greenland, and in the early stages (1902) discovered near Evigheds Fiord two ice-free mountain ranges. Later the party proceeded to Cape York and for 10 months lived native fashion with the Eskimo. The return journey of the expedition to Upernivik across the ice of Melville Bay was the first sledge crossing on record.

Was a Danish mathematician and physicist. He developed mathematical formulae to describe phenomena s

Was a Danish mathematician and physicist. He developed mathematical formulae to describe phenomena such as the relation between the refraction of light and the density of a pure transparent substance, and the relation between a metal's electrical and thermal conductivity and temperature (Wiedemann-Franz-Lorenz law).

Was a Danish civil engineer and physicist who articulated the principle of conservation of energy co

Was a Danish civil engineer and physicist who articulated the principle of conservation of energy contemporaneouly with, and independently of, James Prescott Joule and Julius Robert von Mayer though his contribution was largely overlooked and neglected.Colding graduated in 1841 and worked as a teacher before being appointed inspector of roads and bridges in Copenhagen in 1845. Colding's importance and influence grew until he was appointed state engineer for Copenhagen in 1857. He oversaw a vast range of public housing, transport, lighting and sanitation projects and gained a high reputation throughout Denmark and internationally. He retired from professional engineering in 1886.[1]

Is a Danish former football player and current Sports director of the professional football club Aal

Is a Danish former football player and current Sports director of the professional football club Aalborg BK (AaB), who competes in the best Danish league the Danish Superliga. Aalborg BK won the 2007-08 season.