Danish Famous Names Starting with Letter L

Is a Danish handballer, currently playing for German handball Bundesliga side SG Flensburg-Handewitt

Is a Danish handballer, currently playing for German handball Bundesliga side SG Flensburg-Handewitt. His biggest achievement was winning the Danish championship with GOG Svendborg.

Is a Danish professional football goalkeeper, who currently plays for Boldklubben Frem in the Danish

Is a Danish professional football goalkeeper, who currently plays for Boldklubben Frem in the Danish 1st Division.

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

Is a Danish professional football midfielder, who currently plays for the Danish Superliga side Aarhus Gymnastik Forening.

Was a noted early Danish film director, screenwriter and actor of the silent era in Denmark. His son

Was a noted early Danish film director, screenwriter and actor of the silent era in Denmark. His son, Lau Lauritzen Jr. also went on to become one of Denmark's leading directors in the 1940s and 1950s.

Was a Danish actor, screenwriter, and film director. Lauritzen co-founded the Danish film studio AS

Was a Danish actor, screenwriter, and film director. Lauritzen co-founded the Danish film studio ASA Film and served as the studio's artistic director (1937–1945) and administrative director (1945–1964).

Was one of the foremost painters of Danish symbolism. He was born as Laurits Andersen in the village

Was one of the foremost painters of Danish symbolism. He was born as Laurits Andersen in the village Ring in southern Zealand. In 1881 he the took the name of his birth place, and was since known as L.A. Ring.

Is a Danish film director who graduated from The National Film School of Denmark with his Oscar-winn

Is a Danish film director who graduated from The National Film School of Denmark with his Oscar-winning diploma film Mellem Os (Between Us) in 2004. This film won 13 international film awards and became the most award winning film in the history of The National Film School of Denmark. Laurits directed several other films including the feature film Ambulance (2005), Forførerens Fald (2007), etc.

Was a Danish track and field athlete who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Was a Danish track and field athlete who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Was a Danish Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics.[1]

Was a Danish Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics.[1]

Is a Danish former football (soccer) goalkeeper. He played 28 games for the Denmark national footbal

Is a Danish former football (soccer) goalkeeper. He played 28 games for the Denmark national football team, and participated in the 1964 European Championship. He played for BK Frem in Denmark, before moving abroad to play professionally for Houston Stars in the United States and Scottish club Greenock Morton.

Is a Danish former professional footballer who played throughout Europe as a winger. Mortensen began

Is a Danish former professional footballer who played throughout Europe as a winger. Mortensen began his career with hometown club KB. He spent a year in Italy with Udinese, making five league appearances, before returning to KB. He later spent two seasons in Scotland with Aberdeen, scoring one goal in fifteen league appearances.

Is a Danish former football (soccer) player, who played for Fremad Amager and BK Frem in Denmark. Ni

Is a Danish former football (soccer) player, who played for Fremad Amager and BK Frem in Denmark. Nielsen was the top goalscorer of the 1967 Danish football championship. He played four games and scored four goals for the Denmark national under-21 football team.

Is a female badminton player from Denmark.

Is a female badminton player from Denmark.

Is a Danish politician and member of parliament who has been leader of the Conservative People's Par

Is a Danish politician and member of parliament who has been leader of the Conservative People's Party since September 9, 2008[1]. Since February 2010, she has been the Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs. She was the Minister of Justice from 27 November 2001 to 10 September 2008 and was Minister of Economic and Business Affairs from 10 September 2008 to February 23, 2010. Lene Espersen has been a member of parliament (folketinget) since 1994. She also serves as Deputy Prime Minister. She has two children. Lene Espersen is also an attendee of Trilateral Commission meetings in 2002 and 2005.

Is a Danish writer of fantasy novels living in Copenhagen, Denmark.[1]One of her best-known books is

Is a Danish writer of fantasy novels living in Copenhagen, Denmark.[1]One of her best-known books is about Kat, or Katriona Teresadatter, a girl who joins the "Bredinari", and tries to become a silver knight, but it ends up with her saving the whole of Breda (the land in which the story takes place), and it all ends happily. There are almost always mystic mages and such in her books. She has also written nine books in the W.I.T.C.H universe.

S a female former badminton player from Denmark who won numerous Danish national and major internati

S a female former badminton player from Denmark who won numerous Danish national and major international championships from the early 1970s through the early 1980s. Noted for her speed and athleticism, she and Camilla Martin are the only Danish women to win both the World (1977) and All-England (1979, 1980) singles titles.

Is a Danish handballer playing for Viborg HK and the Danish national team.

Is a Danish handballer playing for Viborg HK and the Danish national team.

Is a Danish team handball player, currently playing for the Norwegian club Larvik HK.

Is a Danish team handball player, currently playing for the Norwegian club Larvik HK.

Is a retired female long jumper from Denmark. Her personal best jump was 6.72 metres, achieved in Au

Is a retired female long jumper from Denmark. Her personal best jump was 6.72 metres, achieved in August 1985 in Budapest.[1] She is also a two-time national champion (1984 and 1985) in the women's high jump.

Is a Danish physicist. In 1999, she led a Harvard University team who succeeded in slowing a beam of

Is a Danish physicist. In 1999, she led a Harvard University team who succeeded in slowing a beam of light to about 17 metres per second, and, in 2001, was able to momentarily stop a beam. She was able to achieve this by using a superfluid.In 1989, Hau accepted a two-year appointment as a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University. She received her degree from the University of Aarhus in Denmark in 1991. Her formalized training is in theoretical physics but her interest moved to experimental research in an effort to create a new form of matter known as a Bose-Einstein condensate. In 1991 she joined the Rowland Institute for Science at Cambridge as a scientific staff member. Since 1999 she has held the Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics and Professor of Physics at Harvard. She now is the Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Harvard.

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

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

Was a Danish jazz pianist, composer, arranger, singer and bandleader. He was a leading figure of the

Was a Danish jazz pianist, composer, arranger, singer and bandleader. He was a leading figure of the thriving Danish scene during the years around World War II—a period which has been labelled the Golden Age of Danish Jazz—and he is considered to be one of most significant and original jazz musicians of his day. Mathisen's main source of inspiration was Fats Waller, both his piano play and his singing, but the later years of his career saw some Bebop influence. His most famous tracks are Take it Easy and To be or not to be. His nickname is a reference to his first name as well as MGM's mascot Leo the Lion. He is also remembered for his characteristic appearance with his flat, centrally parted hair, his thin moustache and, most notably, his fondness of large cigars.

Is a Danish professional football player, who plays centre midfield. He has played fifteen caps and

Is a Danish professional football player, who plays centre midfield. He has played fifteen caps and scored two goals for the Denmark national football team. He currently plays for Hannover 96.On 1 July 2005, he moved to Germany to play for SV Werder Bremen in German Bundesliga championship. Due to the injury of Finnish defender Petri Pasanen, Andreasen played 12 of the first 17 league games for Werder Bremen.

Is a Danish professional football (soccer) player, who plays as a goalkeeper for AC Horsens in the D

Is a Danish professional football (soccer) player, who plays as a goalkeeper for AC Horsens in the Danish Superliga championship. Despite his lack of height, he is known as one of the most reliable goalkeepers of the league.

Was a Danish silent film actress. She appeared in 27 films between 1911 and 1917. She was married to

Was a Danish silent film actress. She appeared in 27 films between 1911 and 1917. She was married to film director Victor Sjöström.