Danish Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Is a Danish film actor. He appeared in 40 films between 1933 and 2000.

Is a Danish film actor. He appeared in 40 films between 1933 and 2000.

Is a former Danish handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer O

Is a former Danish handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.Four years later he finished ninth with the Danish team in the 1980 Olympic tournament. He played five matches and scored eight goals.

Is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He has directed 32 films between 1957 and 1995. His 1964

Is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He has directed 32 films between 1957 and 1995. His 1964 film To was entered into the 15th Berlin International Film Festival.[1] Two years later, his 1967 film Story of Barbara was entered into the 17th Berlin International Film Festival.[2]

Is a Danish actress and film director best known for her performances in the films Festen, The Idiot

Is a Danish actress and film director best known for her performances in the films Festen, The Idiots and Open Hearts. Steen was the first Danish actress since Karin Nellemose in 1949 to win both Best Actress (for Okay) and Best Supporting Actress (Open Hearts) in the same year at the Robert Festival, the Danish equivalent of the Oscars.

Is a Danish professional footballer, who plays for Spanish club Málaga CF in La Liga. He is a defen

Is a Danish professional footballer, who plays for Spanish club Málaga CF in La Liga. He is a defender, who is most frequently used as a left fullback. He has played nine games and scored a single goal for the Danish under-21 national team. Mtiliga started playing youth football for Copenhagen club Boldklubben 1893 (B 93). He initially played as a forward or attacking midfielder. He made his senior debut for B 93 in the 1998-99 Danish Superliga season.

Is a Danish professional football player, who is currently playing for Holstebro.

Is a Danish professional football player, who is currently playing for Holstebro.

Is a yachtsman from Denmark. He has won the world championships fifteen times in eight different typ

Is a yachtsman from Denmark. He has won the world championships fifteen times in eight different types of boat, including Snipe, Soling, Star, Flying Dutchman and Finn.He competed in eight Olympic Games from 1948 to 1988, being one of only three persons ever (the others are athletes Carl Lewis in the long jump and Al Oerter in the discus) to win four consecutive individual gold medals (1948, '52, '56, '60), first time in a Firefly, subsequently in Finns.[1]

Was a Danish Linguist who is known for his model of sentence structure in Danish which has been wide

Was a Danish Linguist who is known for his model of sentence structure in Danish which has been widely applied to describe the syntax of languages with fixed word order, such as the mainland Scandinavian languages. Diderichsen was professor of Danish at the University of Copenhagen from 1943 until his death. His sentence model makes use of so-called 'slots' into which different sentence constituents can be inserted.

Was a Danish painter.Paul Fischer belongs to the fourth generation of Fischers to live in Denmark. T

Was a Danish painter.Paul Fischer belongs to the fourth generation of Fischers to live in Denmark. This Jewish family originally came from Poland. The family was upper middle class; Paul's father had started as a painter, but later succeeded in the business of manufacturing paints and lacquers.

Was a Danish film actor. He appeared in over 100 films between 1952 and 1999.

Was a Danish film actor. He appeared in over 100 films between 1952 and 1999.

Is a Danish actor. He has appeared in over 50 films and television shows since 1960. He starred in t

Is a Danish actor. He has appeared in over 50 films and television shows since 1960. He starred in the 1969 film Ballad of Carl-Henning, which was entered into the 19th Berlin International Film Festival.[1]

Was a Danish amateur football (soccer) player, who played 26 games and scored one goal for the Denma

Was a Danish amateur football (soccer) player, who played 26 games and scored one goal for the Denmark national football team, with whom he won a silver medal at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Was a Danish field hockey player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the Dan

Was a Danish field hockey player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the Danish field hockey team, which won the silver medal.

Was a Danish national and international football centre forward and club manager. He was the most ca

Was a Danish national and international football centre forward and club manager. He was the most capped player for the Danish national team for 22 years (1939-1961).

Is a Swedish-born Danish sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the mid 2000s. He finished

Is a Swedish-born Danish sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the mid 2000s. He finished sixth for Sweden in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Madsen competed for Denmark in the next two Summer Olympics, but was elim

Was a Danish statesman.Bishop Jasper Brokman, at whose palace he first met King Frederick III of Den

Was a Danish statesman.Bishop Jasper Brokman, at whose palace he first met King Frederick III of Denmark. The king was struck with Schumacher; and Brokman, proud of his pupil, made him translate a chapter from a Hebrew Bible first into Latin and then into Danish, for the entertainment of the scholarly monarch.

Was a Danish astronomer. Born in Løgstør, Jutland to a poor family of fishermen, Horrebow entered

Was a Danish astronomer. Born in Løgstør, Jutland to a poor family of fishermen, Horrebow entered the University of Copenhagen in 1703. He worked his way through grammar school and university by virtue of his technical knowledge: he repaired mechanical and musical instruments and cut seals. He received his MA from the university in 1716, and his MD in 1725. From 1703 to 1707, he served as an assistant to Ole Rømer and lived in Rømer's home. He worked as a household tutor from 1707 to 1711 to a Danish baron, and entered the governmental bureaucracy as an excise writer in 1711.

Was a 17th century Danish botanist. He was born in Assens and began studies at the University of Cop

Was a 17th century Danish botanist. He was born in Assens and began studies at the University of Copenhagen in 1660. He graduated in theology in 1666 and was called as parish minister. However, for reasons now unknown, the call was withdrawn shortly afterward. Kylling then engaged in studies of botany.

Was a Danish engineer and physicist. He is notable for his work on electrotechnology and his coopera

Was a Danish engineer and physicist. He is notable for his work on electrotechnology and his cooperation with Valdemar Poulsen on the developmental work on the telegraphone and the Poulsen Arc Transmitter.

Was a Danish finance minister and Steward of the Realm.His extraordinary financial abilities and pro

Was a Danish finance minister and Steward of the Realm.His extraordinary financial abilities and pronounced political capacity soon found ample scope in public life. In 1552 he was raised to the dignity of Rigsraad (councillor of state); in 1554 he successfully accomplished his first diplomatic mission, by adjusting the differences between the elector of Saxony and the margrave of Brandenburg. The same year he held the post of governor of Copenhagen and shared with Byrge Trolle the control of the treasury.

Is a Danish film director, best known for his humorous music videos and commercials.Since 1996 he ha

Is a Danish film director, best known for his humorous music videos and commercials.Since 1996 he has directed over 400 commercials for international brands such as Kellogg's, Carlsberg, Lego, McDonald's, Bayer and Panasonic, as well as appr. 35 music videos for such bands as The Raveonettes, VETO, Superheroes and Aqua.

Was a Danish swimmer who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics.

Was a Danish swimmer who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics.

Was a Danish screenwriter, actor, film director and producer. He wrote for 42 films between 1940 and

Was a Danish screenwriter, actor, film director and producer. He wrote for 42 films between 1940 and 1976. He also appeared in 23 films between 1939 and 1978.

Is a Danish sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. He won the bronze medal in the C-2 1000 m

Is a Danish sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. He won the bronze medal in the C-2 1000 m event at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

An actor best known for his role in the award-winning film Pelle the Conqueror.

An actor best known for his role in the award-winning film Pelle the Conqueror.