Danish Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Is a Danish badminton player. A former World Champion and European Champion, Rasmussen ranks among t

Is a Danish badminton player. A former World Champion and European Champion, Rasmussen ranks among the best Danish badminton players of all time.

Is a professional ice hockey player with the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). He

Is a professional ice hockey player with the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted by Ottawa in the third round (87th overall) of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. After playing several professional seasons in Europe, he moved to North America in 2008 to join the Senators organization.

Was a Danish rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he won the silver medal with his

Was a Danish rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he won the silver medal with his partner Harry Larsen in the coxless pairs competition.

Is a Danish professional football player. He plays as a winger for Danish club SønderjyskE. He is t

Is a Danish professional football player. He plays as a winger for Danish club SønderjyskE. He is the older brother of Danish international winger Peter Løvenkrands.Løvenkrands began his career at Akademisk Boldklub (AB) in the top-flight Danish Superliga in 1998, playing alongside his brother Peter Løvenkrands. He joined Scottish club St. Johnstone in May 2000, after impressing then-manager Sandy Clark during a testimonial match for veteran Saints forward Roddy Grant.

Was a Danish Olympic fencer. He competed at two Olympic Games.[1]

Was a Danish Olympic fencer. He competed at two Olympic Games.[1]

Was a Danish journalist, politician, and children's rights advocate.Sabroe first took an elected off

Was a Danish journalist, politician, and children's rights advocate.Sabroe first took an elected office in 1900, as a member of the Aarhus town council, a position he held until 1909. He also served in the Folketinget, from 1901 to 1913. As a politician, Sabroe took the part of the common man, and was perhaps the best known and most controversial left-wing legislator of his time. He often traveled around Denmark, drawing attention to the conditions in which children lived and worked.

Is a Danish former football player, who currently is the assistant manager for the Danish Superliga

Is a Danish former football player, who currently is the assistant manager for the Danish Superliga side Aarhus Gymnastik Forening, where he also ended his playing career.

Was a Danish sailor who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In 1928 he won the silver medal as crew

Was a Danish sailor who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In 1928 he won the silver medal as crew member of the Danish boat Hi-Hi in the 6 metre class competition.

Was a Danish botanist. He was born in 1766 in Rønne, Denmark, and died in 1832 in Tangier, Morocco,

Was a Danish botanist. He was born in 1766 in Rønne, Denmark, and died in 1832 in Tangier, Morocco, having served as Danish consul general in Tangier from 1800 onwards. He conducted a botanical expedition in Spain and Morocco during the years 1791-93. Among the plants that he was the first to describe was the popular garden flower Salvia interrupta; the bushwillow genus Schousboea (now considered a synonym of Combretum) was named in his honour.

Is a Danish former professional football player who was a goalkeeper. He among others played for the

Is a Danish former professional football player who was a goalkeeper. He among others played for the German club VfL Bochum in the Bundesliga championship. He is now training the goalkeepers at BK Avarta. Skov-Jensen has played four games for the Danish national football team, and was part of the Danish squad at the 2004 European Championship.

Is a Danish film actor. He has appeared in over 50 films since 1964.

Is a Danish film actor. He has appeared in over 50 films since 1964.

Is a Danish handballer, currently playing for Danish Handball League side GOG Svendborg, with whom h

Is a Danish handballer, currently playing for Danish Handball League side GOG Svendborg, with whom he won the Danish Championship in 2007.

Is a Danish field hockey player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In 1928 he was a member of

Is a Danish field hockey player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In 1928 he was a member of the Danish team which was eliminated in the first round of the Olympic tournament after two wins and two losses. He played all four matches as forward.

Was a Danish physician and botanist.He was sent to Ghana by the Danish government to supervise the p

Was a Danish physician and botanist.He was sent to Ghana by the Danish government to supervise the plantations of that colony, and he lived there from 1799 to 1803. His herbarium was destroyed during the shelling of Copenhagen by the British in 1807. Only the duplicates and manuscripts in the possession of Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher (1757–1830) survived. Today, around 1,050 samples are preserved at the University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden.

Was a Danish guitarist, singer, composer and record producer. He was one of the most important blues

Was a Danish guitarist, singer, composer and record producer. He was one of the most important blues musicians in Denmark, and he was known outside his own country, when in the late 1960s he met Alexis Korner and the two formed the bands New Church, Snape, and later CCS.

Was a Danish film director. He directed 40 film between 1910 and 1927. His wife Asta Nielsen starred

Was a Danish film director. He directed 40 film between 1910 and 1927. His wife Asta Nielsen starred in 30 of his films. Also in his debut the famous movie Afgrunden (The Abyss) from 1910. They moved to Germany in 1911 where Gad worked until 1922.

Was a Danish zoologist and paleontologist who spent most of his life working and living in Brazil.In

Was a Danish zoologist and paleontologist who spent most of his life working and living in Brazil.In 1825 he made his first trip to Brazil, where he spent three years mainly collecting plants near Rio de Janeiro. Back to Europe in 1829, he achieved a doctoral degree at the University of Kiel, traveled to Italy and later established in Paris, where he came under the influence of Georges Cuvier, professor of comparative anatomy at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle and the most influential naturalist and zoologist of the time.In his Discours sur les revolutions de la surface du globe (1825), Cuvier theorized that the extinction of species was caused by natural catastrophes on certain regions of the world. When that happens, the fauna from other regions migrate top populate the now uninhabited area. This became known as the catastrophic theory, and would become the motto of Lund's scientific career.

Is a Danish poker player. In March 2007, he won the European Poker Tour zl15,000 No Limit Hold'em in

Is a Danish poker player. In March 2007, he won the European Poker Tour zl15,000 No Limit Hold'em in Warsaw, Poland, netting him $415,679. In September 2008, he set a new World Record for winning the highest ever pot in online poker history. Peter is part of the Betfair Poker Pro team.

Is a Danish race car driver born 15 November 1980 who competed in the Danish Touring Car Championshi

Is a Danish race car driver born 15 November 1980 who competed in the Danish Touring Car Championship from 2003 until 2004. For the two years before that he drove in Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup.[1] As of 2006 he drove in the Le Mans Series Championship in LMP1 for the team Zytek; he is the driver N°3 of the car n°2 (a Zytec 06S).

Is a Danish professional ice hockey defenceman.Larsen came to Rögle BK's junior team at age 15. On

Is a Danish professional ice hockey defenceman.Larsen came to Rögle BK's junior team at age 15. On October 9, 2005, Larsen made his senior hockey debut for Rögle in a 3–0 win over Nybro Vikings. For the 2006–07 season Larsen was acquired by Frölunda HC. O

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

Is a Danish professional football midfielder, who currently plays for the Danish Superliga side FC Nordsjælland.

Is a retired high jumper from Denmark. She is a seven-time national champion (1992-1998) in the wome

Is a retired high jumper from Denmark. She is a seven-time national champion (1992-1998) in the women's high jump.Zinck finished eighth at the 1996 European Indoor Championships[1] and twelfth at the 1997 World Championships.[2] She also competed at the 1994 European Championships, the 1995 World Championships and the 1997 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final.

Is a Danish football player playing for Brøndby IF. He plays in many different defensive positions.

Is a Danish football player playing for Brøndby IF. He plays in many different defensive positions.

Was a Danish scientist, mathematician, inventor, author, and poet, often writing under the Old Norse

Was a Danish scientist, mathematician, inventor, author, and poet, often writing under the Old Norse pseudonym "Kumbel" meaning "tombstone". His short poems, gruks (or grooks), first started to appear in the daily newspaper "Politiken" shortly after the Nazi Occupation in April 1940 under the pseudonym "Kumbel Kumbell".[1]

Is a Danish pole vaulter of Polish descent. He's the son of former Polish pole vaulter Wojciech Buci

Is a Danish pole vaulter of Polish descent. He's the son of former Polish pole vaulter Wojciech Buciarski.His personal best jump is 5.75 metres, achieved in April 2002 in Fort-de-France. This is the current national record.[1] He represented Sparta. Bucarski is a two-time national champion (2000 and 2002) in the men's decathlon.