Danish Famous Names Starting with Letter K

Is a Danish builder and designer of boats, who was the designer of one of the most popular sailing d

Is a Danish builder and designer of boats, who was the designer of one of the most popular sailing dinghies in use over the past 50 years, the OK Dinghy, which became an ISAF International Class in 1974. The 50th anniversary of the design of the dinghy was marked by the largest ever OK Dinghy World Championships held at Leba on the Polish coast in July 2007.

Was born in 1925, in the small Danish town of Grenå. His career as a public figure started in 1942,

Was born in 1925, in the small Danish town of Grenå. His career as a public figure started in 1942, when he, together with nine other young Danes, founded the resistance group Churchill Klubben (The Churchill Club). After the war, he turned to the world of arts and culture when he excelled as an organiser.

Was a Danish stage and film actor.

Was a Danish stage and film actor.

Is a Danish retired football (soccer) player, who played professionally for Houston Stars in the Uni

Is a Danish retired football (soccer) player, who played professionally for Houston Stars in the United States, and European clubs PSV Eindhoven and R.W.D. Molenbeek. As a defender, he obtained a total 22 caps for the Danish national team, for which he scored twelve goals in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Is a Danish professional footballer who currently plays for Danish Superliga side Aalborg Boldspilkl

Is a Danish professional footballer who currently plays for Danish Superliga side Aalborg Boldspilklub (AaB). He is regarded as one of the most talented goalkeepers in Denmark, having played 33 matches for various Danish youth national teams. At the age of 16 and 17 he attended trials at English Premier League clubs Arsenal FC and Manchester United, but stated his willingness to remain at AaB.

Is a Danish former football player, who played professionally for Dutch team AZ Alkmaar and several

Is a Danish former football player, who played professionally for Dutch team AZ Alkmaar and several French clubs. He scored 11 goals in 36 games for the Denmark national football team, and represented Denmark at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Nygaard started playing football with Holstebro BK.

Is a Danish handballer, currently the goalkeeper of Danish Handball League side OV Helsingborg. He h

Is a Danish handballer, currently the goalkeeper of Danish Handball League side OV Helsingborg. He has previously played for the Spanish club BM Altea.

Is a Danish professional football player who currently plays for the Danish Superliga club Vejle Bol

Is a Danish professional football player who currently plays for the Danish Superliga club Vejle Boldklub.

Is a Danish handball player, currently playing for Danish Handball League side AaB Håndbold. He has

Is a Danish handball player, currently playing for Danish Handball League side AaB Håndbold. He has previously played for Skjern Håndbold and Spanish side BM Altea.

Is a Danish conceptual artist, who has exhibited in the Stalke Galleri. He is the postmodern artist

Is a Danish conceptual artist, who has exhibited in the Stalke Galleri. He is the postmodern artist behind the controversial Hornsleth Village Project, wherein 340 Ugandan villagers were paid in livestock to legally change their names to Hornsleth.

Is a Danish professional football midfielder, who currently is playinf for Hvidovre IF.Klausen joine

Is a Danish professional football midfielder, who currently is playinf for Hvidovre IF.Klausen joined AC Horsens in the summer of 2005, following the teams promotion to the Superliga, and was during the first season a regular starter for the team. He scored 2 goals and played his part in the teams surprising survival in the league. Due to injuries, Klausen lost his place in the team during the following season, and has not yet regained his former strength.

He was the fourth signatory of Dogme95. He lived eight years in France. He graduated in editing at t

He was the fourth signatory of Dogme95. He lived eight years in France. He graduated in editing at the National Film School of Denmark and has edited a large number of documentaries and feature films besides directing two feature films, among these, Et skud fra hjertet (1986). He is the recipient of some 23 Danish and international awards for his commercials. The King is Alive (Dogme 4) is his third feature film. The King is Alive tells the story of a mixed group of tourists in Namibia, Africa, whose bus breaks down in a remote, abandoned village (formerly a mining town). Facing starvation

Is a Danish swimmer. He is a current member of the Danish national swimming team. Outinen is a Danis

Is a Danish swimmer. He is a current member of the Danish national swimming team. Outinen is a Danish national record holder in both the 100 meter individual medley (IM) and the 50 meter breaststroke. [1] He currently swims for the Vestegnens Aqua Team (VAT) based out of Copenhagen.

Is a Danish handballer, currently playing for Danish Handball League side TMS Ringsted. He joined th

Is a Danish handballer, currently playing for Danish Handball League side TMS Ringsted. He joined the club from league rivals FCK Håndbold in 2007.

Was a Danish amateur football (soccer) player in the defender position, who won a silver medal with

Was a Danish amateur football (soccer) player in the defender position, who won a silver medal with the Danish national team in the 1908 Summer Olympics football tournament. He played a total four games for the Danish national team. Middelboe played his club football with Kjøbenhavns Boldklub.

Is a professional male tennis player from Denmark. In 1999, he won the Australian Open for juniors (

Is a professional male tennis player from Denmark. In 1999, he won the Australian Open for juniors (defeated Mikhail Youzhny), and reached the junior finals at Wimbledon (lost to Jürgen Melzer), and the US Open (lost to Jarkko Nieminen). He finished 1999

Is a Danish auto racing driver, who currently competes in touring car racing.He made his debut in th

Is a Danish auto racing driver, who currently competes in touring car racing.He made his debut in the FIA World Touring Car Championship in 2008 with a part season. For 2009 he will compete a full season in the WTCC with Liqui Moly Team Engstler in a BMW 320si alongside team owner, Franz Engstler. He has previously raced in karting and rallying in the World Rally Championship from 1995. He switched to Touring Cars in 2007, when he competed in his native Danish Touring Car Championship. He won the LMP2 class at the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans in the Team Essex Porsche RS Spyder alongside Emmanuel Collard and Casper Elgaard.

Is a Danish team handball player and two times Olympic champion.

Is a Danish team handball player and two times Olympic champion.

Is a Danish sailor and Olympic champion.She started as an Optimist sailor at the age of six, but did

Is a Danish sailor and Olympic champion.She started as an Optimist sailor at the age of six, but didn’t do that well in this dinghy. In her late Optimist years, she qualified for the Nordic Championship 1989, which were held on the Aaland Islands. At the event she networked with Europe dinghy sailors, and found the Europe dinghy very interesting. She got her first Europe dinghy in late 1990. Kristine quickly showed that she could handle the Europe dinghy very well, and won a few regattas early that actually made her a potential candidate for the Olympic Games 1992.

Is a Danish former professional footballer, who is an assistant coach at FC Fredericia in the Danish

Is a Danish former professional footballer, who is an assistant coach at FC Fredericia in the Danish 1st Division. He has played 24 games and scored one goal for various Danish national youth teams, including seven games for the Denmark national under-21 football team.

Is a former Polish footballer and now a coach , since July 2008 has been head coach of Aarhus Fremad

Is a former Polish footballer and now a coach , since July 2008 has been head coach of Aarhus Fremad. He has been an international football player in several teams, as: Gerbania Krakow, Hutnik Krakow, Kiruna FF, Panionios FC KS Borek, Esbjerg and Vágs Bóltfelag.

Was a Danish professional football (soccer) player and manager, who most prominently coached the Dan

Was a Danish professional football (soccer) player and manager, who most prominently coached the Danish national football team from 1976 to 1979. He started his career for Danish club Skovshoved IF, before he moved abroad to play professionally for French clubs Olympique de Marseille and AS Aix. He played three matches and scored three goals for the Danish national team during 1952 and 1953, before his professional career hindered further games.

Is a Danish rower who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics.In 1964 he was a crew member of the Danis

Is a Danish rower who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics.In 1964 he was a crew member of the Danish boat which won the gold medal in the coxless fours event.

Was a Danish politician, who served as mayor of Vallensbæk Municipality from 1994 until his death,

Was a Danish politician, who served as mayor of Vallensbæk Municipality from 1994 until his death, elected for Conservative People's Party.He was elected to the municipal first time in 1966. He was in many years chairman of the municipality's technical committee, and became mayor in 1994. In 2004 he demanded that the municipality remained independent in the forthcoming local government, which the majority of voters in a referendum backed up on. Vallensbæk got a cooperation agreement with Ishøj Municipality and remained thus independent.

Is a retired Danish tennis player. He is the only Danish tennis player to have ever played in a men'

Is a retired Danish tennis player. He is the only Danish tennis player to have ever played in a men's singles final in a Grand Slam tournament. He reached the singles finals of Wimbledon in 1953 (lost to Vic Seixas after having defeated Ken Rosewall in th