Søren Aabye Kierkegaard was a prolific 19th century Danish philosopher and theologian. Kierkegaard strongly criticised both the Hegelianism of his time and what he saw as the empty formalities of the …
Hans Christian Andersen (often referred to in Scandinavia as H.C. Andersen) was a Danish author and poet. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remember…
Novels of Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun (born Knud Pedersen), include Hunger (1890) and The Growth of the Soil (1917). He won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1920.
Tove Ditlevsen var en dansk forfatter, som hentede inspiration i sit eget liv som kvinde. I sin digtning og som yndet brevkasseredaktør i Familie Journalen udfoldede hun en dyb psykologisk indsigt i m…
Ludvig Holberg, Baron of Holberg, a writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright born in Bergen, Norway during the time of the Dano-Norwegian double monarchy, spent most of his adult life i…
Naja Marie Aidt is a Danish poet and writer. She was born in Greenland, and spent some of her childhood there. She published her first book of poetry in 1991, and in 2008 she was awarded the Nordic Co…
Bjørn Rasmussen (1983) er uddannet fra Dramatikeruddannelsen og Forfatterskolen. Han debuterede som dramatiker i 2004 med audioguide-dramaet Myg marcherer i sødt blod. Huden er det elastiske hylster d…
Christian Krohg (13 August 1852 – 16 October 1925) was a Norwegian naturalist painter, illustrator, author and journalist. Krohg was inspired by the realism art movement and often chose motifs from ev…
Henrik Johan Ibsen was a major Norwegian playwright largely responsible for the rise of modern realistic drama. He is often referred to as the "father of modern drama." Ibsen is held to be the greates…
Steen Steensen Blicher (11. oktober 1782 i faderens præstegård i Vium – 26. marts 1848) var en dansk præst og forfatter, søn af Niels Gudme Blicher. Han tog embedseksamen fra pastoralseminariet i 1809…
A Danish author born in a very small village called Strøby, Martin A. Hansen was a teacher before he became an author and educated at Haslev Seminarium.
Thomasine Gyllembourg (1773-1856) var en af Danmarks første kvindelige forfattere. Hun var gift med Peter Andreas Heiberg og mor til Johan Ludvig Heiberg, men efter P.A. Heibergs landsforvisning i 179…
Leonora Christina Ulfeldt var datter af Christian 4. og Kirsten Munk. Hun var grevinde til Slesvig og Holsten. Hun blev 9. oktober 1636 som 15-årig gift med rigsgreve og rigshofmester Corfitz Ulfeldt,…
Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke (Danish: [kʰɑːɑn ˈb̥leɡ̊sn̩]), born Karen Christentze Dinesen, was a Danish author, also known by the pen name Isak D…
Niviaq Korneliussen was born in 1990 in Nuuk and grew up in Nanortalik, a small town in Southern Greenland. She participated in 2012 in the short story competition Allatta! (let us write!) for young u…
