Writers
Main article: List of Danish writers- Jussi Adler-Olsen, (1950–), novelist
- Hans Christian Andersen, (1805–1875), Fairy Tales
- Jens Immanuel Baggesen, (1764–1826)
- Karen Blixen (aka. Isak Dinesen), (1885–1962), author
- Georg Brandes, (1842–1927)
- Stig Dalager, poet, playwright and novelist (born 1952)
- Tove Ditlevsen, (1918–1976), poet and author
- Jens Fink-Jensen, (1956–)
- Karl Gjellerup, (1857–1919), author and Nobel Prize laureate,
- Piet Hein, (1905–1996)
- William Hillcourt, (1900–1992, born Vilhelm Hans Bjerregaard Jensen), prolific writer for the Boy Scouts of America
- Ludvig Holberg, (1684–1754), dramatist, historian, essayist and playwright
- Peter Høeg, author (1957–)
- FP Jac, (1955–2008), poet
- Jens Peter Jacobsen, (1847–1885), novelist, poet and translator
- Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, (1873–1950), novelist and Nobel Prize laureate
- Thit Jensen, (1876–1957) writer and worker for women's suffrage
- Hans Kirk, (1898–1962), author
- Margrethe Lasson, (1659–1738), the first female novelist.
- Queen Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark
- Kaj Harald Leininger Munk, (1898–1944), dramatist
- Martin Andersen Nexø, (1869–1954), writer
- Tor Nørretranders, (1955–), science popularizer
- Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger, (1779–1850)
- Henrik Pontoppidan, author and Nobel Prize laureate
- Jacob Riis, (1849–1914), photographer, journalist and social activist in USA
- Carl Erik Soya, (1896–1993), author, playwright, poet, satirist
- Villy Sørensen, (1929–2001), author
- Dan Turéll, (1946–1993), author
- Pia Tafdrup, (1952–), poet
- Klaus Rifbjerg, (1931), author
- Peter Seeberg, (1925–1999), novelist and playwright
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