Most Famous Danish Academics
Denmark has produced 91 notable academics throughout history, led by Søren Kierkegaard. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.
Category All
Citizenship All
SK
Søren Kierkegaard Danish Philosopher 1813 – 1855
#
301
SG
Saxo Grammaticus Danish Historian 1150 – 1220
#
11,259
PE
Paul Egede Danish Theologian 1708 – 1789
#
98,011
CC
Carl Christian Rafn Danish Historian 1795 – 1864
#
110,393
CM
Christian Matras (poet) Danish Academic 1900 – 1988
#
131,258
AH
Arild Huitfeldt Danish Historian 1546 – 1609
#
152,953
PO
Povl Ole Fanger Danish Professor 1934 – 2006
#
186,184
FM
Frederik Marcus Knuth Danish Taxonomist 1904 – 1970
#
248,378
HG
Hans Gram (historian) Danish Academic 1685 – 1748
#
255,816
MH
Mikkel Hindhede Danish Nutritionist 1862 – 1945
#
262,834
NM
Niels Matthias Petersen Danish Historian 1791 – 1862
#
279,050
HR
Holger Rosenkrantz Danish Theologian 1574 – 1642
#
311,935
OP
Olaf Pedersen Danish Philosopher 1920 – 1997
#
340,661
VH
Vello Helk Danish Historian 1923 – 2014
#
362,859
EM
Erik Moltke Danish Scientific 1901 – 1984
#
363,955
BH
Birger Hjørland Danish Research Born 1947
#
387,374
PH
Peder Hjort Danish Philologist 1793 – 1871
#
403,973
GS
Gudmund Schütte Danish Historian 1872 – 1958
#
418,882
EA
Erik Amdrup Danish Professor 1923 – 1998
#
421,971
HG
Hector Gottfried Masius Danish Theologian 1653 – 1709
#
452,932