Most Famous Danish Business People
Denmark has produced 40 notable business people throughout history, led by Godtfred Kirk Christiansen. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.
Category All
Citizenship All
GK
Godtfred Kirk Christiansen Danish Business 1920 – 1995
#
56,052
OK
Ole Kirk Christiansen Danish Carpenter 1891 – 1958
#
86,792
AP
Arnold Peter Møller Danish Entrepreneur 1876 – 1965
#
88,111
KJ
Karen Jeppe Danish Worker 1876 – 1935
#
210,349
MC
Mads Clausen Danish Business 1905 – 1966
#
402,268
OM
Otto Mønsted Danish Merchant 1838 – 1916
#
474,689
MJ
Maja Jager Danish Archer Born 1991
#
519,507
NH
Niels Heidenreich Danish Watchmaker 1761 – 1844
#
650,025
CH
Caspar Herman Hausmann Danish Merchant 1653 – 1718
#
720,436
MM
Mette Magrete Tvistman Danish Farmer 1741 – 1827
#
744,430
TD
Thomas Døssing Danish Librarian 1882 – 1947
#
767,054
MF
Marius Fiil Danish Business 1893 – 1944
#
767,144
LL
Lars Larsen (entrepreneur) Danish Business 1948 – 2019
#
891,248
PA
Peder Andersen Fisker Danish Entrepreneur 1875 – 1975
#
1,026,969
SJ
Severin Jørgensen Danish Operatör 1842 – 1926
#
1,032,332
JL
Johan Lorentz Castenschiold Danish Business 1705 – 1747
#
1,067,341
MV
Margrethe von der Lühe Danish Courtier 1741 – 1826
#
1,216,001
CT
Christian Tønne Frederik von Lüttichau Danish Godsägare 1744 – 1805
#
1,229,753
JH
Jacob Holm (industrialist) Danish Merchant 1770 – 1845
#
1,230,649
PJ
Pætur Jákupsson Danish Farmer Born ?
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1,339,608