Most Famous Danish Musicians

Denmark has produced 55 notable musicians throughout history, led by Lars Ulrich. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.

Category All
Citizenship All
LU
Lars Ulrich Danish Music Born 1963
# 2,023
CN
Carl Nielsen Danish Conductor 1865 – 1931
# 5,900
JK
Jesper Kyd Danish Composer Born 1972
# 15,146
T
Trentemøller Danish Music Born 1974
# 19,156
M
Danish Singer Born 1988
# 21,606
W
Whigfield Danish Singer Born 1970
# 28,088
EP
Eivør Pálsdóttir Danish Singer Born 1983
# 28,144
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Danish Composer 1946 – 2005
# 28,295
PR
Poul Ruders Danish Composer Born 1949
# 49,906
PR
Poul Reichhardt Danish Opera 1913 – 1985
# 55,478
LF
Lukas Forchhammer Danish Singer Born 1988
# 58,660
SR
Søren Rasted Danish Music Born 1969
# 59,272
FM
Frederik Magle Danish Composer Born 1977
# 69,478
AL
Anne Linnet Danish Singer Born 1953
# 72,290
CN
Claus Norreen Danish Music Born 1970
# 90,837
HB
Hanne Boel Danish Singer Born 1957
# 91,615
TT
Thomas Troelsen Danish Singer Born 1981
# 99,477
BR
Bryan Rice Danish Singer Born 1978
# 108,804
SM
Simon Mathew Danish Singer Born 1983
# 112,920
NK
Nikolaj Koppel Danish Music Born 1969
# 128,775