# List of Danish women artists

This is a list of women artists who were born in Denmark or whose artworks are closely associated with that country.

## A

* Gudrun Stig Aagaard (1895–1986), textile artist
* Astrid Aagesen (1883–1965), designer working with tin and silver, active in Helsingborg, Sweden
* Nanna Aakjær (1874–1962), carpenter and woodcarver
* Naja Abelsen (born 1964), Greenlandic painter and illustrator
* Lene Adler Petersen (born 1944), multidisciplinary artist
* Margrethe Agger (born 1943), textile artist specializing in tapestry
* Else Alfelt (1910–1974), painter
* Catherine Engelhart Amyot (1845–1926), portrait and genre painter
* Anna Ancher (1859–1935), painter associated with the Skagen Painters
* Helga Ancher (1883–1964), painter, daughter of Anna and Michael Ancher
* Rigmor Andersen (1903–1995), furniture designer
* Astrid Andreasen (born 1948), Faroese textile and graphic artist
* Pia Arke (1958–2007), Greenlandic visual and performance artist, writer and photographer
* Aggi Ásgerð Ásgeirsdóttir (born 1966), Faroese visual artist

## B

* Marie Vilhelmine Bang (1848–1932), painter
* Magdalene Bärens (1737–1808), painter
* Merete Barker (born 1944), painter, contemporary artist
* Gerda Bengtsson (1900–1995), textile artist
* Johanne Bindesbøll (1851–1934), textile artist
* Malene Birger (born 1962), fashion designer
* Agnete Bjørneboe (born 1943), painter, mosaic artist and paper cutter
* Anna Sofie Boesen Dreijer (1899–1986), schoolteacher and textile artist
* Elisa Maria Boglino (1905–2002), painter
* Thyra Boldsen (1884–1968), sculptor
* Elna Borch (1869–1950), sculptor
* Birthe Bovin (1908–1980), painter
* Elise Brandes (1873–1918), sculptor
* Margit Brandt (1945–2011), fashion designer
* Lilian Brøgger (born 1950), illustrator
* Birthe Bovin (1906–1980), painter associated with the Odsherred Painters
* Lilian Brøgger (born 1950), illustrator
* Laura Brun-Pedersen (1883–1961), landscape painter
* Eva Louise Buus (born 1979), painter

## C

* Louise Campbell (born 1970), furniture and lighting designer
* Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen (1863–1945), sculptor
* Ebba Carstensen (1885–1967), Cubist painter
* Bibi Chemnitz (born 1983), Greenlandic fashion designer
* Anthonore Christensen (1849–1926), flower painter
* Kirsten Christensen (born 1943), painter and ceramist
* Franciska Clausen (1899–1986), painter
* Marie Jeanne Clemens (1755–1791), French-Danish engraver, pastel artist
* Kirsten Christensen (born 1943), painter, ceramist
* Viera Collaro (born 1946), light art specialist
* Hedvig Collin (1880–1964), painter, illustrator and children's writer
* Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen (born 1970), Philippine-born video and performance artist

## D

* Dorte Dahlin (born 1955), painter, graphic artist
* Inger Lut Debois (1931–2015), painter, headed the Danish Society of Female Artists
* Kirsten Dehlholm (born 1945), scenic artist
* Nanna Ditzel (1923–2005), furniture designer
* Augusta Dohlmann (1847–1914), painter
* Helen Dohlmann (1870–1942), sculptor
* Bertha Dorph (1875–1960), painter, designer
* Margrete Drejer (1889–1975), textile artist
* Kirsten Dufour (born 1941), visual artist

## E

* Maja Lisa Engelhardt (born 1956), painter
* Tina Enghoff (born 1957), photographer, video artist and writer
* Lisa Engqvist (1914–1989), ceramist
* Merete Erbou Laurent (born 1949), weaver and magazine editor
* Helle-Vibeke Erichsen (1940–2016), etcher, painter, created caricatures of people she met
* Gutte Eriksen (1918–2008), ceramist
* Charlotte Eskildsen (born 1975), fashion designer
* Helga Exner (born 1939), Czech-born Danish goldsmith and jeweller

## F

* Julie Fagerholt (born 1968), fashion designer
* Sonja Ferlov Mancoba (1911–1984), avant-garde sculptor
* Else Fischer-Hansen (1905–1996), abstract painter
* Helga Foght (1902–1974), textile artist
* Elna Fonnesbech-Sandberg (1892–1994), art collector, painter
* Johanna Marie Fosie (1726–1764), Denmark's first professional female artist
* Ingeborg Frederiksen (1886–1976), painter and botanical illustrator
* Dagmar Freuchen-Gale (1907–1991), illustrator and writer
* Edma Frølich (1859–1958), painter

## G

* Esther Gehlin (1892–1949), Danish-Swedish painter and textile artist
* Emily Gernild (born 1985), Danish-born artist
* Irene Griegst (born 1945), Moroccan-born Danish goldsmith
* Edith Grøn (1917–1990), Danish-born Nicaraguan sculptor

## H

* Henriette Hahn-Brinckmann (1862–1934), painter, printmaker
* Christina Liljenberg Halstrøm (born 1977), furniture designer
* Bente Hammer (born 1950), textile artist and fashion designer
* Charlotte Hanmann (born 1950), photographer, painter and graphic artist
* Inger Hanmann (1918–2007), painter and enamelwork artist
* Karen Hannover (1872–1943), ceramist
* Gerda Henning (1891–1951), weaver and textile designer
* Gesa Hansen (born 1981), German-Danish furniture designer
* Charlotte Haslund-Christensen (born 1963), photographic artist
* Emilie Demant Hatt (1873–1958), artist, writer and ethnographer
* Irene Hedlund (born 1947), illustrator and children's writer
* Effie Hegermann-Lindencrone (1869–1945), porcelain artist
* Berit Heggenhougen-Jensen (born 1956), painter
* Ella Heide (1871–1956), associated with the younger generation of Skagen painters
* Hanne Hellesen (1801–1844), flower painter
* Ghita Hempel (1899–1948), painter
* Marie Henriques (1866–1944), painter
* Louise Hindsgavl (born 1973), ceramic artist
* Berit Hjelholt (1920–2016), textile artist
* Anne Mette Hjortshøj, contemporary studio potter
* Aka Høegh (born 1947), Greenlandic painter, graphic artist and sculptor
* Hanna Hoffmann (1868–1917), sculptor, silversmith and textile artist
* Nina Hole (1941–2016), ceramist
* Astrid Holm (1876–1937), painter and textile artist
* Ebba Holm (1889–1967), painter, engraver
* Olivia Holm-Møller (1875–1970), painter, sculptor
* Sophie Holten (1858–1930), painter
* Suzette Holten (1863–1937), painter, ceramist
* Anne-Birthe Hove (1951–2012), Greenlandic graphic artist
* Jytte Høy (born 1951), contemporary artist, educator
* Bizzie Høyer (1888–1971), painter, art teacher
* Lone Høyer Hansen (born 1950), sculptor

## I

* Lucie Ingemann (1792–1868), painter, remembered for altar paintings

## J

* Ville Jais Nielsen (1886–1949), portrait painter
* Grete Jalk (1920–2006), furniture designer
* Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann (1819–1881), Polish-Danish painter
* Kirsten Justesen (born 1943), sculptor, scenographer, installation artist

## K

* Bodil Kaalund (1930–2016), painter, textile artist, church decorator
* Sigrid Kähler (1874–1923), ceramist and painter
* Jane Jin Kaisen (born 1980), visual artist, filmmaker
* Sophia Kalkau (born 1960), multidisciplinary artist
* Rita Kernn-Larsen (1904–1998), surrealist painter
* Helvig Kinch (1872–1956), painter
* Bodil Kjær (born 1932), furniture designer
* Elle Klarskov Jørgensen (born 1958), sculptor
* Kirsten Kjær (1893–1985), expressive painter
* Kirsten Klein (born 1945), photographer
* Anna Klindt Sørensen (1899–1985), painter
* Vibeke Klint (1927–2019), textile artist
* Eva Koch (born 1953), sculptor
* Elise Konstantin-Hansen (1858–1946), painter, ceramist
* Ann-Mari Kornerup (1918–2006), Swedish-Danish textile artist
* Holcha Krake (1885–1944), textile artist
* Theodora Krarup (1862–1941), portrait painter
* Ellen Krause (1905–1990), painter associated with the Odsherred Painters
* Johanne Cathrine Krebs (1848–1924), painter
* Nathalie Krebs (1895–1978), potter
* Dorthe Kristoffersen (1906–1976), Greenlandic sculptor
* K'itura Kristoffersen (born 1939). Greenlandic sculptor
* Sara Kristoffersen (1937–2008), Greenlandic sculptor
* Charlotte Christiane von Krogh (1827–1913), painter
* Marie Krøyer (1867–1940), painter associated with the Skagen Painters

## L

* Jenny la Cour (1849–1928), textile artist and educator
* Marie Gudme Leth (1895–1997), textile designer pioneering screen printing
* Kirsten Lockenwitz (born 1932), painter and sculptor
* Alexia de Lode (1737–1765), copper-plate etcher
* Christine Løvmand (1803–1872), painter
* Agnes Lunn (1850–1941), painter, sculptor
* Marie Luplau (1848–1925), painter
* Anne Marie Lütken (1916–2001), painter
* Julie Lütken (1788–1816), early landscape painter
* Sigrid Lütken (1915–2008), sculptor focusing on abstract works depicting plants, animals and people
* Nanna Lysholt Hansen (fl. 2005–), performance artist and curator

## M

* Anne Sofie Madsen (born 1979), fashion designer
* Lise Malinovsky (born 1957), painter
* Thyra Manicus-Hansen (1872–1906), ceramic artist, trade unionist
* Cecilie Manz (born 1972), furniture designer
* Cathrine Marie Møller (1744–1811), embroiderer
* Christel Marott (1919–1992), illustrator, painter and sculptor
* Julie Marstrand (1882–1943), Danish sculptor and writer
* Helene Moltke-Leth (born 1973), film director and artist
* Inger Møller (1886–1979), silversmith
* Dea Trier Mørch (1941–2001), artist, writer
* Ursula Munch-Petersen (born 1937), ceramist
* Emilie Mundt (1842–1922), painter
* Jane Muus (1919–2007), painter, illustrator
* Elna Mygdal (1868–1940), textile artist, museum director
* Vera Myhre (1920–2000), painter and graphic artist

## N

* Kim Naver (born 1940), designer and textile artist
* Elisabeth Neckelmann (1884–1956), painter and head of the Danish Society of Female Artists
* Hermania Neergaard (1799–1875), still life painter
* Jette Nevers (born 1943), textile artist and designer
* Elsa Nielsen (1923–2011), graphic artist
* Ville Jais Nielsen (1886–1949), painter
* Astrid Noack (1888–1954), sculptor
* Ernestine Nyrop (1888–1975), textile artist and fresco painter

## O

* Tove Ólafsson (1909–1992), sculptor
* Dagmar Olrik (1860–1932), painter and tapestry artist
* Kirsten Ortwed (born 1948), sculptor
* Sara Mathilde Øster (born 1973), painter

## P

* Sophie Pedersen (1885–1950), painter
* Johanne Pedersen-Dan (1860–1934), sculptor
* Anna Petersen (1845–1910), painter
* Nielsine Petersen (1851–1916), sculptor
* Ingeborg Plockross Irminger (1872–1962), sculptor
* Etiyé Dimma Poulsen (born 1968), sculptor, ceramist
* Gudrun Poulsen (1918–1999), painter, president of Kvindelige Kunstneres Samfund, female artists society
* Bolette Puggaard (1798–1847), landscape painter

## R

* Anu Ramdas (born 1980), artist
* Pia Ranslet (born 1956), painter and sculptor
* Franka Rasmussen (1907–1994), German-born Danish textile artist
* Louise Ravn-Hansen (1849–1909), painter and etcher
* Jane Reumert (1942–2016), ceramist
* Jytte Rex (born 1942), painter, writer, filmmaker
* Lise Ring (born 1936), sculptor and art organization player
* Monica Ritterband (born 1955), artist, designer
* Elizabeth Romhild (born 1960), Danish-Armenian painter, sculptor and designer

## S

* Naja Salto (1945–2016), textile artist
* Tusnelda Sanders (1894-1978), painter, designer
* Marie Sandholt (1872–1942), painter and ceramist
* Anna Sarauw (1839–1919), textile artist
* Helen Schou (1905–2006), sculptor
* Alev Ebüzziya Siesbye (born 1938), Turkish-Danish ceramist
* Vigdis Sigmundsdóttir (1934–2023), Faroese collage artist
* Agnes Slott-Møller (1862–1937), symbolist painter
* Ruth Smith (1913–1958), Faroese painter
* Dagmar Starcke (1899–1975), textile artist
* Georgia Skovgaard (1828–1868), embroiderer
* Agnes Slott-Møller (1862–1937), painter
* Agnes Smidt (1874–1952), painter and Danish culture supporter in Southern Jutland
* Eva Sørensen (1940–2019), sculptor, ceramist
* Grethe Sørensen (born 1947), textile artist
* Dagmar Starcke (1899–1975), painter and textile artist
* Nina Sten-Knudsen (born 1957), painter
* Birte Stenbak (born 1938), goldsmith and jewellery designer
* Gudrun Stig Aagaard (1895–1986), textile designer
* Karen Strand (1924–2000), goldsmith, jewellery designer
* Kamma Svensson (1908–1998), illustrator
* Christine Swane (1876–1960), painter
* Anna Syberg (1870–1914), painter

## T

* Anne Marie Telmányi (1893–1983), painter, writer
* Anna Thommesen (1908–2004), textile artist
* Emma Thomsen (1820–1897), painter
* Pauline Thomsen (1858–1931), painter, art teacher
* Helle Thorborg (born 1927), painter and graphic designer
* Elisa Marie Thornam (1857–1901), painter and illustrator
* Emmy Thornam (1852–1935), flower painter and writer
* Ludovica Thornam (1853–1896), painter
* Jette Thyssen (born 1933), textile artist
* Elisabeth Toubro (born 1956), sculptor
* Paula Trock (1889–1979), weaver, textile artist
* Eleonora Tscherning (1817–1890), painter, memoirist
* Nicoline Tuxen (1847–1931), painter

## U

* Sara Ulrik (1855–1916), flower painter
* Lin Utzon (born 1946), ceramics, textiles
* Susanne Ussing (1940–1998), artist, ceramist, architect

## V

* Ingrid Vang Nyman (1916–1959), illustrator
* Hanne Varming (born 1939), sculptor and medallist
* Gertrud Vasegaard (1913–2007), ceramist
* Hanne Vedel (born 1933), weaver
* Adelgunde Vogt (1811–1892), sculptor

## W

* Olga Wagner (1873–1963), painter and sculptor
* Clara Wæver (1855–1930), embroiderer
* Elisabeth Wandel (1850–1926), painter
* Gertie Wandel (1894–1988), textile artist
* Lise Warburg (born 1932), textile artist and writer
* Gerda Wegener (1886–1940), painter, illustrator
* Bertha Wegmann (1846–1926), portrait painter
* Ida Winckler (1907–1995), textile artist, specializing in embroidery