# List of Danish poets

This is a list of Danish poets, including those who are Danish by nationality or who write in the Danish language (years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry) article):
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## A

* Christen Lauridsen Aagaard (1616–1664)
* Emil Aarestrup (1800–1856)
* Werner Hans Frederik Abrahamson (1744–1812)
* Naja Marie Aidt (born 1963), poet and writer
* Arvid Andersen
* Benny Andersen (1929), songwriter, poet, author, composer, pianist; a member of the Danish Academy since 1972, and "probably Denmark's most popular poet", according to DR, the Danish public broadcasting organization.
* Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875), poet and author
* Vita Andersen (1944–2021), writer and poet
* Kristian Arentzen (1823–1899)
* Anders Arrebo (1587–1637)

## B

* Jens Baggesen (1764–1826)
* Solvej Balle (born 1962)
* Otto Benzon (1856–1927)
* Harald Bergstedt (1877–1965) writer, novelist, playwright and a poet
* Vilhelm Bergsøe (1835–1911)
* Kristen Bjørnkjær (born 1943)
* Thorkild Bjørnvig (1918–2004)
* Steen Steensen Blicher (1782–1848), author and poet
* Karen Blixen, who also wrote under the pen name Isak Dinesen (1885–1962)
* Thomas Boberg (born 1960)
* Anders Bording (1619–1677), poet and journalist
* Poul Borum (1934–1996)
* Anne-Louise Bosmans (born 1978)
* Jørgen Gustava Brandt (1929–2006)
* Per Aage Brandt (born 1944)
* Rudolf Broby-Johansen, also known as "R. Broby-Johansen" (1900–1987)
* Hans Adolph Brorson (1694–1764), bishop and hymn writer
* Friederike Brun (1765–1835)
* Malthe Conrad Bruun (1755–1826), Danish-French geographer, journalist and poet
* Suzanne Brøgger (born 1944)
* Julia Butschkow (born 1978), writer, playwright and poet
* Ludvig Bødtcher (1793–1874)
* Emil Bønnelycke (1893–1953)

## C

* Inger Christensen (1935–2009), poet, novelist and essayist
* Sophus Claussen (1865–1931), poet and writer
* Paul la Cour (1902–1956)

## D

* Erik Bøgh (1822)–1899), poet and composer
* Tove Ditlevsen (1917–1976)
* Poul Dons, also known as "Povel Dons" (1783–1843)
* Christian Dorph
* Holger Drachmann (1846–1908), poet and playwright
* Ove Christian Drejer (1806–1836)

## E

* Dorthem Engelbretsdatter, also known as Dorthem Engebretsdatter (1634–1716)
* Inge Eriksen (born 1935)]
* Jesper Ewald (1893–1969), author, journalist, translator and poet
* Johannes Ewald (1743–1781), playwright and poet

## F

* Peter Faber (1810-1877)
* Christian Falster (1690–1752), poet and philologist
* Jens Fink-Jensen (born 1956), poet, author, photographer, composer and architect

## G

* Duna Ghali (born 1963)
* Otto Gelsted (1888–1968)
* Christian Graugaard (born 1967)
* Simon Grotrian (born 1961)
* N. F. S. Grundtvig (1783–1872), teacher, writer, poet, philosopher, historian, pastor and politician

## H

* Henriette Hanck (1807-1846)
* Carsten Hauch (1790–1872)
* Henrik Have (born 1946)
* Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1791–1860)
* Peter Andreas Heiberg (1758–1841), author, philologist and poet
* Piet Hein (1905–1996), poet and scientist
* Johannes Helms (1828–1895), writer, poet and schoolmaster
* Henrik Hertz (1797–1870)
* Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754), Norwegian-born poet, writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright who spent most of his adult life in Denmark
* Jens Christian Hostrup
* Per Højholt (1928–2004)
* Lone Hørslev (born 1974)

## I

* Bernhard Severin Ingemann (1789-1862)

## J

* F.P. Jac (1955–2008)
* Bo Green Jensen (born 1955)
* Johannes V. Jensen (1873–1950)
* Pia Juul (born 1962)
* Frank Jæger (1926–1977)
* Johannes Jørgensen

## K

* Steen Kaalo (born 1945)
* Thomas Kingo (1634–1703), bishop, poet and hymn-writer
* Erik Knudsen (poet) (born 1922)
* Tom Kristensen (1893–1974)

## L

* Thor Lange
* Marianne Larsen (born 1951)
* Niels Lyngsø (born 1968)

## M

* Ivan Malinovski (born 1926)
* Sophus Michaëlis
* Christian Molbech (1783–1857), historian, literary critic, writer and poet
* Gustaf Munch-Petersen (1912–1938)
* Arvid Müller
* Poul Martin Møller

## N

* Jørgen Nash
* Hendrik Nordbrandt (born 1945)

## O

* Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger (1779–1850), poet and playwright who introduced Romanticism into Danish literature
* Jess Ørnsbo (born 1932)

## P

* Frederik Paludan-Müller (1809–1876)
* Nis Petersen (1897–1943)
* Erik Pontoppidan
* Christen Henriksen Pram

## R

* Knud Lyne Rahbek (1760–1830), literary historian, critic, writer, poet and magazine editor
* Gorm Henrik Rasmussen (born 1955), writer of poetry, children's books, novels and biographies
* Halfdan Rasmussen (1915–2002), writer of prose for adults and poetry for children
* Christian Richardt (1831–1892), writer, lyricist and poet
* Klaus Rifbjerg (born 1941)
* Helge Rode (1870–1937), writer and poet
* Valdemar Rørdam, novelist and poet

## S

* Ole Sarvig (1921–1981)
* Jens August Schade (1903–1978)
* Sophus Schandorph (1836–1901)
* Palle Sigsgaard (born 1976)
* Schack von Staffeldt (1769–1826)
* Michael Strunge (1958–1986)
* Ambrosius Stub (1705–1758)
* Morten Søndergaard
* Jørgen Sonne (born 1925)
* Knud Sørensen

## T

* Pia Tafdrup (born 1952), novelist, poet, playwright and writer
* Peter Christensen Teilmann, (born 1962)
* Søren Ulrik Thomsen (born 1956)

## W

* Johan Herman Wessel (1742–1785), Norwegian-Danish poet
* Anders Westenholz (born 1936), psychologist, writer and poet
* Christian Winther (1796–1876)
* Ole Wivel (born 1921)