# List of Danish sculptors

This is a list of sculptors who were born or whose creative production is associated with Denmark:

## A

* Gunnar Aagaard Andersen (1919–1982), concrete art movement
* Carl Aarsleff (1852–1918), statues and statuettes
* Daniel Andersen (1885–1959), also a composer
* Henrik B. Andersen (born 1958), abstract yet recognizable works, professor
* Rasmus Andersen (1861–1930), naturalistic portraits

## B

* Claus Berg (c. 1470 – c. 1532), Odense cathedral altarpiece
* Ejler Bille (1910–2004), small sculptures, painting
* Herman Wilhelm Bissen (1798–1868), Landsoldaten in Fredericia
* Vilhelm Bissen (1836–1913), Absalon on Højbro Plads
* Johannes Bjerg (1886–1955), El Greco inspired statues
* Thyra Boldsen (1884–1968), naturalistic sculptor, successful in California
* Carl Johan Bonnesen (1868–1933), statues and statuettes
* Peter Brandes (born 1944), abstract art
* Ib Braase (1923–2009), left Denmark to work in France with unconventional materials
* Hans Brüggemann (c. 1480 – c. 1521), Bordesholm Altar, Schleswig Cathedral
* Anders Bundgaard (1864–1937), Gefion Fountain, Copenhagen

## C

* Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen (1863–1945), naturalistic figures of animals and people
* Caius Gabriel Cibber (1630–1700), statues in London
* Louis August le Clerc (1688–1771), Rococo decoration, Christiansborg
* Ingvar Cronhammar (1947–2021), monumental public art

## D

* Jens Peter Dahl-Jensen (1874–1960), animal figurines
* Adam van Düren (c. 1487 – c. 1532), Linköping Cathedral

## E

* Torben Ebbesen (born 1945), installations with contrasting materials
* Friederich Ehbisch (1672–1748), stucco in Rosenborg and Fredensborg Castles
* Gottfred Eickhoff (1902–1982), French-inspired bronze female figures
* Olafur Eliasson (born 1967), large-scale installations
* Edvard Eriksen (1876–1959), Little Mermaid, Copenhagen

## F

* Sonja Ferlov Mancoba (1911–1984), avant-garde sculptor
* Adam Fischer (1888–1968), Cubist figures
* Jacob Fortling (1711–1761), staircases in various palaces
* Wilhelm Freddie (1909–1995), realism, abstract art
* Hermann Ernst Freund (1786–1840), Nordic mythology

## G

* Paul Gadegaard (1920–1992), designed factory furnishings to complement his artwork
* Jens Galschiøt (born 1954), main bronze public sculptures
* Jean René Gauguin (1881–1961), bronze castings of athletes and dancers
* Ib Geertsen (1919–2009), mobiles and hanging art
* Johannes Gelert (1852–1923), public art in the United States
* Jørgen Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (1985–1966), busts inspired by classical Greek sculpture

## H

* Aksel Hansen (1853–1933), Echo, Rosenborg Castle Gardens
* Karl Hansen Reistrup (1863–1929), ceramics from Kähler's workshop in Næstved
* Rasmus Harboe (1868–1952), Hercules Fountain, Vesterbros Torv
* Carl Hartmann (1837–1901), worked with antique motifs in the Thorvaldsen tradition
* Louis Hasselriis (1844–1912), public statues of national heroes
* Arne Haugen Sørensen (born 1932), church decoration in a variety of art forms
* Jørgen Haugen Sørensen (1934–2021), figurative bronzes, large angular works
* Hein Heinsen (born 1935), minimalism
* Gerhard Henning (1880–1967), statues of the female form
* Louise Hindsgavl (born 1973), sculptor
* Hans Holst (1619, died after 1640), woodcarver
* Horder (12th century), baptismal fonts
* Knud Hvidberg (1927–1986), Constructivist works inspired by Linien II

## J

* Niels Hansen Jacobsen (1861–1941), Troll that smells Christian blood
* Robert Jacobsen (1912–1993), sculpture part at Tørskind Gravel Pit
* Georg Jensen (1866–1935), Art Nouveau silversmith
* Søren Georg Jensen (1917–1982), silversmith and sculptor
* Steen Krarup Jensen (born 1950), experimental work, mobiles and assemblages
* Jens Adolf Jerichau (1816–1883), dynamic naturalistic figures including Penelope
* Asger Jorn (1914–1973), versatile artist, founded avant-garde COBRA, over 2,500 works
* Lorentz Jørgensen (1644, died after 1681), woodcarver

## K

* Per Kirkeby (1938–2018), experimental eks-skolen works, widely exhibited
* Elle Klarskov Jørgensen (born 1958), installations
* Eigil Knuth (1903–1996), Inuit busts
* Dorthe Kristoffersen (1906–1976), Greenlandic sculptor of small mythological figures
* K'itura Kristoffersen (born 1939), Greenlandic sculptor
* Sara Kristoffersen (1937–2008), Greenlandic sculptor

## L

* Jørn Larsen (1926–2004), member of Grønningen, sculptures in marble, granite, steel
* Christian Lemmerz (born 1959), German-born sculptor, illustrator and performance artist
* Jan Leth (1932–2010), abstract monumental works
* Kirsten Lockenwitz (born 1932), abstract works often in unconventional materials including neon tubes
* Agnes Lunn (1850–1941), animals including horses and cows
* Sigrid Lütken (1915–2008), sculptor focusing on abstract works depicting plants, animals and people

## M

* Julie Marstrand (1882–1943), sculptor, textile artist and writer
* Harvey Martin (1942–2014), smith and sculptor, public works in iron and steel
* Egon Møller-Nielsen (1915–1959), abstract surrealistic works
* Brix Michgell (early 17th century), sculptor, woodworker
* Mogens Møller (1934–2021), Minimalist sculptor, large public works

## N

* Knud Nellemose (1908–1997), sportsmen, famous Danes
* Kai Nielsen (1882–1924), rounded female forms, works on Blågårds Plads
* Astrid Noack (1888–1954), specialized in the human figure
* Bjørn Nørgaard (born 1947), critical works, various materials, monumental public sculptures

## O

* Tove Ólafsson (1909–1992), sculptor
* Henrik Olrik (1830–1890), designs for tableware
* Hans Pauli Olsen (born 1957), public works in Tórshavn
* John Olsen (1938–2019), works based on birds and animals in natural materials
* Willy Ørskov (1920–1990), plastics and inflatable materials
* Kirsten Ortwed (born 1948), striking sculptures in public places

## P

* Carl-Henning Pedersen (1913–2007), monumental art
* Hans Peder Pedersen-Dan (1859–1939), granite elephants, Carlsberg Brewery
* Johanne Pedersen-Dan (1860–1934), sculptor
* Nielsine Petersen (1851–1916), sculptor, bronze statues
* Johann Christoph Petzold (1708–1762), Neptune and Mercury at Børsen
* Axel Poulsen (1887–1972), large public memorials

## Q

* Thomas Quellinus (1661–1709), baroque works in churches and memorial chapels

## R

* Arne Ranslet (1931–2018), grotesque animal sculptures and monumental bronze works
* Svend Rathsack (1885–1941), Maritime Monument on Copenhagen's waterfront, Lumbye monument in Tivoli
* Lise Ring (born 1936), sculptures of women, children and animals

## S

* August Saabye (1823–1916), small elaborate bronzes, Hans Christian Andersen statue in Rosenborg Castle Gardens
* Jacques Saly (1717–1776), equestrian statue of Frederik V at Amalienborg (1846–1922)
* Stephan Sinding (1846–1922), symbolic works including Valkyrien
* Niels Skovgaard (1858–1938), statue of N.F.S. Grundtvig
* Povl Søndergaard (1905–1986), simply crafted bronze or granite works
* Carl Frederik Stanley (c. 1738–1813), Neo-classical monuments and decorative work
* Simon Carl Stanley (1703–1761), numerous marble statues including Venus, Adonis and Cupid in Fredensborg
* Henrik Starcke (1899–1973), fanciful creatures
* Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger (1587–1639), sculptural works for Kronborg and Frederiksborg
* Hans van Steenwinckel the Youngest (1639–1700), sepulchral chapel in St Peter's, Copenhagen
* Theobald Stein (1829–1901), Ludvig Holberg statue outside the Royal Danish Theatre
* Morten Stræde (born 1956), organic and geometric works
* Leif Sylvester Petersen (born 1940), art in public spaces

## T

* Rudolph Tegner (1873–1950), Symbolism, controversial monument to Niels Finsen
* Erik Thommesen (1916–2008), Expressionist representations of the human figure in hardwood inspired by African sculpture
* Christian Thomsen (1860–1921), influential role in producing porcelain figures
* Bertel Thorvaldsen (c. 1770–1844), Neo-classical statues crafted mainly in Italy, Christ in Vor Frue Kirke
* Elisabeth Toubro (born 1956), renewal of Danish sculpture with emphasis on Greenland
* Kurt Trampedach (1943–2013), mainly a painter

## U

* Einar Utzon-Frank (1888–1955), many classical works for public monuments in the Thorvaldsen style

## V

* Hanne Varming (born 1939), sculptor and medallist

## W

* Olga Wagner (1873–1963), stone and bronze statues, porcelain figures
* Gunnar Westman (1915–1985), stylized figures, often of children
* Johannes Wiedewelt (1731–1802), Neo-classical works for the Danish court including memorial monument of Christian VI
* Svend Wiig Hansen (1922–1997), Mennesket ved havet near Esbjerg
* Jens Ferdinand Willumsen (1863–1958), versatile artists also practicing sculpture