# List of Danish women writers

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

## A

* Karen Aabye (1904–1982), journalist and historical novelist
* Jane Aamund (1936–2019), novelist and journalist
* Merete Ahnfeldt-Mollerup (born 1963), works on architecture
* Naja Marie Aidt (born 1963), poet, novelist and short story writer
* Laura Aller (1849–1917), editor and pioneering magazine publisher at Aller
* Annemette Kure Andersen (born 1962), widely translated poet
* Clara Andersen (1826–1895), playwright and short story writer
* Ellen Andersen (1898–1989), museum curator and textile specialist
* Emilie Andersen (1895–1970), historian and archivist
* Signe Arnfred (born 1944), sociologist specializing in gender studies
* Inga Arvad (1913–1973), journalist

## B

* Charlotte Baden (1740–1824), novelist and feminist writer
* Jette Baagøe (born 1946), museum director, botanist and non-fiction writer
* Solvej Balle (born 1962), novelist and poet
* Regitze Barner (1834–1911), philanthropist and writer
* Rigmor Stampe Bendix (1850–1923), baroness, writer and philanthropist
* Dorothea Biehl (1731–1788), playwright
* Johanne Bille (born 1993), novelist
* Louise Bjørnsen (1824–1899), novelist and short story writer
* Jenny Blicher-Clausen (1865–1907), poet and playwright
* Karen Blixen (1885–1962), novelist and memoirist, including Out of Africa
* Sara Blædel (born 1964), crime-fiction novelist
* Bodil Bech (1889–1942), poet
* Cecil Bødker (1927–2020), young-adult fiction
* Sophia Brahe (1556–1643), wrote the genealogy of Danish noble families
* Marie Bregendahl (1867–1940), novelist and writer of realistic rural literature
* Suzanne Brøgger (born 1944), novelist and journalist
* Therese Brummer (1833–1896), children's writer, biographer
* Friederike Brun (1765–1835), poet and travel writer
* Anne Bruun (1853–1934), women's rights activist and editor of Kvinden og Samfundet
* Tine Bryld (1939–2011), novelist
* Julia Butschkow (born 1978), playwright and poet

## C

* Franziska Carlsen (1817–1876), writer documenting local history and folklore
* Esther Carstensen (1873–1955), women's rights activist and journal editor
* Mimi Carstensen (1852–1935), philanthropist, journalist and magazine editor
* Inger Christensen (1935–2009), poet, novelist and essayist
* Leonora Christine (1621–1698), writer of memoirs, Denmark's first known woman writer
* Bente Clod (born 1946), poet, novelist and children's writer
* Hedvig Collin (1880–1964), painter, illustrator and children's writer

## D

* Ulla Dahlerup (born 1942), journalist, writer and women's rights activist
* Tove Ditlevsen (1917–1976), poet, novelist and short story writer
* Emmy Drachmann (1854–1928), novelist

## E

* Elsebeth Egholm (born 1960), popular crime-fiction author and TV screenwriter
* Charlotte Eilersgaard (1858–1922), novelist, playwright and women's rights activist
* Katrine Engberg (born 1975), novelist and actress
* Merete Erbou Laurent (born 1949), weaver, textile artist and magazine editor
* Inge Eriksen (1935–2015), novelist, science fiction, poet and political activist

## F

* Astrid Stampe Feddersen (1852–1930), writings in support of women's rights
* Elfride Fibiger (1832–1911), novelist, short story writer and women's emancipation activist
* Ilia Fibiger (1817–1867), playwright, novelist and Denmark's first professional nurse
* Mathilde Fibiger (1830–1872), writings in support of women's rights
* Hanne Finsen (1925–2023), art historian
* Kate Fleron (1909–2006), journal editor and resistance member
* Lone Frank (born 1966), journalist and non-fiction writer
* Kirstine Frederiksen (1845–1903), pedagogue, writer and women's rights advocate
* Astrid Friis (1893–1966), historian and journal editor

## G

* Emma Gad (1852–1921), playwright and non-fiction writer
* Sissel-Jo Gazan (born 1973), novelist
* Suzanne Giese (1946–2012), writer and women's rights activist
* Henny Glarbo (1884–1955), archivist
* Luise Gramm (1746–1824), letter writer
* Elsa Gress (1919–1988), essayist, novelist and dramatist
* Anna Grue (born 1957), crime novelist
* Thomasine Gyllembourg (1773–1856), novelist

## H

* Marie Hammer (1907–2002), zoologist
* Henriette Hanck (1807–1846), poet and novelist
* Lise Hannestad (born 1943), classical scholar and archaeologist
* Bente Hansen (1940–2022), writer, editor and women's rights activist
* Eva Hemmer Hansen (1913–1983), journalist, novelist, translator and feminist
* Lise Bach Hansen (fl. 2000s), curator, Royal Danish Library
* Kirsten Hastrup (born 1948), anthropologist
* Sonja Hauberg (1918–1947), prominent novelist
* Bettina Hauge (born 1964), anthropologist
* Louise Hegermann-Lindencrone (1778–1853), novelist and short story writer
* Annette Heick (born 1971), journalist
* Johanne Luise Heiberg (1812–1890), writer of memoirs
* Julie Heins (1822–1902), schoolteacher and reading book writer
* Dyveke Helsted (1919–2005), art historian, museum director
* Agnes Henningsen (1868–1962), novelist, short story writer and women's rights activist
* Dagmar Hjort (1860–1902), educator and rights activist
* Greta Hort born Grethe Hjort (1903–1967), professor of Danish and English literature
* Anne Holm (1922–1998), children's writer and journalist
* Gretelise Holm (born 1948), journalist, non-fiction and fiction writer
* Hanne-Vibeke Holst (born 1959), journalist and novelist
* Ellen Hørup (1871–1953), journalist and non-fiction writer on peace and women's rights
* Emma Hørup (1836–1929), journalist and schoolteacher
* Annelise Hovmand (1924–2016), screenwriter
* Anna Hude (1858–1934), historian

## J

* Lis Jacobsen (1882–1961), philologist and historian
* Kristine Marie Jensen (1858–1923), early cookbook writer
* Thit Jensen (1876–1957), novelist, playwright and short story writer involved in women's rights
* Thyra Jensen (1865–1949), short story writer, biographer and women's rights activist
* Helga Johansen (1852–1912), novelist associated with the Modern Breakthrough
* Ellen Jørgensen (1877–1948), historian
* Erna Juel-Hansen (1845–1922), novelist, short story writer, feminist and educator
* Teckla Juel (1834–1904), novelist, short story writer and composer of songs

## K

* Anne Krabbe (1552–1618), estate owner and writer
* Lene Kaaberbøl (born 1960), children's writer and crime fiction writer
* Janina Katz (1938–2013), Polish-born Danish poet, novelist and children's writer
* Lisbeth Knudsen (born 1953), journalist, editor-in-chief and businesswoman
* Lene Koch (born 1947), gender studies researcher and historian
* Nynne Koch (1915–2001), novelist, autobiographer and gender studies researcher
* Birgithe Kosovic (born 1972), journalist and autobiographer on Yugoslavia

## L

* Margrethe Lasson (1659–1738), author of Denmark's first novel
* Cornelia von Levetzow (1836–1921), popular novelist
* Olivia Levison, (1847–1894), author and writer
* Mette Lisby (born 1968), writer, actress, comedian and television host, now in the United States
* Anne Marie Løn (born 1947), novelist
* Hansigne Lorenzen (1879–1952), novelist and poet from Southern Jutland
* Anna Christiane Ludvigsen (1794–1884), poet from Southern Jutland
* Bodil Jerslev Lund (1919–2005), Danish chemist and educator
* Hulda Lütken (1896–1946), poet and novelist

## M

* Sofie Madsen (1897–1982), educator of autistic children
* Anne Marie Mangor (1781–1865), early cookbook writer
* Alfhilda Mechlenburg (1830–1907), novelist and short story writer
* Karin Michaëlis (1872–1950), journalist, novelist and children's writer
* Else Holmelund Minarik (1920–2012), U.S. immigrant author of the Little Bear series of children's books
* Johanne Meyer (1838–1915), pioneering Danish suffragist, pacifist, journal editor and writer
* Eva Moltesen (1871–1934), Finnish-Danish writer and peace activist
* Else Moltke (1888–1986), writer on historical figures
* Herdis Møllehave (1936–2001), social worker and novelist
* Dea Trier Mørch (1941–2001), novelist and writer on women and childbirth
* Johanne Münter (1844–1921), writer and women's rights activist
* Elna Mygdal (1868–1940), textile researcher, museum director and writer

## N

* Bodil Neergaard (1867–1959), landowner, philanthropist and memoirist
* Henriette Nielsen (1815–1900), novelist and playwright
* Maria Nielsen (1882–1931), historian and educator
* Lise Nørgaard (1917–2023), novelist, screenwriter and author of TV series Matador
* Marianne Nøhr Larsen (born 1963), anthropologist and writer
* Louise Nyholm Kallestrup (born 1975), historian

## O

* Annette K. Olesen (born 1965), screenwriter
* Voldborg Ølsgaard (1877–1939), editor of Fred og Frihed
* Tania Ørum (born 1945), literary historian, gender studies specialist
* Elise Otté (1818–1903), Anglo-Danish philologist and historian
* Estrid Ott (1900–1967), prolific children's writer

## P

* Hortense Panum (1856–1933), music historian
* Sophie Petersen (1885–1965), geographer
* Louise von Plessen (1725–1799), court memoirist
* Birgitte Possing (born 1952), historian, biographer and feminist

## Q

* Hedevig Quiding (1867–1936), opera singer, music critic, journalist, educator
* Anne Margrethe Qvitzow (1652–1700), poet, translator and memoirist

## R

* Ingeborg Raunkiær (1863–1921), novelist and article writer
* Olga Ravn (born 1986), poet and novelist
* Adda Ravnkilde (1862–1883), Danish novelists
* Frederikke Charlotte Reventlow (1747–1822), countess, author and letter writer
* Julie Reventlow (1763–1816), salonnière and non-fiction writer
* Jytte Rex (born 1942), novelist and writer on women's rights
* Ane Riel (born 1971), novelist and winner of the Glass Key award
* Ivan Ring, pen name of Alfhilda Mechlenburg (1830–1907)
* Signe Rink (1836–1909), Greenland-born Danish writer and ethnologist
* Anna-Grethe Rischel (born 1935), paper historian
* Edith Rode (1879–1956), novelist and journalist
* Else Roesdahl (born 1942), historian and specialist on Vikings
* Caja Rude (1884–1949), novelist and women's rights activist

## S

* Astrid Saalbach (born 1955), playwright and novelist
* Vibeke Salicath (1861–1921), philanthropist, feminist, politician and women's journal editor
* Lotte Salling (born 1964), children's writer
* Else Kai Sass (1912–1987), art historian
* Bente Scavenius (born 1944), art critic and author
* Rikke Schubart (born 1966), novelist and writer on film and television
* Alba Schwartz (1857–1942), novelist
* Ingeborg Maria Sick (1858–1951), novelist and biographer
* Birte Siim (born 1945), political scientist specializing in gender studies
* Sanne Søndergaard (born 1980), novelist and stand-up comedian
* Anna Louise Stevnhøj (born 1963), non-fiction writer on children and health
* Maria Engelbrecht Stokkenbech (1759–after 1806), feminist and autobiographer
* Fanny Suenssen (1832–1918), novelist and short story writer
* Ingeborg Suhr Mailand (1871–1989), educator and cookbook writer
* Karin-Lis Svarre (1946–2009), television journalist and writer
* Hanne Marie Svendsen (born 1933), non-fiction writer and novelist
* Karen Syberg (born 1945), writer, gender researcher and feminist

## T

* Pia Tafdrup (born 1952), poet
* Janne Teller (born 1964), philosophical novelist
* Mette Thomsen (born 1970), novelist
* Magdalene Thoresen (1819–1903), Danish-born Norwegian poet and novelist
* Kirsten Thorup (born 1942), novelist, poet and screenwriter
* Eleonora Tscherning (1817–1890), memoirist and painter
* Fanny Tuxen (1832–1906), children's writer

## U

* Leonora Christina Ulfeldt (1621–1698), autobiographer

## V

* Alice Vestergaard (born 1937), journalist, newspaper editor, television news coordinator
* Vibeke Vasbo (born 1944), novelist, poet, women's activist and former member of Danish Lesbian Movement

## W

* Emilie West (1844–1907), schoolteacher and needlework proponent
* Lise Warburg (born 1932), textile artist and writer
* Dorrit Willumsen (born 1940), poet, novelist and short story writer
* Mette Winge (1937–2022), novelist, literary critic
* Pauline Worm (1825–1883), writer, poet, schoolteacher and feminist