page_title: Odense
section_title: The Arts
hierarchical_section_title: Odense / Notable residents / The Arts
context_page_description: Odense is the third-largest city in Denmark.
  It has a population of 180,302, and is the main city of the island of Funen. By road, Odense is located 45 kilometres north of Svendborg, 144 kilometres to the south of Aarhus and 167 kilometres to the southwest of Copenhagen. The city is the seat of Odense Municipality and was the seat of Odense County until 1970, and Funen County from 1970 until 1 January 2007, when Funen County became part of the Region of Southern Denmark. Odense has close associations with Hans Christian Andersen who is remembered above all for his fairy tales. He was born in the city in 1805 and spent his childhood years there.
  There has been human settlement in the Odense area for over 4,000 years, although the name was not mentioned in writing until 988, and by 1070, it had already grown into a thriving city. Canute IV of Denmark, generally considered to be the last Viking king, was murdered by unruly peasants in Odense's St Alban's Priory on 10 July 1086. Although the city was burned in 1249 following a royal rivalry, it quickly recovered and flourished as a centre of commerce in the Middle Ages.
context_section_description: Johan Frederik Schultz (1756–1817) book printer  and publisher
  Wilhelm Bendz (1804–1832) a Danish painter of genre works and portraits
  Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875), novelist, poet, fairy tale and short story writer
  Carl Frederik Aagaard (1833–1895) landscape painter  and decorative artist
  Julius Paulsen (1860–1940) painter, strong connections with the Skagen Painters
  Carl Nielsen (1865 in Sortelung – 1931) musician, conductor, violinist, Denmark's most prominent composer.
  Holger Jacobsen (1876–1960) architect, best known work is Stærekassen 
  Bodil Kjer (1917–2003) actress, her talent and charisma made her a Primadonna
  Ove Sprogøe (1919–2004), actor, film star
  Morten Grunwald (1934–2018) a Danish actor, stage director and theatre manager 
  Kim Larsen (1945-2018), a Danish rock and pop musician
  Jens Galschiøt (born 1954), sculptor, moved to Odense in 1973
  Ulrich Thomsen (born 1963 in Næsby) actor 
  Claes Bang (born 1967) a Danish actor and musician 
  Trine Dyrholm (born 1972) actress, singer and songwriter
  Roland Møller (born 1972) actor 
  Johan Kobborg (born 1972) ballet dancer, choreographer, director and visual artist
  MØ (born 1988 in Ubberud), stage name of KMAØ Andersen, pop star, songwriter
  Katja Stokholm (born 1996), model and beauty pageant titleholder, Miss Universe Denmark 2019
caption: Carl Nielsen, 1910
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