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| Are there any?, you may be asking yourself, and it is probably fair to say that few people outside Denmark would be able to mention more than a couple of Danes who have achieved international recognition. But there are indeed some, and you will probably be familiar with at few of them.Contemporary DanesThomas Bjørn, golferHelena Christensen, supermodel & photographerJohan Kobborg, principal dancer with the Royal Ballet in LondonBrian and Michael Laudrup, football brothersViggo Mortensen, Lord of the Rings actor, who has a Danish fatherConnie Nielsen, actressPeter Schmeichel, footballerSandi Toksvig, comedienne, writer and broadcaster, whose father was DanishLars von Trier, film makerJørn Utzon, architect - his most famous work is undoubtedly the Sydney Opera House The Dane that most people will probably have heard of is Hans Christian Andersen, who is listed here, along with others who have also made their mark on history in one way or another. Hans Christian Andersen, the famous fairy tale writer. The bicentenary of his birth was widely celebrated in 2005Vitus Bering, explorer - the Bering Strait is named after himKaren Blixen, author of, among others, ‘Out of Africa'Niels Bohr, physicist and Nobel Prize winnerVictor Borge, entertainerAugust Bournonville, ballet dancer & choreographerArne Jacobsen, the architect of many buildings, and designer of such style icons as the egg chair, the swan chair etc.Søren Kierkegaard, philosopherCarl Nielsen, composerBertel Thorvaldsen, sculptorLauritz Melchior, Opera composer |
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