
Naja Marie Aidt is a Danish-language poet and writer.

Ruth Berlau was a Danish actress, director, photographer and writer, known for her collaboration with Bertolt Brecht and for founding the Bertolt-Brecht-Archiv in Berlin.

Charlotta Dorothea Biehl was a Danish author, playwright and translator.

Ilia Fibiger was a Danish writer and playwright as well as Denmark's first professional nurse. She was the elder sister of writer and feminist Mathilde Fibiger.

Juliane Marie Jessen was an early Danish female author and translator who made a name for herself in 1819 by winning first prize for the words she wrote for a national anthem for Denmark with her Dannemark! Dannemark! – hellige Lyd!, although it was never officially adopted. She also published other works including poetry and, in 1815, the play Ei blot til Lyst.

Anna Catharina Materna (1731–1757) was a Danish actor and playwright. She belonged to the first pioneer-troupe of actors at the Royal Danish Theatre, and later became one of the first female playwrights to have her plays performed there.

Birgitte Dorothea Henriette Nielsen, pen name Theodora, was a Danish author and playwright born in Strandgården, Vester Thorup, in the north of Jutland. Her Slægtningene (1849), presented in Copenhagen's Royal Danish Theatre, was particularly successful with its pre-vaudeville atmosphere, local costumes from Fanø and songs she had composed herself. It ran to 78 performances.

Athalia Theophilia Schwartz, pen name Hieronymus, was a Danish writer, journalist and educator. She was an important female contributor to 19th-century Danish literature, publishing schoolbooks, poetry, drama and short stories. She was employed by Berlingske Tidende as a theatre critic. She also wrote about the conditions and lives of prostitutes in England, the Netherlands and Belgium.

Catharine Stolberg (1751–1832), was a Danish-German countess and writer. She published novels and plays, and was also known for her biography and her preserved correspondence.

Pia Tafdrup is a Danish writer; primarily a poet, she has also written a novel and two plays, as well as works for radio.

Anna Magdalene Thoresen, née Kragh was a Danish-born Norwegian poet, novelist, short story writer and playwright. She is said to have inspired a number of other writers to model characters after her. Her stepdaughter, Suzannah Ibsen, was married to Henrik Ibsen.